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The Rolling Stones Are Back With a New Album, ‘Hackney Diamonds’

With its first album of new songs since 2005, and first since the death of Charlie Watts, the band recharges the partnership of Mick Jagger...

Talking Heads on the Return of ‘Stop Making Sense’

The 40th-anniversary restoration of a great concert film is a funk spectacle. It has also united the band, which split in 1991, to discuss a...

Jimmy Buffett Was More Than Just “Margaritaville”

There was wistfulness behind party tunes like “Margaritaville.” Buffett helped listeners feel like they’d earned the good times just by holding on.

Sadie Dupuis Confronts Her Darkest Memories on Speedy Ortiz’s New LP

The indie rocker found herself writing about what she had long suppressed on “Rabbit Rabbit,” due Friday.

Robbie Robertson’s 12 Essential Songs

The Band’s arrangements evoked bygone eras but weren’t limited by them. Hear some of the best tracks led by the songwriter and guitarist, who died...

Rhiannon Giddens Is a Songwriter, Too

The historically minded, socially conscious musician offers bluesy, racy, playful tracks on “You’re the One,” her first full album of her own songs.

10 Essential Songs by Sinead O’Connor

Her catalog is full of raw passion and raw nerve.

João Donato, Innovative Brazilian Musician, Is Dead at 88

A prolific pianist, composer and arranger who began recording in the 1950s, he was a pioneer of bossa nova but didn’t confine himself to any...

The Amiable, Unswerving Tony Bennett

In an 80-year career, he stuck with one mission: illuminating songs he cherished.

On Her Debut Album, Olivia Dean Is Already Pushing Ahead

The 24-year-old English songwriter moves beyond sleek pop-soul songwriting on “Messy.”