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What Lil Wayne’s latest album tells us about Black death in 2020
Lil Wayne pulls from this rich tradition of Black death celebration while dismissing the social conditions that forged it.
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With ‘Chromatica,’ Lady Gaga comes home.
In her new album, Lady Gaga transports us light years away, ultimately, to return us to ourselves.
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Watch: A stay-at-home gala for the Metropolitan Opera
On April 25, the Met’s first virtual gala was held. It will be rebroadcast on June 12 and 13.
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How Catholic was Beethoven?
For a solution, it is best to experience how Beethoven’s works sound.
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Fiona Apple’s ‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters’ is the album we need to survive quarantine
Apple’s new album feels like a sustained performance, dense with emotion and observation.
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R.I.P. John Prine, oracle of the broken and the beautiful
John Prine, who died on Tuesday, April 7, was one of country-folk music’s greatest lyricists.
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We’re in the New Age of Protest Music
Several political artists were been nominated for Grammys this year, including Rhiannon Giddens, bluegrass outfit Che Apalache and Kenyan folk singer J.S. Ondara.
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In ‘Broken Silence,’ a composer brings a note of hope to the church’s sex abuse crisis
“Broken Silence” is more than a concert. It is a musical meditation that plunges straight to the heart of our collective trauma.
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Review: Kanye’s infatuation with the prosperity gospel (and himself)
Part of me winces at “Jesus Is King,” as though it were a decaying tooth. But if I’m honest, another part of me is drawn to the rot.