Music

This may a difficult thing for anyone who came of age in the Sixties or Seventies to process, but there are many young people today who have either never heard of Bob Dylan or know virtually nothing about him. It’s easy to scoff at that if you’re a fan, but …

The Eras Tour came to an end on Sunday night after 149 shows spanning nearly two years. During that time, Taylor Swift spent more than 520 collective hours on stage, performed nearly 50 songs, and released three albums — two re-recordings and one 31-track mega record. But those numbers don’t …

Early on in his new book, “Custodians of Wonder,” BBC Travel writer Eliot Stein tallies some recent effects of globalization, a process that seems to only speed up. Nine languages, he notes, are lost annually; half of the world’s current languages could go extinct within the next 100 years. Nearly …

If there’s a concept that seemed to be on Lady Gaga’s mind as she was making her upcoming seventh studio album, it was chaos. And the legendary pop star went deeper into that world as she dissected the as-of-yet untitled album’s lead single, “Disease,” on the latest episode ofRolling Stone‘s“The …

Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, and Miley Cyrus are lightyears away from the teen actors they were when we first encountered them more than a decade ago. The Nickelodeon and Disney alumni have remained significant figures in the pop arena ever since, but they’ve really only ever overlapped in an awards …

Kathleen Hanna, Tegan and Sara, and Amanda Palmer are among the 300-plus musicians who have signed an open letter supporting the Internet Archive as it faces a $621 million copyright infringement lawsuit over its efforts to preserve 78 rpm records. The letter, spearheaded by the digital advocacy group Fight for …

Keith Urban is hitting the road in 2025 with the High and Alive world tour. The musician has unveiled the North American dates for the run, which will feature support from Chase Matthew, Alana Springsteen, and Karley Scott Collins. The High and Alive tour will begin its trek through the …

From Oasis and Aerosmith to Elvis Presley and William Shatner, artists of all stripes just love to cover the rock & roll ur-text of the Beatles. But only a select few succeed in honoring the source material, making it uniquely their own, and creating something worth hearing. Add Lucinda Williams …

Jay-Z is fighting back against the accusation that he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old with Sean “Diddy” Combs, filing new paperwork in the Jane Doe’s case that seeks to have the woman reveal her full name or dismiss the lawsuit entirely. The 55-year-old, whose real name is Shawn Carter, was unveiled …

Nearly three weeks after family and friends mourned the late One Direction star Liam Payne at a funeral service in England, his girlfriend Kate Cassidy paid tribute to the musician in a social media post featuring video clips from their two-year relationship. Cassidy and Payne blow kisses, watch fireworks, fight …