“A Star Is Born” is not only among the most self-reflective of Hollywood vehicles but the most resilient; when clichés work they are called conventions.

Kanye is id-made-flesh, an extreme and uncomfortable example of what we all look like when turned inside out.

In the patriarchal spaces of the music world as well as the church world, Aretha Franklin demanded respect for her talents and her work.

“There’s so many people looking,” said a girl in a backwards baseball cap, “but there’s no one to see.”

Steven Hyden says he is not a religious person, but he is fervently devoted to the music that he grew up with.

With his "Mass," Leonard Bernstein uses liturgy to give voice to political unease.