Music
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Arts
‘Jelly’s Last Jam’ Review: A Musical Paradise, Even in Purgatory
Did Jelly Roll Morton “invent” jazz, as he claimed? A sensational Encores! revival offers a postmortem prosecution of one of…
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Arts
Covering the Rise of Tracy Chapman
Subscribe to Popcast!Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music Tracy Chapman’s ascent to the pop stratosphere in 1988 was not…
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Arts
Live Performance in New York: Here’s What to See This Spring
“The Notebook” and “Cabaret” land on Broadway. Olivia Rodrigo’s tour stops in Manhattan. Plus: Herbie Hancock, Heartbeat Opera and Trisha…
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Politics
Randy Sparks, Founder of the New Christy Minstrels, Dies at 90
With a keen eye for young talent, he helped boost the careers of Steve Martin, John Denver, Kenny Rogers and…
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Magazine
Listening to Music Is Better When It’s a Conversation Among Friends
At group listening sessions, everybody gets a turn to speak by choosing a song.
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Arts
How Do You Get Acoustic Instruments to Play Electronic Music?
The composer Matthew Sheeran, brother of the pop star Ed Sheeran, discusses how he translated microtonal electronic music for a…
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Arts
Seiji Ozawa: 8 Essential Recordings
Ozawa, who died this week at 88 years old, left behind a catalog made with orchestras in Boston, Chicago and…
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Politics
Seiji Ozawa, Captivating Conductor, Is Dead at 88
He led the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 29 years, toured widely and helped dispel prejudices about East Asian classical musicians.
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Politics
No, ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Is Not ‘the Worst’
A couple of weeks ago in The Times, a seasoned musician and composer proposed that George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”…
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Arts
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love John Coltrane
Coltrane changed the game in American music a few times over. Here’s a guided tour to his career, courtesy of…