Mr. Byrne, best known as the dynamic frontman of the 1980s art-rock outfit Talking Heads, is a kind of besuited Renaissance man.
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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.
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30 years after her debut, Selena is the icon we need today.
Our music superstars sounded and looked a little bit different, one woman, in particular. She was known as La Reina del Tex Mex, the Queen of Tejano music: Selena Quintanilla.
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Review: The birth (and birthplace) of R.E.M.
Robert Dean Lurie’s biography of R.E.M. aims to trace the group’s rapid ascension from college town obscurity to rock’s upper echelons.
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‘Blinded by the Light’ is a song-and-dance celebration of Bruce Springsteen
‘Blinded by the Light’ captures the angst and joy of being a teenager.
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Catholic streaming service debuts all hymns, all the time
Great Catholic Music, an audio web streaming service, is a project of the Living Bread Radio Network, a group of Catholic radio stations in northeast Ohio.
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This Palestinian hip hop group’s new record is a feminist rallying cry
DAM is making feminism its focus in its latest album.
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Bruce Springsteen looks for mercy and deliverance in new album ‘Western Stars’
Springsteen has created a sprawling sonic landscape that, in its best moments, feels like the soundtrack to a film you would love to see.
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What’s your favorite hymn?
Do you have a “guilty pleasure” hymn that you love?
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The harrowing story of French nuns killed by the guillotine returns to the Metropolitan Opera
Originally written by Georges Bernanos, the “Dialogues of the Carmelites” was turned into an opera by the French composer Francis Poulenc.