| 单词 | pop music |
| 例句 | She was one of them, really, blithe and girlish in her manner and her tastes—video games, Harry Potter, the baffling pop music they listened to. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The terms "folk music" and "pop music" also have more than one meaning. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z My mom humming along to pop music on the radio even when she doesn't know the lyrics. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Sometime he’d settle for pop music, which, if the volume was turned down low, still allowed him to concentrate on his board analysis. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I sat still on the edge of the bed, hands clasped, wanting to tell Amaka that I did not own a cassette player, that I could hardly tell any lands of pop music apart. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z They hear pop music, watch singing competition shows on television, have pop idols, and want to sing pop music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Loud, snazzy pop music plays on the radio. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In many cultures, pop music has largely replaced folk music as the music that everyone knows. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The term pop music can refer to a specific kind of popular music, as in "bubblegum pop." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Reed laughs: “You know, I didn’t listen to pop music growing up, so I was never very good at recognising his music,” he says. ‘I was surprised how unceasing the abuse was’: the fallout from Leaving Neverland 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z An unrelenting pop music soundtrack vests the story with a cheesy rah-rah sensibility, while the film’s breakneck pacing hinders proper reflection of any single event or anecdote. ‘Rebel Hearts’ Review: Sisters Act Up 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z The tunes are catchy, punk-folk-minimalist amalgams that parody pop music by increasing the simplicity and repetitiveness of much of it, and use and abuse language brilliantly. Martin Creed’s Anti-Spectacle at the Park Avenue Armory 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Clooney will be joined by Jean and other pop music and movie stars. 2010-01-16T04:29:00Z When you think about it, much of the best pop music has the necessary repetitive elements and simple infectiousness to be enjoyed by kids. New band of the day ? The Crayonettes (No 856) 2010-08-27T15:13:00Z It’s always good to be reminded that the notion of authenticity in pop music is neutral, or perhaps worthless: so far, this may be her greatest and farthest-reaching lesson. Miranda Lambert to Release ?Four the Record? 2011-09-18T00:45:05Z Lose Yourself to Dance offers more of the exquisitely turned pop music that's made Get Lucky the biggest-selling single of the year in Britain. Daft Punk: Random Access Memories – review 2013-05-15T12:59:08Z After claiming some credit for the fizzling of President Trump’s rally in Oklahoma, the online armies of Korean pop music listeners are feeling prepared and empowered. Why Obsessive K-Pop Fans Are Turning Toward Political Activism 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z All the while they interrupt each other with fragmented thoughts and exclamations, that is, when the storytellers aren’t being interrupted by sudden blasts of pop music. Review: In ‘Misdemeanor Dream,’ Speaking to the Unseen 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Among the most reliable is the apparent misuse of pop music by politicians. Tom Ewing 2010-04-15T21:45:00Z But at the same time, Mr. Sitek said, “In our own kind of naïve mind, we were making what we thought pop music was supposed to be.” TV on the Radio Releases a New Album 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z “Chaos,” released last month, marks her return to pop music after a nearly six-year hiatus. Amidst the chaos, Sara Bareilles finds a new voice 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z When it comes to pop music, I don’t believe in guilty pleasures, and neither should you. Beyoncé, Jay Z redefine ‘guilty pleasure’ on this tour The actor had acknowledged his addictive tendencies in a 1985 interview with The Associated Press, when he described turning his back on the dream of a pop music career. 'Taxi,' 'Grease' star Jeff Conaway dies at 60 2011-05-27T19:32:29Z This roving pop music festival kicks off in Singapore before going to Australia and New Zealand. What's On This Week Around the World 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z That's a bit unusual, but it's also a break from mainstream pop music, and a needed one. Review: A look at overlooked albums of 2012 2013-01-03T17:46:53Z Increasingly alienated and defiant amid her conservative surroundings, she found solace and inspiration in pop music fandom online after hearing a Florence + the Machine song in the credits of a movie. The Most Famous Girl at the Waffle House 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Posthumous albums have been an inevitable and often tragic staple throughout pop music history. Fresh Releases by Pink Floyd and Queen 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The Song Machine”, a history of the past 20 years of pop music, takes for granted two assumptions, both convincingly demonstrated via a highly engaging narrative. Bopping brilliant 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Blog Home E-mail Andrew Best pop music 2011: Seattle and beyond It was another great year for music, despite what you might have witnessed on "American Idol" or "X Factor." Best pop music 2011: Seattle and beyond 2011-12-24T14:01:08Z It is not clear if treasured Brits from the world of stage and screen - and pop music - will be on the list. British royal wedding guest list details emerge 2011-04-10T15:23:09Z “She is a prisoner of her own success,” said Jordan Miller, the owner and operator of BreatheHeavy.com, a pop music website focused on contemporary divas. The Defiance of Mariah’s Lambs 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z Unlike most of your pop music festivals, the life of the commuter and others blessed with daily routines fit seamlessly into its generous contours, enhancing quotidian existence without totally disrupting it. Proms roundup 2012-08-01T16:14:54Z He was interested in vocal pop music from an early age and sang in his high school glee club. Tim Hauser, the Founder of the Manhattan Transfer, Dies at 72 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z This album’s most dance-oriented and least successful moments illustrate just how hard it is for one artist, even one with the impact of Mr. Bieber, to shape the sound of pop music alone. Pop: Justin Bieber’s Album ‘Believe’ Comes Out Tuesday 2012-06-14T12:00:00Z Her Grammy-winning album, “Amazing Grace,” is one of the seminal albums in not only Franklin’s discography, but the canon of American pop music. Aretha Franklin makes history with posthumous Pulitzer win 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Read more listings for art, dance, film, pop music, television and theater. Classical Fall Preview: Debuts, Premieres, a New Philharmonic Maestro 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Eurovision has even begun to make inroads in the United States, a country generally immune to the event’s flamboyant celebration of pop music. A Guide to Eurovision 2023 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z It wasn’t that Pavarotti dabbled in pop music or sought the adulation of the crowd but, rather, that those things overshadowed and mostly supplanted his operatic career. Perspective | Even opera lovers should grit their teeth and watch this mediocre Pavarotti film 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z In 2003, Mr. Brown was honored by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to pop music and made a Member of the Order of the British Empire. Errol Brown dies; brought ‘You Sexy Thing’ to dance floors and movie screens 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z You’ve also brought up the fact that that hip hop is today’s true pop music. "Desus & Mero" won't give 2020 candidates a pass: "We bring up receipts" 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z Some Welsh-language pop music not affected by the rights dispute is being included. Hymns replace pop on Radio Cymru 2013-01-01T11:35:28Z When pop music took an alternative turn in the '90s, it felt like an industry takeover. Concert review: Das Racist and Danny Brown at Neumos 2011-11-10T20:38:54Z “He kept saying that we watch too much television, pop music can destroy our lives, there are too many dangerous things around us.” Cult Fame and Its Discontents 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z The downside of creating pop music immortality is that few hits ascend that mountaintop without pushing millions of people over the edge. Do you "Believe" in the immortality of Cher's pop music anthem after 25 years? 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Swedish female artists have been making significant inroads in the pop music landscape in recent years; among them Robyn's electro-dance return and the icy beauty of Fever Ray. Lykke Li's dramatic, confident star turn 2011-05-24T16:07:20Z Seattle has such a deep pop music scene — with local as well as touring acts — that even during a slow week, it’s difficult to decide what to write about. Lady Gaga, Arctic Monkeys, Counting Crows, what a week! | Concert preview 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The Swedish star Robyn is back, and she’s still leaning on what she calls the pillars of pop music: “Eternity and death. And losing control.” How Robyn, Pop’s Glittery Rebel, Danced Her Way Back From Darkness 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z There was something peculiarly endearing about an audience of pop music geeks cheering the details of Saturday night’s sold-out benefit performance of the Beatles’ "White Album" in its entirety at Glendale’s Alex Theatre. Review: Beatles' 'White Album' revisited for autism benefit 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z The easily downloadable single dominates pop music today, which makes “Goodbar,” a music-theater piece being presented at the Public Theater as part of the , a throwback in more ways than one. | 'Goodbar': ?Goodbar? at Under the Radar Festival - Review 2012-01-05T22:43:47Z The soundtracks recorded for “Glee” have been huge best sellers, suggesting that new generations of pop music consumers are happy to listen to revised versions of old music. Tony Nominations Prove the Musical Has Lost Its Voice 2010-06-11T04:31:00Z Our primer for Spring Arts activities highlights events in art, books, dance, theater, classical and pop music, as compiled by Los Angeles Times critics and writers. Spring Arts Guide 2017: Aimee Mann, Margaret Atwood, a Pasadena theater troupe and what to watch, read and listen to this season 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z In each of those cases, the album was an evolutionary step for the artist in question, and also for pop music more broadly. How Streaming, Exclusives and the Chainsmokers Made 2016 a Disruptive Year for Pop 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z "Everything Fab Four" is a podcast is co-produced by me and Womack, a music scholar who also writes about pop music for Salon, and distributed by Salon. Judy Collins on talking groupies with Linda McCartney and her "flying leap" to cover the Beatles 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z As the paying audience for pop music massively declined during the ’00s, “Idol” had been able to stay ahead of the curve by making it about competition and narrative rather than music. American Idol: Riveting despite itself 2012-05-24T11:51:00Z What about “classical crossover” — a genre that’s perched between classical and pop music, which some people say vulgarizes or dumbs down classical music? Ludovico Einaudi: A Classical Artist for the YouTube Age 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Fans of pop music who love to dance shouldn’t miss this show. Listen: From Charli XCX to Peter Frampton and more, a playlist of songs by musicians playing in Seattle Oct. 4-10 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z It's a common view, for instance, that the genre has lowered the standards and ambitions of pop music. Ten years of The X Factor, the show-off show with a talent for survival 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Then she removes her ear buds, and garish, joyful American pop music floods the scene, confirming her location. "Dispatches From Elsewhere" casts a wondrous spell, but can it overcome our cynicism? 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Many of Kasem's former radio colleagues also attended, while pop music arranger David Campbell played a violin version of Stephen Sondheim's Send in the Clowns, one of Kasem's favourite songs. Kasem memorial held in Los Angeles 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z As pop music expanded and evolved and Kasem’s generation matured, his version of America seemed less relevant, and he became to many a symbol of everything wrong with reductive, market-driven pop music. Casey Kasem: A critic's take on why he mattered, for so long 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Despite his youth, Lacy is essentially a late bloomer among his particular cohort of post-streaming pop music insurgents. Steve Lacy Is Right on Time 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z The business of soundtracks dominated by songs instead of instrumental scores really began with “American Graffiti” in the early 1970s and Martin Scorsese’s movies where he liked to use a lot of pop music. Secrets of the “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” soundtrack: “When you can hear the vocals, you say, ‘Oh my God, this song is about Cameron'” 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Listen for an hour and you will get a snapshot of the nation's favourite pop music; you won't hear a guitar but you will hear plenty of Auto-Tune. A week listening to ? Capital FM 2011-04-12T10:17:42Z We made quintessentially British pop music and we were sort of in a bubble really. Pete Waterman: 'I bought $80 of ganja on the beach and made a reggae record' 2012-07-04T14:58:30Z Genre lines continued to blur and the definition of album shifted further in another year of upheaval in pop music. The 28 Best Albums of 2018 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z He applied Situationist theory to pop music, the results of which were employed in the pursuit of anarchy – or at the very least, the upsetting of the status quo. Malcolm McLaren: a career in clips 2010-04-09T07:34:00Z Mothersbaugh said that Devo's music was as strongly influenced by the music heard in elevators and television commercials as it was other kinds of pop music. SXSW 2012 kicks off and Devo's in the house 2012-03-13T21:14:00Z Japanese are among the world’s most avid followers of Western pop music. Paul McCartney cancels Japan tour due to virus 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z Reeder said the analysis showed that brands are once again partnering with celebrities and using pop music to maximize brand awareness and forge emotional connections with consumers. 2010-02-02T03:07:00Z But wasn’t “classical” music pop music at one time? ‘Commercial’ vs. ‘Literary Writing,’ Cozy Mysteries and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z In the 1960s, inspired by the "pirate radio" movement of unlicensed stations broadcasting pop music from outside Britain's boundaries, Bates set up Radio Essex on an offshore fort. 'Prince Roy of Sealand' Roy Bates dead at 91 2012-10-10T16:34:08Z But if Sia’s ambition and prolific output are unmatched in modern pop music, there’s one thing that is rarely part of the conversation: the way she looks. Sia doesn’t want to be famous: Considering how we treat women like Margot Robbie and Renée Zellweger, who can blame her? 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z Lil Wayne, one of the biggest stars in pop music, had a deal to promote the company's Mountain Dew soda. PepsiCo ending ties with Lil Wayne 2013-05-03T21:37:08Z Frank Sinatra gave pop music a beating heart. Frank Sinatra: A Hundred Years On, the Voice Resonates Still 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z In 1971, that telly went colour, and pop music redressed itself accordingly. Gary Kemp: My teen crush on David Bowie 2010-06-28T20:45:00Z The album, released this month, marks Kelly’s return to the pop music world following her 2018 gospel album “Hiding Place,” which won two Grammys Awards. Q&A: On ‘Inspired by True Events,’ Tori Kelly gets personal 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The McCartney singles collection is a thing of beauty, to be sure — a celebration of pop music's greatest songwriter. Paul McCartney singles box set tells riveting story of a brilliant musician with something to prove 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z He has conquered pop music, moved into fashion and is doing his best to become a Hollywood movie star. Justin Timberlake goes rogue for "In Time" 2011-10-27T16:53:47Z Beat poetry, born to be performed as much as read, these were verses that spoke of Batman and bedsitters, bus rides and chip shops and plastic daffodils – and pop music too, of course. Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2011-08-04T21:00:02Z There is no better illustration of why pop music should only be used as a guide to politics if there's absolutely nothing else to hand. Royal Wedding; Worried About the Boy; Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop; Ashes to Ashes 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z In fact, they are to politics what the Green Party are to pop music. New band of the day ? No 846: The Count & Sinden 2010-08-12T15:54:00Z But comparing pop music to Mark Twain is a little off-base. Dire Straits' homophobic faux-pas 2011-01-18T16:33:25Z So the idea of the misuse of pop in politics narrows to the notion that politicians do not listen to the right bits of pop music, or not in the right way. Tom Ewing 2010-04-15T21:45:00Z Nobody seriously thinks that bad Grammy Awards spell the death of pop music, or that a given year’s National Book Awards reveal much about the health of literature. Does the Academy Hold Movies in Contempt? Our Critics Wonder. 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z In 2008, the Sparks performed all 21 of their studio albums released to date in their entirety over the course of 21 nonconsecutive nights, an undertaking since unequaled by any pop music act. Sparks to mount 1974 'Kimono' album live on Valentine's Day 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The song shows Urban is experimenting with different genres, as the upbeat tune takes a strong pop music approach with a hint of hip-hop mixed in. Singer Keith Urban navigates 'uncharted waters' on new album 2013-09-11T00:32:56Z Favorite singer or musician: This group of students really loves pop music, with Taylor Swift receiving five votes from the class. October’s Class of KidsPost: Silverbrook fifth-graders 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The label focuses on dance and pop music - a good fit for Pauly D, since he's known as a DJ as well as a reality star. 'Jersey Shore' star Pauly D teams up with 50 Cent 2011-12-01T18:22:11Z Instead, he wrote songs that aim to evoke but not mimic the progression of pop music as it developed through the 1950s. In 'Recorded in Hollywood,' Dolphin family's lore crosses over into R&B history 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z They’d drifted away from the mainstream, but in 1984, one of pop music’s greatest years, the Cars released an album with five hit singles, making them bigger than ever. Ric Ocasek’s Essential Songs: Listen to 11 Tracks 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z She was popular in pop music and country and became the first singer to have television programs on all three major networks, including "The Patti Page Show" on ABC. 'Tennessee Waltz' singer Patti Page dies at 85 2013-01-02T19:54:03Z And next week pop music fans in 60 countries will be able to catch Colombian singer Shakira in a film shot on her El Dorado world tour. A huge band, with a cool crowd from a ringside seat? Head for the cinema 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z The film exposes the paradox at the heart of a country better known around the world for its technological prowess and pop music. Parasite: how Oscar triumph has exposed South Korea’s social divide 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z Such transitions exist in a variety of cultural contexts — politics, religion, art, sports — though pop music, which we trace back to the ‘50s and ‘60s, is only just now reaching this point. Mavis Staples Spreads Love and Joy on One True Vine 2013-06-26T09:45:05Z A suite of songs — “Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm,” “I’m a Woman” and “The Man I Can Love” — made for an amusing capsule history of feminism in pop music. Music Review: Cabaret Stint for Michele Lee at 54 Below 2014-02-05T22:16:19Z He quickly contracted Ashford and Simpson to write exclusively for his artists and for the next five years they were major contributors to Motown's dominance of black pop music. Nickolas Ashford obituary 2011-08-23T14:25:23Z The nature of pop music has not changed much, the authors said. ArtsBeat Blog: This Just In: Study Shows Songs About Sex Are Hot Sellers 2011-10-04T13:21:07Z Read more listings for art, classical music, film, pop music, television and theater. 39 Dance Performances to See This Fall 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Late last year Cowell was talking to ITV about a Saturday night pop music entertainment show, but this was never commissioned. Simon Cowell's Syco links up with ITV Studios for new gameshow 2011-04-07T12:48:03Z At a time when pop music is largely muted on social issues, Tempest deals bravely with poverty, class and consumerism. Kate Tempest: the performance poet who can't be ignored 2013-04-10T14:50:13Z Considered the Grand Old Man of Danish pop music, he wrote dozens of scores for films and television shows. Bent Fabric, Danish Grammy-winning composer, dies at 95 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z The magic trick of pop music involves making the familiar feel new. The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” and the Familiar Feeling of Pop 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Previously we heard from readers who work in , , and pop music. ArtsBeat: What Inspired You to Work in Video Games? 2013-08-02T20:00:13Z Moving the goalposts of pop music is not Katy Perry’s aim. Pop Goes Katy Perry: PRISM Promises Hits 2013-10-22T14:08:45Z I don’t really think anything about the music industry, because I’ve never been into pop music. Van Morrison Would Rather Play Jazz Than Talk About It 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Here are two things about the future of pop music everyone agrees upon: Tt will be dancey, and it’s going to be more Latino. Too few at Regent see 3BallMTY, Los Rakas, who may be future of pop 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z It evokes the mechanized beats of pop music that somehow manage to channel less mechanized emotions. Julia Dault composes musical eruptions of color 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z In pop music especially, plenty of the most famous performers essentially eschew the press: Taylor Swift hasn’t given a substantive interview and access to a print publication for at least two years. R.I.P., the Celebrity Profile 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z And I think that’s a good thing -- it makes pop music better. Charli XCX on 'Sucker': 'I haven't made an album to get on pop radio' 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z But then pop music moved on, into perhaps the most accelerated period of development in its entire history. The bizarre lost world of 1970s cabaret pop 2010-10-07T21:30:00Z We also picked our favorite festivals in theater, dance and pop music. 15 Classical Music Festivals to See This Summer 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Its cultural cues are mostly from old movies and pop music that speak less to the teens for whom is marketed than to the 30-something people who made it. Easy A: We Heart Emma Stone 2010-09-17T17:35:00Z “The result,” journalist and pop music reviewer Larry Rohter wrote in The Washington Post, “is a fascinating mixture of Continental elegance and American soulfulness.” Svend Asmussen, irreverent jazz violin virtuoso, dies at 100 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z “There are African rhythms and African sensibilities in American pop music all the time, but I kind of resented not being informed that I was playing African rhythms until after the fact.” A Brilliant Return for a Talking Heads Album 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z In its place is “Summer for the City,” featuring a wider variety of genres, including pop music, social dance and comedy. Lincoln Center Names Conductor for Reimagined Mostly Mozart Orchestra 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z The manuscript is being offered as part of Sotheby’s rock and pop music sale. ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ could bring $2M at auction 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z This was no mere crossover project, she insisted, but an attempt to visit a “parallel universe” of pop music, as she put it in the album’s booklet notes. Ren?e Fleming With the Met and Chicago?s Lyric Opera Company 2012-01-27T19:30:47Z Angus Batey Hear them here: bit.ly/ewf75 Without them, there's no … multifaceted, cross-cultural pop music as we know it The Greatest Hits is released on Monday on CMG. Pop's undersung heroes: artists with big influence but small reputation 2010-07-15T21:00:00Z His unlikely rap inspires a spot of freestyling by Jordan Stephens and marks the start of a counter-attack by young, hip-hop, dance and grime-influenced stars, seemingly set on ridding pop music of indie rock. The V festival, day one – review 2012-08-19T13:15:31Z The announcement follows shortly after Cowell, one of the most powerful figures in television and pop music, said he was quitting the top-rated U.S. 2010-01-19T13:50:00Z Now, L'Osservatore says that the Beatles' songs have stood the test of time, and that the band remains "the longest-lasting, most consistent and representative phenomenon in the history of pop music." Vatican makes peace with the Beatles 2010-04-12T14:54:00Z Penny took Adele to her first gig at toddler age – the Cure at Finsbury Park – seeding an obsession with pop music that never went away. The girl with the mighty mouth 2011-03-27T00:02:01Z She becomes very animated when, given by my brain a choice between the state of pop music, more sex and the supremacy of cats, I opt for the third. Cocteau Twins: 'It's music to bonk to' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-07-31T17:01:42Z The system, used at some comedy shows, pop music concerts and other live events, is obviously imperfect — some people have figured out how to open such pouches, while others smuggle in phones despite the rules. After Nude Jesse Williams Video, Theater Turns Camera on Audience 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z An investment banker with a maniacal streak, Patrick loves pop music, aerobic workouts, Dove bars and dissecting women. He Knows the Drill: Benjamin Walker Works to Make ‘American Psycho’ Sing 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Millennial angst finally caught up with pop music: Where the Top 40 was populated with exuberant, hedonistic party anthems just a few years ago, today it’s increasingly flecked with unease. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The 13 students at this private school enjoy pop music, fantasy books and YouTube. April Class of KidsPost: Pinecrest School fifth- and sixth-graders 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The pop music award was won by Plan B, who accepted the prize from Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood. Judi Dench, Plan B among South Bank Award winners 2011-01-25T15:49:24Z “On the one hand,” the New York Times critic Robert Palmer wrote in 1980, the four vocalists “are genuine aficionados of pop music’s many vocal-group idioms.” Tim Hauser, the Founder of the Manhattan Transfer, Dies at 72 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical," will chart the journey of Carol Klein from Brooklyn to the top of the pop music world, producers Paul Blake and Sony/ATV Music Publishing said. New musical on songstress Carole King Broadway-bound 2013-03-15T19:54:32Z The BBC's controller of pop music Bob Shennan said it would be the "first truly digital Glastonbury experience" with live coverage from six stages, including the flagship Pyramid stage, streamed online. BBC pledges to deliver 'first truly digital' Glastonbury coverage 2013-05-30T12:22:16Z Some pop music stans can act like rabid animals, and I know this as I had a One Direction Twitter fan account in 2013. Doja Cat's new polarizing, dark side cashes in on how controversy always sells 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Even when Lady Gaga was at her pop peak, she wasn’t quite at its center — she was a loud outsider summiting pop music by force of will and shock of glam. Lady Gaga’s Stripped-Down New Album Fishes for Inspiration 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Now he’s bringing his danceable pop music, which celebrates the adventure in the everyday, to Queens. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z West remains capable of orchestrating impressive pop music. Kanye West’s ‘Donda’ Era, on a Chaotic Stage 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Jump to: art, architecture, broadway, books, classical music, dance, pop music and theater. All of the L.A. arts events and exhibitions to check out this fall 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Wherever's there's been pop music, there's been dancing. It's summer, let's dance! 2013-07-06T05:00:00Z For all of pop music's obsession with youth, major labels typically reward experience and consistency. Interscope CEO John Janick looks ahead 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Because this is Bollywood, the training montages are accompanied by sprightly pop music, though not as choreographed song-and-dance numbers. Review: A Father’s Dreams, Recast by His Daughters in ‘Dangal’ 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z The critic Jon Caramanica, writing in the Times, recently argued that pop music—which he defines as songs that strive for “gloss, pep, ecstasy, spectacle”—has faded as a dominant cultural force. Taylor Swift’s Netflix Special Is the End of an Era 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Everything is all told through choreography, projections and music, most of which has been written especially for this production and is a mix of Chinese folk and pop music and even world fusion. In Pasadena, the $6-million Chinese stage show that was three years in the making: 'Memory 5D+' 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z It will be, as never before in this way, played in an environment of new American music that arouse out of much of what Boulez has opposed, especially pop music and Minimalism. Ojai Music Festival celebrates icon Pierre Boulez's 90th birthday 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z In 1967 he proclaimed pop music "part of a historic revolution – only now these young people have gotten control of a mass medium, the phonograph record". Are you ever too old for pop music? 2012-06-16T23:06:03Z Over the past few years, this effort to refit 50 years of pop music has heralded a rush of work for engineers and mixers, who’ve suddenly found themselves doing volume business in the format. Dolby Atmos Wants You to Listen Up. (And Down. And Sideways.) 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z “I write pop music in my bedroom with my computer,” is how he described it afterward. ArtsBeat: Diamond Rings Match Eye Makeup to Sports Jersey 2010-10-21T17:56:00Z Traditionally dominated by pop music, the Billboard Music awards will this year have several categories for electronic dance music. One Direction bound for Justin Bieber clash at Billboard Music awards 2013-04-23T11:20:11Z A. Deep down, I grew up listening to pop music on the radio as a kid, and I was introduced to soul music by my parents — Stax and Motown. A Word With: Paul Epworth: Paul Epworth, on Producing Adele 2012-02-09T15:58:40Z This German singer’s songs are ostensibly about heartbreak, material excess, partying and other escapades, but they’re also about pop music itself. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z They are now marks for frivolous litigation premised upon nebulous assertions as well as a complete and willful ignorance of how pop music is actually made. It’s Got a Great Beat, and You Can File a Lawsuit to It 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Was it difficult to get hold of pop music in Poland when you were growing up? Polish DJ duo Catz n Dogz: 'I got my tape of Michael Jackson's Bad from the guy selling potatoes at the market' 2012-06-08T10:19:00Z Colleagues in other disciplines—dance, theatre, visual arts, books, even movies and pop music—report similar struggles. The Fate of the Critic in the Clickbait Age 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z "The same is true of pop music," Robinson adds. Martin Carthy and Tom Robinson's notes on a revolution 2010-06-13T20:29:00Z Here he picks a moment that changed pop music forever: the release of Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall. Sundance 2016: which films are set to reverse festival's box office flameout? 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z From We Need a Resolution's odd, skittish argument with a bad boyfriend to the gentle soul of I Care 4 U, it's pop music in a different league, as playful as it is inventive. Aaliyah: still rocking the boat 2011-08-25T11:21:40Z They did not aim for pop music stardom in their songwriting, preferring a raw sound they never figured would lead them down a red carpet and into the Staples Center. The Lumineers ride folk rock wave to Grammys 2013-02-04T12:31:16Z One early inspiration was The United States of America, the cult hippy-era California group who strove to add avant-garde electronic experimentation to pop music, and whose sole album Keenan once described as a "bible". Trish Keenan obituary 2011-01-17T15:27:31Z Anybody who likes their pop music served with pathos would have loved the show Phil Collins delivered at Capital One Arena on Sunday night. Review | Phil Collins may be physically frail, but in concert his hits remain as sturdy as ever 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Or a better way to put it is to say that they are encased in more immediate realities that shut out conditions — beyond friends, work, clothes, cars, pop music, sitcoms, Facebook. Millennials will save us! 2013-02-16T19:00:00Z The same year, he celebrated 50 years in music with a concert at Madison Square Garden, a performance reviewed by Jon Pareles, the chief pop music critic for The Times. Cheo Feliciano, Debonair Salsa Singer, Dies at 78 2014-04-19T05:31:10Z While the dance routines were strong, turning the music of Motown — which featured some of the most vital, urgent vocals in pop music history — into a Busby Berkeley routine was a swing and a miss. The Best and Worst of the Grammys 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z If his music offers a new kind of pop music, Woon is a new kind of pop star: like James Blake, he lives partly in the shadowy netherworld of dubstep. Jamie Woon: 'I've always wanted to make pop' 2011-01-27T22:00:01Z The only thing that isn’t so strange is the mainstream pop music he’s trying to make. Jon Ronson gets inside ‘Frank’s’ head Gene Stout, who was the pop music critic at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for more than 20 years, is now freelancing for The Seattle Times. KeyArena crowd found a good time with Lady Antebellum 2012-03-21T18:09:29Z Clever, sophisticated, prolific: at their height, Chic made pop music so good that they seemed invulnerable. The Chic Organization: Up All Night – review 2013-06-27T14:30:00Z “In a way, I still agree that those are the three pillars of pop music. Those are pillars of youth,” she went on. How Robyn, Pop’s Glittery Rebel, Danced Her Way Back From Darkness 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z There’s never been a concise definition of pop music, but Stanley gets close to a good one. When Elvis Met Beyoncé: A History of Pop Music 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z As for syncing up harmonies between two of the most idiosyncratic singers in all of pop music, Haggard shrugged off any perceived challenges. Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard are country kin on 'Django and Jimmie' 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Let us know at theplaylist@nytimes.com and sign up for our Louder newsletter, a once-a-week blast of our pop music coverage, and The Amplifier, a twice-weekly guide to new and old songs. Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro’s Love Trilogy, and 8 More New Songs 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Wikileaks' venture into pop music is ostensibly to raise money to keep the website's quest for truth and justice going in the face of a crippling financial blockade. Wikileaks – the album: read our verdict 2012-06-29T16:56:41Z His work is seeping into pop music too, as established musicians outside the dance world have given him their imprimatur. Skrillex to Play at Webster Hall and Roseland 2012-01-26T23:36:04Z But one thing is certain: Ms. Welch will be avoiding the pyrotechnics of her peers in pop music. The Bohemian Fashion Muse 2011-02-12T00:45:24Z The re-creation of “Revolution 9” also represented a wondrous elevation of the whole notion of pop music geekdom. Review: Beatles' 'White Album' revisited for autism benefit 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z “A lot of the harmonies on the songs are really pushing the palette of normal pop music.” Mark Ronson’s Fourth Solo Album, ‘Uptown Special,’ Is a Star Collaboration 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Instead of envying Gaga's quick rise, the group was inspired by her successful skewing of pop music. Glam rock alive and well with Semi Precious Weapons 2010-05-29T02:30:00Z “Art is already suffering because of it… The problem with the pop music is that it’s shallow. It doesn’t go anywhere, it doesn’t take you anywhere.” David Crosby opens up in new documentary ‘Remember My Name’ 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z GreenLight said its annual report is a barometer to identify trends in how brands are using celebrities and pop music in their TV commercials. 2010-02-02T03:07:00Z The women of pop music failed to land nominations in categories such as Artist of the Year, Video of the Year and Tour of the Year. Bruno Mars leads music's AMA nominations as female artists edged out 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z It’s an album about alienation and loneliness disguised as pop music with glorious crescendos and sunburst choruses. Tame Impala and the lonely pursuit of perfection 2012-11-08T18:56:00Z Sophie may not have been a household name, but over her short career she had a profound and transformative effect on the way modern pop music sounds. Hear Sophie’s 12 Essential Songs 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z He surveyed some of the most musically and harmonically adventurous and creative pop music ever written. An assertive Brian Wilson surveys beloved hits at Greek Theatre 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Her set and The Head and the Heart's highlighted big thrusts in rock/pop music today: hope and self-forgiveness. Families share 'Winter Warmth' at WaMu 2011-12-09T22:35:25Z K-pop is the umbrella term for the ecstatic, vibrant, outrageously polished and often hyperreal version of pop music that dominates South Korea’s music industry. A K-pop primer for Olympic listening 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z The one who believes in equality, justice, free speech, truth to power, God, you, reflective outfits with strange protuberances, and above all, pop music’s grand utopian impulse. Perspective | Hollywood brightened Lady Gaga’s star. Las Vegas will protect her from oblivion. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Singing BTS’ K-Pop, or Korean pop music, songs as they waited for the concert to begin, fans cheered loudly as the group took to the stage introducing themselves. K-pop comes to London as South Korea's BTS take to stage 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z The fact is, she’s recognized and taken advantage of those changes, thus contributing significantly to her ascent to the top tier of pop music stardom. 'The music industry is not dying' -- Taylor Swift 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z The audience leaves the theater happy, musically satisfied, and at least marginally more familiar with an important turning point in pop music history. Carol King Joins the Broadway Cabaret with Beautiful 2014-01-16T18:47:13Z It made it hard for me when I went to sing American pop music, because rock and roll is based on black church rhythms, and I wasn’t exposed to that as a kid. Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Some of the greatest pop music ever made, expertly played by a ferociously well-drilled band. Chic at Glastonbury festival – review 2013-06-28T23:44:24Z If classical music hadn't "overstepped the mark and turned megalomaniacal," presumably it would have prospered, as pop music has done. The war on culture: How conservatives and progressives joined forces to crush art 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z The N.F.L. disappeared pop music from the halftime show for several years, eager to avoid bad publicity or Congressional criticism. How Hip-Hop Inched Its Way to the Super Bowl Halftime Stage 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z By the same token, the NSO does not play pop music as well as it plays the classics. Military bands offer musicians great jobs, similar challenges to orchestras “Krai” also draws on her background in both classical and pop music. Olga Bell Releases Her Russia-Inspired ‘Krai’ 2014-04-30T14:18:56Z I started formulating a plan, where I could use the fact I was getting older to my advantage because back then there was no one knocking 40 making pop music. Nick Lowe interview: Pop music for grown-ups 2011-12-08T05:26:00Z The history of this quartet, as an entity, begins in the late 1980s, when Marsalis was in his 20s, dabbling in pop music and film scoring. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Previously we heard from readers who work in television and classical music; in the coming weeks, we will explore the worlds of pop music, video games, visual art and more. Your First Dance Crush 2013-07-24T16:05:46Z And while Schneider was famously secretive about his role in the music, the group’s genius was easy to grasp: Kraftwerk knew how to funnel genuine human feeling through cutting-edge technology to create impeccable pop music. Perspective | Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider showed us that computers can be love machines 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z In the first episode, the writers Ann Powers and Nelson George offer a primer on the long, twisted history of pop music’s idolization of relationships with young girls, on and off wax. “Surviving R. Kelly” Reframes R. Kelly and the Songs We Once Loved 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z The sociologist and music critic Hermano Vianna wrote that the record "repositioned the pop music of Salvador in the oceanic web of the Black Atlantic, to which all the new digital rhythms are connected". Brazil is surfing a musical new wave that is now reaching Europe 2013-01-01T14:01:04Z Grigorieva, a classical pianist and model, released a debut pop music album in August. Mel Gibson and Russian girlfriend in reported split 2010-04-14T23:39:00Z Show” was a remarkable snapshot of a wide-open moment in pop music, just as the Beatles’ arrival was transforming the rules. Music: ?T.A.M.I. Show? Release Reveals Classic Performances 2010-03-20T04:36:00Z GLASS: I felt completely comfortable working with people in pop music. Philip Glass and Beck Discuss Collaborating on ‘Rework’ 2012-10-07T07:23:02Z This year's honors included some of the biggest names in pop music, hip-hop and rap, country and rock. Grammy TV audience hits 10-year high 2011-02-14T18:31:25Z After the ballet, the main stage gets back to a programme of pop music, with Dutch singer Caro Emerald first on the bill. Ballet makes Glastonbury debut 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Does the atemporality of so much modern pop music mean that when in the future we listen back to early-21st-century pop, we won’t be able to identify a sound that characterizes the period? The Songs of Now Sound a Lot Like Then 2011-07-17T01:45:26Z As Eddie Fisher was to the pop music of the early 1950s, Curtis was to that period's movies: a handsome Jewish prince for American girls to fall in love with. Remembering Tony Curtis: The Best of Everything 2010-09-30T22:15:00Z "So much of pop music feels like product." Producer talks Adele, new Chili Peppers project 2011-07-08T11:17:11Z In “Songland,” the aspects of pop music that seem the most questionable—the impersonal nature of songs, the bald desire for hit-making over expression—are framed as triumphant populism. How “Songland” Tries and Fails to Honor the Songwriter 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Operating within the aesthetic of modern pop music was eye-opening but exhausting. Pop Is Obsessed With What’s Next. So U.S. Girls Revisited Her Past. 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Stone's had much success the past year with his Stevie Wonder-inspired pop music, selling out concerts across the U.S. and playing twice on national TV. Capitol Hill Block Party 2012: break outs and sure things 2012-07-19T14:01:12Z This is not how my daughter relates to pop music. Vintage carols out of tune with daughter's girl power radio 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z All that crashed as New York City flirted with bankruptcy in the early 1970s and pop music shifted away from musicals. ‘On Broadway’ documentary offers hope for New York theater 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z And what attack on the young would be complete without pearl-clutching over pop music? Fox News declares war on its own children: Inside its bizarre new crusade 2014-05-08T11:00:00Z Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” released in 1975, sold millions of copies, topped charts and helped redefine what pop music could be. Was Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Originally ‘Mongolian Rhapsody’? 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z In an era that encourages us to curate our own highly specialized pop culture diets, summer songs are the last scraps of pop music that we still share. ‘Call Me Maybe.’ ‘Fancy.’ What next? Why the Song of the Summer still matters. 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z This year's Eurovision Song Contest – an annual celebration of pop music in which nations compete to win the votes of judges and the public – takes place on May 14 in Turin, Italy. How Eurovision helps define Europe’s boundaries (and why Ukraine will likely win) 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z It was fitting, if coincidental, that Houston’s tribute night should be such a statement of how central female voices were to pop music in the last year. Grammy Watch: Whitney?s Legacy, in TV and Divas 2012-02-13T14:03:19Z The wounded woman figure is iconic, embedded in cultural discourse from Greek mythology to the Virgin Mary to contemporary pop music. "Conversations with Friends" challenges us to rethink the desirability of the woman in pain 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The fading of newness and nowness from pop music is mystifying. The Songs of Now Sound a Lot Like Then 2011-07-17T01:45:26Z How many times have we seen this play out in pop music? Miley Dubs Her VMA Performance a “Strategic Hot Mess” 2013-10-03T16:44:21Z Each of those singles helped to define the current edge between hip-hop’s dark moods and pop music’s gloss and immediacy, and they were as bold of choices as one can probably make at Wango Tango. Justin Bieber, Kanye West take the Wango Tango stage with urgency 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Not all kids listen to pop music, and not all kids are interested only in hearing histrionics and a big high note at the end. Michael Feinstein is keeping the standards alive 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z The women of pop music failed to land nominations in categories such as Artist of the Year, Video of the Year and Tour of the Year. Bruno Mars leads music's AMA nominations as female artists edged out 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z In pop music generally and especially in hip-hop, the culture most likely to be exploited is Black culture, said Imani Mosley, a professor of musicology at the University of Florida. A ‘Virtual Rapper’ Was Fired. Questions About Art and Tech Remain. 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z What “Empire of Light” really wants to be about are the pleasures of ’80s pop music, fine English poetry and, above all, movies. ‘Empire of Light’ Review: They Found It at the Movies 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z “Rather than making it watered-down pop music,” he says, “why not make it extremely well-thought-out instrumental music that speaks to the time?” Ben Folds, unlikely poster boy for orchestras, brings millennials to late-night series 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Back in the days when divas and divos reigned nationally, there was another category of artists who blurred the line between opera and pop music. Critic’s Notebook: Renée Fleming Will Sing National Anthem at the Super Bowl 2014-01-31T20:58:30Z “So Long, Willy” layers pop music with myriad bouncy, hip-thrusting movements — much of it looks like repurposed gym exercises, but there’s also cheerleading sequences — and video shown on small television sets. I Am a Boys Choir Presents ‘So Long, Willy’ at La MaMa 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Ms. Letissier, an avid student of pop music history, wrote and produced the album herself, drawing inspiration from the work of the ’80s R&B/funk band Cameo and Michael Jackson’s 1991 album, “Dangerous.” Gender Is a Construct. Christine and the Queens Built a Bulldozer. 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z I let them listen to uncensored pop music, too, though that has burned me at least once. Kidz Bop is the go-to of tot music. But do we really need to replace ‘tattoo’ with ‘hairdo’? 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Hornby is best known for “High Fidelity,” a peerless portrait of how a certain type of young man uses pop music to both idealize women, and carefully cultivate an emotional distance from them. ‘Zeros and Ones,’ ‘Juliet, Naked’ and More Streaming Gems 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z It showed me that you could find rock and pop music the most moving, transcendent art form – and still find the people who made it ridiculous. Young Arts Critics 2010: critical conditions 2010-05-24T20:30:00Z The movie is a neon spree though underground parties and glittering speakeasies backed by thumping ’80s pop music. Charlize Theron Is Here to Save Us From Boring Action Movies 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Episode of the year: I Hart K-Pop, which argues that intrusive paparazzi tactics were actually a good thing for the ultra-conservative, almost militarily strict Korean pop music scene. The 50 best podcasts of 2016 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Besides appearing in the films "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," "Get Him to the Greek" and "Paradise," Brand is known to some as the ex-husband of pop music star Katy Perry. SXSW 2015 to open with doc 'Brand: A Second Coming' on Russell Brand 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z With his passing, generations of listeners who awakened to his pop music sermons have found themselves minus a formative educator. Casey Kasem: A critic's take on why he mattered, for so long 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z The music is deeply personal and more than a little bonkers — pop music without guard rails. Some People Make Songs. Jack Antonoff Prays For Them. 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z But something else also happened in pop music at that bayside auberge a year later. Herb Alpert at 79 still has that knack | Concert preview 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z It was audibly unabashed pop music, but sounded nothing like anything in the charts. AlunaGeorge: Body Music – review 2013-07-25T14:30:01Z I ran the pop music degree at Leeds College of Music and it was a great creative environment. I gave it all up … to dive in the Seychelles 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Oh, it's not just about sex – it's about class, and pop music, and an odd love affair, and family. Caitlin Moran: my sex quest years 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z That summer, MC Hammer released “U Can’t Touch This,” his flashy, breakout single that, thanks to the flamboyant fashion and quick footwork in its video, became a pop music phenomenon. How Do You Capture Four Decades of Hip-Hop? Very Broadly. 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z More than that, though, the track is effectively demonstrating the pervasive nature of cultural appropriation in the pop music industry. No, Justin Bieber’s remix of “Despacito” isn’t innovative, it’s racial tourism at its worst 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z It merged sampled beats, a definably British rap style and a stirring soul vocal into a radical musical collage that resonates throughout pop music to this day. Massive Attack meet Adam Curtis: the unlikely double act 2013-06-29T23:05:27Z That’s because mobility and desire still occupy such massive swaths of the American psyche, and our pop music proves it. Perspective | Chuck Berry helped build rock-and-roll. Then he took it for a ride. 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Though he grew up speaking mostly English, he studied Arabic to write lyrics, with the goal of “bringing poetry into Arabic pop music.” A Lebanese Rocker Caught in a Human Rights Incident Over Rainbow Flags 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z It's interesting, because I think when you think of 1964 and 1965, most pop music was, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles, that kind of thing. Why the Velvet Underground could only have come from New York 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z It’s become a force in electronic and pop music; two huge hits from last year, Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” and DJ Snake’s “Turn Down for What,” borrow heavily from the style. RL Grime – EDM trend follower or trend setter? | Concert preview 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Far more important, Kapadia tries to recover Winehouse as an extraordinary musical talent – very nearly a prodigy – and a natural songwriter, who was not well suited to the content mill of 21st-century pop music. Did the Internet kill Amy Winehouse? The director of a heartbreaking new documentary on the rise and fall of a “digital girl” 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z He is the last winner of a pop culture phenomenon that produced some of the larger names in pop music, including Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood. Trent Harmon Wins 'American Idol' In The Show's Final Season 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z But after discussing his work in both classical and pop music, a more plausible explanation emerges: He's been preparing for this his entire life. Bryce Dessner talks about his 'double life' as a classical, rock musician 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Whatever happened to uncomplicated male passion in pop music? Music Review: John Lloyd Young Takes ‘Jersey Boys’ Style to Café Carlyle 2014-02-05T22:20:04Z But the revolution that ousted the shah and installed a Shiite theocracy later silenced her — the clerics banned pop music and female performances. Iranian pop star Googoosh wows Dubai despite Tehran’s outcry 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Afghanistan has a strong musical tradition, and a pop music scene had flourished there over the past two decades. Afghan musicians look to recreate famed school in Portugal 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Electro-soul duo Fly Moon Royalty will be backed by the 80-piece Seattle Symphony Orchestra on Friday night in an edition of “Sonic Evolution,” SSO’s experimental mix of classical and pop music. 5 things to do this weekend: Drink all the beer, go for a swim, and more 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z For some of the brightest stars in pop music’s firmament, the revolution starts at home. Adele swept the Grammys. Don’t act so surprised. 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z An impressive full-spectrum modern pop album from a performer who’s steadily insisted she wasn’t making pop music when she really was all the while. The Best Albums of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z It is important to remember that the Beatles’ place in pop music’s pantheon was not always as settled as it may seem in the current day. Ariana Grande and the Beatles have even more in common than sales records 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z But BBC Music's Natalie Shaw found the album a difficult listen, calling it "the sound of a human dragged headfirst into a breakdown," and criticizing the singer for using "pop music to inadvertently condone abuse." Rihanna's 'Diamonds' tops Hot 100, 'Unapologetic' to debut big 2012-11-22T02:09:59Z Not that I didn’t want to be a pop star or pop music was bad, it was just I wasn’t playing as much and that was the foundation of who I was was a musician. Sheila E Reflects on Her 'Glamorous Life': 'It's Hard to Be That Popular' 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z McCluskey, characteristically hyperbolic, declares: "The last modernist movement was English electronic pop music at the end of the 20th century." Forgive us our synths ? how 80s pop found favour again 2010-11-18T23:33:00Z Only the characterless base village was a letdown, with its weird empty plaza piping tinny pop music to nobody, and fast-food restaurants where chairs were on tables by 8.30pm. Ski safari in Utah 2010-12-18T00:07:45Z A new era in pop music began in the mid-1960s, and Ms. Sloane was not to be a part of it. Carol Sloane, Jazz Singer Who Found Success Early and Late, Dies at 85 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Selling out has also withered under the critical philosophy of “poptimism,” in which even the most cynically produced pop music is often still approached as high art. The Best Music of 2019 and the Best Music of the Decade 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z This is the closest to pop music we can get without being popular - it's the unpopular speaking. Maxine Peake brings the Pendle Witches to Preston library 2012-12-19T15:07:50Z "I knew it was applicable to pop music but our first market was the experimental composers, and that's not what you'd call the basis for a big business," Moog says now. Robert Moog: 'I wouldn't call this music' – a classic interview to mark a Google doodle 2012-05-23T10:54:12Z The downside of creating pop music immortality, an achievement for which “Believe” is being celebrated on its 25th anniversary, is that few such hits ascend that mountaintop without pushing millions of people over the edge. Do you "Believe" in the immortality of Cher's pop music anthem after 25 years? 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z When Nirvana topped the charts with “Nevermind,” it marked a sea change in American pop music. Rap Disrupted Music First. Now It’s TV and Film. 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z They granted me their first interview in five years, for Newsweek magazine, where I was a young pop music writer. For John Lennon, Isolation Had a Silver Lining 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z The gods of pop music, indestructible in song, died taking the same drugs that everyone takes. Soft, smooth and steady: How Xanax turned American music into pill-pop 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Favorite singer or musician: These students are pop music fans. June’s Class of KidsPost: Bradley Hills third-graders 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z For pop music, a listing of artist, track and album is generally sufficient. Apple’s New App Aims to Make Classical Music More Accessible 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z The fans keep it alive all the time, and that’s why I am so in love with my fans and worship them so much, because they really exist outside of pop music. ArtsBeat: Q. and A. With Lady Gaga on Her 'Freedom Ride' 2011-05-20T12:00:49Z Does the classical community look down on you for playing pop music? They’re just a typical Michael Jackson-, Hendrix-, AC/DC-covering cello duo 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z It all served as a reminder of how little space there often is between what’s thought of as children’s music and what’s considered regular old pop music. Review: Kidz Bop Kids, Singing Sanitized Pop With Relentless Cheer 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z "As much as I'm taking influences from electronica, I'm making pop music at the end of the day," he said. Mercury Prize 2014: The nominees 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Womack spoke didactically, because the question of legacy has become unusually urgent in pop music, and particularly in hip-hop. Lil Peep and the Dilemma of the Posthumous Album 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z If pop music is dying in some forms, the energy within it lives elsewhere. Music and 2014: Everyday Messiahs 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Daft Punk's outsider mentality owed something to coming from France, whose pop music was then the butt of condescending jokes in the UK press and whose rave scene was hounded by the authorities. Daft Punk: the midas touch 2013-05-18T23:05:39Z If you want to know just how far jazz has slipped in the hierarchy of pop music, just look the line-up for next year’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. ArtsBeat Blog: New Orleans Jazz Festival Announces 2012 Lineup 2011-12-14T06:00:56Z Clooney is expected to be joined by as yet unnamed pop music and movie stars. 2010-01-15T05:06:00Z The charts have been filled with pop music. The best pop event of 2012 2012-12-05T19:00:06Z Is their embrace of mainstream pop music a symptom of the same disintegration of age boundaries the Rolling Stones enacted at Glastonbury? Jay-Z and Marina Abramović rekindle art's relationship with pop 2013-07-11T15:47:21Z “As soon as I can get rid of dated-sounding guitars and drums, I can build a more contemporary production that is pulling from more pop music sounds,” Miller said. Movie Trailers Keep Tweaking Well-Known Songs. The Tactic Is Working. 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z In the '60s, when everyone else was obsessed with the Beatles, and with Dylan, Scorsese the furious young filmmaker paid little attention to the seismic changes in pop music. Review of Martin Scorsese's George Harrison documentary 2011-10-05T14:20:00Z High art inspires the human culture, pop music is entertainment. From Yoko Ono to Lady Gaga: how pop embraced performance art 2011-07-07T21:00:03Z She's been defended by writers calling out the sexism; many of the critiques dubbed her a fake while ignoring that mask-wearing has been a central part of male-dominated pop music since Day 1. Lana Del Rey's "Ultraviolence": Defiant seduction from pop instigator ★★★ 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z I feel like the history of pop music has that over and over again. "I'm not getting over violence against women": Rebecca Solnit discusses her new anti-memoir 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z The song launched Psy into the stratosphere of pop music, easily making him the most famous K-Pop singer in the world and helping raise the profile of his genre. At 2 Billion Views, "Gangnam Style" Has Made Psy A Very Rich Man 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Taylor Swift, “1989”: After dabbling in it on “Red, former country singer Taylor Swift hopped, skipped and jumped into the pop music world with “1989,” an adventurous album full of hits, hits and more hits. Associated Press’ album of the decade: Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Don’t miss a chance to see one of pop music’s most dynamic performers. 11 concerts not to miss this Seattle summer 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Over the decades, James' hit the R&B charts with 30 singles, and placed nine of those songs in pop music's top 40. Blues singer Etta James dies at 73 2012-01-21T01:55:50Z Consider their approach to faith — one of the more polarizing subjects in modern culture and certainly pop music. Is there life after ‘MMMBop’? Hanson — yes, that Hanson — turns 25. 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Many critics then talked about jazz rather the way we refer to pop music today. Sarah Churchwell on Gatsby 2012-07-02T11:00:00Z The Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, they were pop music before the Beatles happened. Table for Three: Cyndi Lauper and David Byrne Discuss Creating Hits, On and Off Broadway 2014-03-14T23:21:20Z The Brits were founded in 1977 to honor the best in British pop music. What to Watch For at the Brit Awards 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The end product is a melodrama that examines identity issues as well as the debt pop music owes to gay culture and gospel, with frequent departures into sparkling music video fantasy. With Fox’s “Star” Lee Daniels expands his nighttime soap empire 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z All of the sudden, alternative pop music became pop music. Troye Sivan: "Pop Music Is In Such an Exciting Place Right Now" 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z People were starting to play light classical pieces on it — little Mozart pieces, little Bach pieces and pop music of the day. | Westchester: The New York Banjo Summit Is at Tarrytown Music Hall This Week 2013-01-12T02:55:29Z In the interview, he was by turns reflective and proudly assertive about his and Led Zeppelin’s place in the history of pop music. Jimmy Page Talks About His Old Band, Its Legacy and Himself 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z "It is an irresistibly enjoyable and touching night, and anyone who loves pop music at its greatest would be mad to miss it," Spencer concluded. Sunny reviews for Kinks musical 2014-05-02T12:35:07Z After all, this isn't the Nobel prize – it's an awards show about pop music. Mercury prize and Mobo awards: music's judgment week begins 2012-10-28T17:54:00Z Many of the musical numbers performed by characters onstage are not 1950s songs but a pastiche of pop music of all eras, including by David Bowie, Nirvana and Fiona Apple. It’s Jessica Lange’s Show on ‘American Horror Story’ 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Read more listings for art, classical music, dance, film, pop music and theater. Fall TV 2018: New and Returning Shows to Watch 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Any anxiety you might feel that Cardi B might somehow disappear from the pop music troposphere should by now be alleviated. The Playlist: Cardi B Isn’t Going Anywhere and 9 More New Songs 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Having originally made their names as members of The Fifth Dimension, McCoo and Davis have logged nearly six decades as pop music stalwarts, while also notching their golden wedding anniversary in 2019. This iconic duo's new cover of "Blackbird" elevates the song’s Civil Rights origins to great heights 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z The seven main actors dance their way from scene to scene to the strains of Maurice Ravel’s “La Valse,” or electronic and pop music. In Salzburg, New Lives for Two Scandalous Plays 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who is known to post on social media about her love of pop music, tweeted that Clinton’s appearance “ruined the Grammys. Such a shame.” Hillary Clinton surprises with Grammy 'Fire and Fury' spoof 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z In response, Cincinnati banned that kind of general-admission model, sometimes called festival seating, and the incident served as a reminder of the inherent danger when pop music is mixed with big crowds. Astroworld Disaster Rekindles Fears About Music Festival Safety 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z In 2003, Brown was honored by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to pop music and was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire. 'You Sexy Thing' singer-songwriter Errol Brown dies at 71 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z They fuse classical and pop music into a blend of high artistry and skillful entertainment; they write informative program notes; they talk to the audience from the stage, passing the mic back and forth. Slickness as transgression: Piano duo pushes boundaries 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Robyn is probably the most relevant figure in pop music today, from an artistic standpoint. | Same Faces, Different Places 2010-09-15T16:16:00Z The opening-night film for the U.S. documentary lineup is Morgan Neville’s Twenty Feet From Stardom, a portrait of pop music’s generally anonymous backup singers. Sundance Books Record Slate of Female Filmmakers 2012-11-29T21:46:55Z Indeed, pop music history is cluttered with examples of when supporting slots go wrong. The Pogues wouldn't be your best fwends? Headline acts often aren't ... 2011-04-07T15:26:47Z Long ago, he made ballets to pop music, like his 1979 “Love Songs.” Review: William Forsythe Brings a New Playlist to Boston 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z These sorts of albums raise questions about how pop music is performed and consumed in today’s marketplace. How Streaming, Exclusives and the Chainsmokers Made 2016 a Disruptive Year for Pop 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z I think you can get away with simplicity in pop music as long as some part of it is complex or alive. Robert Moog: 'I wouldn't call this music' – a classic interview to mark a Google doodle 2012-05-23T10:54:12Z He doesn’t think the Beatles have contributed anything to pop music except that “they paved the way for all your favorite boy bands.” They Specialize in Cutting Your Favorite Music Down to Size 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z When her grandparents got on board: “My grandparents don’t really listen to pop music, and they only speak Spanish and only listen to Spanish music,” the singer-songwriter explains. How Becky G Knew "Shower" Was a Hit 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z She relates to pop music in the ways those shows do — treating it as a historical inspiration pool and also a sacred text. New Music: Albums From Neko Case, Ariana Grande, Gorguts and Chelsea Wolfe 2013-09-02T21:24:22Z So goes this sometimes great, sometimes foggy album, which is almost bold in its resistance to contemporary pop music aesthetics. Harry Styles Fights the Spotlight on His Debut Solo Album 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z "There was a time when there was black music, white music, pop music, rock, but now all that's become a blur," he told reporters after performing at the Grammy nominations concert. Grandmaster Flash planning new album for early 2012 2011-12-01T22:48:19Z The music is deeply personal and more than a little bonkers--pop music without guardrails. Jack Antonoff Shines a Light in the Dark 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The creator of the biggest-selling album of all time, who three decades ago crashed through racial barriers on the music charts, ushered in the music video age and remade the pop music landscape. Books of The Times: ‘Untouchable,’ Michael Jackson’s Life, by Randall Sullivan 2012-11-12T21:52:09Z That archetype of rock ’n’ roll swagger would define the next couple of decades of global pop music. Chuck Berry, Fiery and Flinty Rock ’n’ Roll Innovator 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z But pop music is short on songs about women confronting their empty uteruses, and it struck a nerve with fans, who still ask her about it. Rebound, rediscovery, rebirth: How Jenny Lewis made her best album in more than a decade 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z “I don’t like pop music,” various relatives kept telling me when I told them I wanted to visit the Teng Museum. The Melancholy Pop Idol Who Haunts China 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Which is precisely why Liljefors is planning another pop music Mass for April. A Church Remembers Avicii, With Hits Instead of Hymns 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Call it the Avengers era of pop music. One Big Pop Star + One Big Pop Star = an Easier Path to No. 1 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z The singer said he loves pop music, but he wants to be respected for his work. The Weeknd criticizes Grammys over nominations snub 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z "It's really a pop music festival with a sprinkle of jazz." Jazz moves to stay 'relevant' 2012-07-03T07:44:48Z Loosely, because like much of K-pop — shorthand for the often Day-Glo Korean pop music world — it’s got meaningful flecks of club music, R&B and hip-hop. Review: ‘Make It Pop’ on Nickelodeon Veers Toward K-Pop 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z “It’s not unlike what happened to pop music in the general market a few years back, when R&B and hip-hop took over,” leading to a new default sensibility, he said. ‘Despacito’ Owned the Summer. What’s Next for Latin Pop? 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z In green pajamas, I rushed through the elegant lobby of the Westin hotel near Seattle and followed the sound of pop music to a large, dim room, with balloons, streamers and sparkly confetti. “People are at their most vulnerable when they’re naked together”: The rise of erotic romance 2014-01-04T00:00:00Z They share a deranged obsession with saccharine pop music and television melodramas, but are devoid of personal ambition, social ability or even self-awareness. Books of The Times: Cruel Stories of Youth: Numb, Violent and Aimless in Japan 2011-02-07T17:18:05Z Swift’s 2014 song reached No. 1 on the pop charts and marked her evolution from country to pop music. Taylor Swift shakes off copyright lawsuit over hit song 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z "In the past in rock `n' roll and pop music, it was more common to address social issues and bring people together," he added. Producer behind fun. takes center stage at Grammys 2013-01-31T15:47:07Z Music Whether they’re from the wrong side of town or just from Canada, heartthrobs have long been the pulse of pop music. Tegan and Sara Bring Pop—and Heart, Of Course—to Heartthrob 2013-02-01T15:00:03Z In the 1960s, Jackson strictly trained his young children as singers and dancers and led The Jackson 5 to global pop music success. Jackson family patriarch Joe reported gravely ill in hospital 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Classical music should relax, be itself, a different – some might say often better – thing to pop music. Howard Goodall's Story of Music; Being Human; Borgen – TV review 2013-02-04T07:00:06Z But pop music isn’t the only place where the drug has made its mark. Everybody’s rolling: MDMA hits the TV mainstream 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Read more listings for classical music, dance, film, pop music, television and theater. Art Fall Preview: Over 100 Not-to-Miss Shows From East Coast to West 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The good is obvious: bigger gigs, unexpected record sales and the adoration of a growing fan base that digs the band's wobbly, pleasingly eccentric brand of pop music. Unexpected success for Alt-J brings good and bad 2013-03-22T14:49:08Z What is nice about Smith is that he seems poised and ready for a long, successful career, no matter which way the winds of pop music sway. Sam Smith Is Just Getting Started 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z They even ascended the pop music charts through artists like Jimmy Somerville. Early-Music Ensembles: Praised as Pure, but Seeking More 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z That narrative is central to the language of pop music today. Is pop music sexualising our children? 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z After claiming some credit for the fizzling of President Trump’s rally in Oklahoma, the online armies of Korean pop music listeners are feeling prepared and empowered. Why Obsessive K-Pop Fans Are Turning Toward Political Activism 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Indeed, Wilson famously told Paul McCartney he was singing flat at one point when the two masters of '60s pop music were working together. Beach Boy Brian Wilson says biopic 'Love & Mercy' gets it right 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z The London crooner can seem old beyond her years, and her voice sounds like a tool from some forgotten age of pop music: a real instrument. 2011's best -- so far! 2011-07-04T15:01:00Z But beginning in the 1960s, the Proms were internationalized and gradually broadened to include new contemporary classical music, early music and the occasional pop music performance. Cheap Tickets Are the Best Tickets at the Proms 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z But he also plays pop music, which he typically reworks into ballads. Music Match: If You Like Cat Stevens, Try Junip 2013-01-23T15:19:59Z I feel like there is a real misread of present day pop music dynamics going on here. ‘The Idol’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap: Tedros Has Notes 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Heartbreak, so often a focus in pop music, was just one small part of the human experience, she added, and the album also explores disordered eating and addiction. Raye, Tired of Music’s Waiting Game, Releases an Album at Last 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Watt won the Grammy for top pop music producer earlier this year. From Bieber to Vedder, producer Andrew Watt shows his range 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Times pop music critic Randall Roberts writes that the record finds the band "hitting new chords and exploring structures with glee and with that same crucial energy propelling it." Rocker and actress Carrie Brownstein's memoir coming in October 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Other women navigating the pop music industry have started to speak out about similar experiences, after the #MeToo movement has toppled powerful men in Hollywood, politics, business and more. When music producers are accused of being predators 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who is known to post on social media about her love of pop music, tweeted that Clinton’s appearance “ruined the Grammys. Such a shame.” Hillary Clinton surprises with Grammy 'Fire and Fury' spoof 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z Indulge instead in the pageantry — and original songs — of this international pop music contest that is beloved around the world but still not quite mainstream in the United States. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z "The movie is about a man who drives around Los Angeles at night listening to pop music," Gosling told a press conference. Blood, fuel power Gosling debut at Cannes festival 2011-05-20T13:30:47Z And so modern pop music is about the body — in response to our deep unconscious fears of the body’s disappearance. Punk, dance music and drugs 2013-05-20T00:00:00Z If my aunt or uncle asked, I might come up with something generic like pop music with vocals. Leading the field 2010-05-21T23:02:00Z It won’t all be classical music, though that is included in the program, along with gospel and some pop music. Student plans Danville concert to help feed hungry 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z A documentary about Cambodia's vibrant pop music scene of the 1950s and '60s that was largely wiped out by the Khmer Rouge. Summer Sneaks 2015: The List 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z This suggests pop music from certain time periods is intergenerationally valued. Why we’re obsessed with music from our youth 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z They make pop music sound good in French. French music now: the boom in electro pop 2012-05-29T17:34:00Z Alex Okosi, the director of the TV channel that hosts the BET Awards, said that “language is becoming less and less relevant” in pop music. Sho Madjozi’s Mixed Up, Pan-African Rap 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z As he battles an evil ancestor and tries to save his mother’s life, the story combines rollicking, sentimental action with incessant references to Western pop music and other cultural streams. Offerings From Boutique Streaming Services 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z The glamour of the day's pop music seemed out of reach. Perspective | Warped Tour is over for good. Will the culture it created finally reckon with its demons? 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z But he was game about this pop music business nevertheless. Neil Young: 'It gets spooky 'cause we were spooked' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-10-02T14:56:48Z He certainly did not invent male androgyny or “gender-bending,” but he pushed those signals further, and into more ambiguous territory, than anyone else in pop music. Rebel, alien, cynic, dreamer: David Bowie’s chimerical genius, and cultural importance, go way beyond pop music 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z They were part of an era in which married couples making pop music together was somehow a pretty common event. Farewell, my muskrat love: Captain and Tennille divorce 2014-01-23T20:16:00Z American cultural hegemony looms over her childhood in the province of Bulacan, north of Manila, where she tries to emulate the Western inflection of the English she hears on TV and in pop music. From the Philippines to Harvard, Boyhood to Womanhood, a Coming-of-Age Across Borders 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z "What's going to surprise fans is that there's a lot more singing, more high notes that I never used to do before," said Paul, adding "it's a mixture of pop music into dance music." Sean Paul says new album will surprise fans 2011-12-08T21:12:35Z “Artists, and especially young female ones in pop music, are often supposed to be a blank canvas for their fans’ projections, for their longings and dreams. Baby love: how pop stars embraced pregnancy 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z It seems that globally-adored music stars waiting until the middle of the night to release big surprises is now the norm when it comes to pop music. Surprise! Madonna's New Album Is Available For Pre-Order Now 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z This sound is partly a reflection of an increasingly global market for pop music, tied together by the Internet, but also by country- and genre-hopping artists with an ear for synthesis. A New Global Sound: Synth, Soul and Sample 2010-03-06T00:00:00Z As guests help prepare dinner and gather for cocktails, it’s pop music on Pandora. This Washington couple built a swanky beach house that’s always ready for a party 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z We can extinguish the mystery that radiates from most pop music if we talk about it enough, but Beyoncé’s songs are more durable. The better we understand Beyoncé, the more there is to know 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Houston, whose powerful voice lifted her to the top of pop music world but whose personal decline was fuelled by years of drug use, died on Saturday afternoon in a Beverly Hills hotel room. Lana Del Rey tops charts, but Houston surge expected 2012-02-12T19:08:07Z Still, he adds, the possibility for meaningful, long-term change is there: “In pop music, they say, ‘You’re only as good as your last hit.’ Seattle Art Museum aims to overhaul its American art galleries to be more inclusive 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Of course, all great pop music does something like this, inviting us to transport ourselves into some other state. Jason Aldean at Nationals Park: Country star goes big but stays bland It was the apex of that decade, the highest point of that golden age of British pop music. Corinne Bailey Rae, Sir Mark Elder and other musicians' greatest on-stage moments 2010-08-05T20:30:00Z The term meant 80s black pop with roots in pre-disco R&B. "Black pop music had always felt grounded in a very adult perspective on life and love," George says. Genre busting: the origin of music categories 2011-08-25T21:04:01Z Them that can be necessary to make pop music feel like a place of revolution. Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, and the Warping Power of the Grammys 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z President Donald Trump weighing in on the pop music star’s remarks in support of Democrats. Trump likes Taylor Swift 'about 25 percent less' as singer gets... 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Boy George says modern pop music is too "formatted" and sounds like the "same record" repeated. Boy George: Modern pop too repetitive 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z This is, of course, a very white celebrity phenomenon; black performers have to contend with a thicket of gatekeeping, marginalization, and genre-boxing in the pop music industry. 'I have to keep smiling': how the female pop star documentary got real 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z His famous and capacious collection has a particular concentration on, he says, "obscure black pop music between 1958 and the mid-60s". The showman must go on 2011-01-30T00:03:02Z Few genres face more dismissal and snobbery than pop music, but this enlightening series from Vox aims to change that. 7 Podcasts for Music Lovers 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z He produced hits for other artists with novelty songs and stereotypic ethnic tunes, a strategy that limited artists both black and white but satisfied the tastes of pop music audiences. Sarah Vaughan finally gets the biography she deserves 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z They are to pop music what the Green Party are to politics. New band of the day ? No 846: The Count & Sinden 2010-08-12T15:54:00Z But Stewart’s albums are notable for their complete lack of enthusiasm and imagination, and their willingness to strip pop music’s most venerable songs for parts. Judging albums by their cover (songs) 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z That leads him to talk about Giddens' place in the pop music world. 'Tomorrow' has come for singer Rhiannon Giddens 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z But it turns a mischievous satiric eye on the fashions, hairstyles and pop music of the period. French Film Festival Looks Back, to ?70s and 1700s 2011-03-02T10:18:20Z The show, which will be broadcast live Sunday night from Madison Square Garden, is designed as a showcase of the leading lights in American pop music, with an emphasis on glitz and broad accessibility. The Grammy Gems You Won’t Hear on ‘Music’s Biggest Night’ 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z I am Swedish, so pop music is in my blood. A Minute With; "Glee" music producer Adam Anders 2010-04-15T14:17:00Z As pop music’s most powerful power couple, Jay Z and Beyoncé have made gobs of era-defining music while making themselves almost impossible to root for. Review: Beyoncé and Jay Z’s ‘On the Run’ stop in Baltimore is worth roaring for Does she think there's room for complexity in pop music? Marina: 'Co-writing is killing pop' 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z In recent years, the Grammys have ever so slightly sped up their relationship to pop music’s evolution. How the Grammys Bring Rebels Into the Fold 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Only pop music—the “bubble gum” or “teenybop” tunes played on nightclub dance floors and Top 40 radio—lacks similar critical analysis and acclaim. Bopping brilliant 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Jesus Christ, that is a LOT of pop music. The Queen's diamond jubilee concert: live coverage 2012-06-04T18:00:58Z There wasn't a lot of pop music in the house – my father preferred classical. Edwyn Collins: Soundtrack of my life 2011-01-23T00:05:48Z So 1969 was in a Venn diagram of crime, pop music and occultism. Alan Moore: an extraordinary gentleman ? Q&A 2011-07-25T12:47:07Z I know a number of people who are very keen on pop music – jazz in my time – so I shouldn't have been upset at all. Margaret Thatcher v Smash Hits – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-04-09T11:25:08Z But on Friday, Mr. Kelly — once one of the biggest and most influential stars in pop music — was dropped by his record company, RCA, in the music industry’s highest-profile casualty of the #MeToo era. R. Kelly Dropped by RCA Records After Documentary Furor 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z McCartney, who has been knighted by the queen of England, is being honored with Washington's highest award for pop music this week by the Library of Congress. US library honors Paul McCartney for pop music 2010-06-02T01:31:00Z It feels particularly out of step with the immediacy of pop music, and the ability these days for collaborators to build epic hits by sending digital bits and pieces of song around the world. My Journey with Jazz 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z BBC radio will be restructured into two speech and pop music "hubs". BBC Radio faces 15% job cuts 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z It is often cited as an example of what was wrong with pop music in the early ’50s, a perceived weakness that opened the door for rock ’n’ roll. Patti Page, Singer, Dies at 85 2013-01-02T20:29:12Z I knew it was uncharted territory and what it became was a different way of looking at American and English pop music history. The secret lives of backing singers 2014-02-25T00:47:09Z These are not just a collection of other people’s hooks; Girl Talk has created a new kind of hook that encompasses 50 years of the revolving trends of pop music. The 373-Hit Wonder 2011-01-07T15:27:23Z It was pop music that helped me decide that great writers could come to me on my own terms alone. Six novelists on their favourite second artform 2013-04-27T07:00:18Z The pop music legend died June 25 after Murray, his personal physician, administered propofol and other drugs to help him sleep. Jackson doctor fighting to keep medical license 2010-06-14T09:00:00Z This is an important idea, especially in 2016, when pop music seems like a uniquely apt medium for a range of expression. Stop buying old Bob Dylan albums: “Every time somebody buys a reissue, they’re just taking money away from new musicians” 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Support for gay rights is certainly not a new phenomenon in pop music. Stars Align for a Gay Marriage Anthem 2013-06-30T18:10:26Z But pop music is leaning more towards dance right now, and this isn’t really that. 2010-01-29T04:18:00Z Like many young children, they were particularly influenced by the music they grew up with - an eclectic mix of their parents' tastes and the pop music of their generation. A band of contradictions 2012-11-22T07:44:23Z They met with little success, but the experience confirmed Mr. Bell’s desire to pursue a career in pop music. Thom Bell, a Force Behind the Philadelphia Soul Sound, Dies at 79 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z But here's a good legal question: Can former cast members publicly perform covers of the original pop music that inspired the show? Ex-"Jersey Boys" countersue Valli over rival tour 2010-07-20T01:38:00Z Yes, I, a Black woman, am using country music to get over to pop music, because Beyoncé doesn’t exist. Black, Female and Carving Out Their Own Path in Country Music 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Though he’d never paid attention to pop music, he was suddenly its human incarnation. Barry Manilow Just Wanted to Write the Songs. He’s Still Singing Them. 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z The most obvious surface analog is Taylor Swift: Both women earned country fame for writing their own hits, and then made an effortless transition into mainstream pop music. What every woman in music owes Dolly Parton 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z It plans to offer pop music and classical music and theater and visual arts, all mingling on an equal footing, with free and low-priced tickets interleaved among the $150 ones. Perspective | Along New York’s High Line, a $500 million effort to bring the arts to everyone 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z Its melody is like the arduous scaling of a mountain toward a glorious peak, and Parks’s lyrics suggest an allegory about the challenge facing pop music — and the entire 1960s generation — in being taken seriously. The 1970s Brought Change to the Beach Boys. A New Boxed Set Celebrates It. 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z But out of that breakup, we got an incredible trio and one of pop music’s great long tracks. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z A dozen artists toil side by side as Mexican pop music blasts from a nearby satellite radio. Murals turn blighted L.A. alleys into an outdoor art gallery 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z Unlike the Bowl, a magnet for some of the biggest stars of classical and pop music, the Ford has a communitarian agenda that features performers who aren’t household names. Ford Amphitheatre to close next summer for $19.7-million makeover 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z What he’s become in recent years is a maestro of the synthetic — he’s not alone in making grand-scaled pop music, but he is singular in nailing the pristine plasticity of 1980s arena-pop. Grammys Snubs and Surprises: The Weeknd, Luke Combs and BTS 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z In Manhattan from the 1940s onwards, artists had an empathy for pop music, or its artier manifestations, and vice versa. Band of art brothers: does great music inspire great art? 2010-09-21T15:36:00Z Here’s the star looking pensive in a shot held for several seconds – that alone is supposed to pierce us to the heart – while whimpery pop music plays. Bill Murray and Robert Downey Jr.: Great actors trapped in dumb fables 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z "Gaga has launched every single woman in pop music into this crazy personality crisis," male pop star Mika announced, sniffily, on Tuesday. Lady Gaga's sexual revolution sees female stars reach for the leather 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z A “perpetual blanket of banality” that leaves Yagoda asking, in his engaging but thin book “The B-Side,” “How and why, precisely, did pop music get so bad in the 1950s?” ‘The B-Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song’ 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z The pop music of 2011, it was felt, was simply not up to scratch in this regard. Wretch 32: Black and White ? review 2011-08-18T14:30:00Z After coming under fire on social media for making Americans wait hours to watch the opening ceremony from London, NBC on Sunday streamed the pop music themed closing ceremony live online. London Olympics biggest in U.S. TV history, despite gripes 2012-08-13T22:17:00Z We may never know whether Her Majesty enjoyed the pop music played on the steps of Buckingham Palace on Monday. Stars shine on Queen's concert 2012-06-05T03:45:34Z Mr. Friedman, whose work with the Civilians I’ve also admired, is brilliant at incorporating strands of all sorts of rock and pop music from the 20th century into songs that function effectively in theatrical contexts. Tony Nominations Prove the Musical Has Lost Its Voice 2010-06-11T04:31:00Z Times pop music critic Robert Hilburn about Dylan’s work, he emphasized the words. Why Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize is the best thing that can happen to the book world 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Hollywood, pop music studios and book publishers long ago mastered the art of assembling commercially successful products that critics hate. The Critics May Rant, but ?Addams Family? Rakes It In 2010-04-14T01:23:00Z An older generation of America’s pop music writers will jump right to the index to see how he’s zinged them, in his anxiety not to be lumped among their clueless number. Touring American Pop Music by Way of the Writers Who Have Addressed It 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z The accompanying video presented a mixture of pop culture's past with 1950s cartoonist hair styles, surf culture, combined with uniquely erratic choreography, but musically there are elements that serve as a disruption to pop music. Glitter down the Atlanta Highway – the B-52s are setting out on their final dance party! 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z The third is music on film, which includes the documentary “Muscle Shoals,” about the Alabama town and its role in pop music. | Montclair: At Montclair Film Festival, More Films, More Locations, More Days 2013-04-19T23:58:22Z The 27-year-old has already accomplished things no other Latino artists have, pulling pop music’s increasingly global center toward him without making any compromises. Review: Bad Bunny proves he’s pop music’s most dynamic game-changer at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z “He wrote some of the most classic songs in all of pop music history, he was a wicked guitarist, and he wasn’t a bad singer either.” The triumph of Chuck Berry: At 90, the rock pioneer has a new album on the horizon 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Are you talking about government propaganda in mainstream pop music? Interview: Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner explains "Yulia" from "Expo 86" 2010-07-20T01:31:00Z I'd struggle to make a perfect ham sandwich because I never make them, whereas pop music comes naturally to me – it's what I do every day. Calvin Harris: The secrets of my success 2012-12-21T08:00:06Z An element always in short supply around pop music is emotional realism as salve, rather than as shock or cudgel or propaganda. An Appraisal: Love with Staying Power 2011-08-23T22:31:26Z Writing in Variety, Owen Gleiberman called it “delirious and romantic,” an “incandescent ode to the life force of pop music.” Finding Salvation in Springsteen From a London Suburb 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Summarizing a century of pop music, the song sounds fresh and poignant in this century as well. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z Nirvana had toured the U.S. in a van a few times, and paid dues to build a following, though by pop music standards, that following in 1991 was still relatively small. That magic moment 30 years ago when Nirvana and ‘Nevermind’ forever changed Seattle 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z That would be the Becky G who rapped that she was the real thing and that she'd never change — a noble but near-impossible strategy for girls in the pop music game. Becky G: Another female caught in pop's cookie-cutter vortex 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Why is it that Italian pop music is totally off the radar? Jovanotti, Italian Rapper, Brings His Act to New York 2012-10-03T22:23:44Z We don’t suspend our romance with pop music in times of crisis because pop music won’t let us. There is no song of the summer 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z "That was when I first understood," he recalled, "that pop music was this huge, fascinating and enticing universe." Radio review: Great Lives, John Lennon 2010-08-04T06:59:00Z The festival as a whole will offer more than 100 free shows spanning pop music, opera, dance, and spoken word across the five boroughs. SummerStage Will Celebrate Hip-Hop’s Past 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z She seems keen on revitalizing a version of pop music that is untroubled by worldly things. Normani and the Work of the Pop Princess 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Blessed with a voice of great power and beauty, Houston became one of pop music's most successful artists over a career that spanned nearly three decades and segued into film with hits like "The Bodyguard." Whitney Houston's voice still soars 2012-02-19T11:51:16Z By sheer number of hits, the Swedish producer and songwriter is arguably the most accomplished pop music songwriter in modern history. Did Max Martin really just win his first Grammy? 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z For the transitional period between summer and fall, my colleague Jonathan Zwickel and I wrote reviews of five pop music releases from Seattle and Portland. Fall album roundup: The Moondoggies, Truckasauras, Drew Grow and the Pastors' Wives, THEESatisfaction, Blood Hot Beat 2010-09-26T00:23:00Z A lot of great pop music reaches for those mysterious spaces. On a scale of Monkees-to-Gorillaz, how should we evaluate fictional music? 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Joel became a force in pop music with such hits as “New York State of Mind,” “Movin’ Out,” “Uptown Girl,” “River of Dreams” and “Just the Way You Are.” Billy Joel wins the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song There's nothing wrong with that - you want to keep pop music simple - but it's become a factory system. Kiesza: From elite sniper to chart topper 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z That film, released in 2002, brought to light the lasting contributions made to pop music by the session musicians, known as the Funk Brothers, who fueled countless era-defining Motown hits despite working in obscurity. Paul Justman, Who Shed Light on Motown’s Unsung Heroes, Dies at 74 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Glitter's earlier Rock And Roll Part 1 & 2 was my earthquake: the moment I felt that pop music mattered more than anything else. The best No 1 records: Gary Glitter – I Love You Love Me Love 2012-05-31T20:39:00Z Doing that isn't particularly fashionable in rock and pop music these days, which tends to deal in the excitement of grand, flashy entrances, the ensuing dispiriting decline ignored because everyone's moved on. Hot Chip: In Our Heads 2012-06-07T14:31:02Z I would say it’s everything but pop music, but even that finds its way in now and then. An Artist Who Makes Use of Housedresses, Resin and Sound 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Models were known by their first names, and suddenly the glamour we embodied at that time crossed over to pop music videos and film. George Michael’s Freedom Video: An Oral History 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Singers across the world expressed admiration for a man whose eclectic musical incarnations — jazz, pop music, rock — proved inspiring across genres and geography. Tributes Abound for David Bowie, London Hero and ‘Master of Reinvention’ 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Is pop music truly part of the arts correspondent's brief? Are friends eclectic: the rise of the TV culture correspondent 2010-07-12T15:16:00Z “Within pop music, within three-minute songs, the exciting thing is to see how you can reshape the formula and still come up with something provocative that hasn’t been done,” Russell said. Now Sparks Can Confuse Fans on the Big Screen 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z As one of her singles climbed to the top of the pop music charts in the United States, Rihanna canceled a second show Wednesday in Sweden because of illness and exhaustion. ArtsBeat Blog: Rihanna Cancels Sweden Shows for Flu 2011-11-03T19:31:03Z The area was chaotic, frenzied; to help me concentrate, I’d blast music—usually nineties pop music—to cover up the conversations around me. Watching Trump Win at the White House 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Borrowing from the blues, R&B, gospel and pop music, Bland created a vocal style that was unmistakably his own. The Thrill is Gone: Remembering Bobby “Blue” Bland 2013-06-25T15:31:59Z And at Sunday night’s 57th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, the proceedings didn’t feel like a singalong trophy contest so much as a race to pop music’s mushiest, most self-important middle. 2015 Grammys: One dark night of the soul 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z The show explores subjects including the economics of slavery, democratic representation, health-care history, black land ownership, and pop music in textured, sometimes surprising ways. The Best Podcasts of 2019 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z McCreery and Alaina are also on same page about recording pop music: While there's interest, staying true to their country roots is their top priority. 'Idol' winner, runner-up play like a country duo 2011-06-02T11:57:12Z UK pop music sensation, The Saturdays, intend on spreading their popularity worldwide. Sunday TV Picks: ‘Girls’ on HBO 2013-01-17T00:05:27Z When you’re an omnivore taking a mortar and pestle to six decades of pop music history and turning it into a smooth slurry, it’s nigh impossible to shock. Post Malone Smears All the Genres Into One (Emotions, Too) 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z She added that borrowed choreography seemed robbed of its original power in the context of a pop music video. ArtsBeat Blog: Beyonc? Accused of Plagiarism Over Video 2011-10-10T21:50:56Z Nilsson was a tremendous songwriter with a singing voice that, at its prime, might never be matched in pop music for smoothness, range, and power. Music Monday: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Jacks Green and Geo, Kid Presentable 2011-01-24T19:16:06Z "Human endeavour, I suppose, is more important than pop music." Why your favourite band should split up 2010-08-19T20:30:00Z Randall Roberts' full list ran this past Sunday, and once our remaining ballots were tallied there were a few common threads among The Times' pop music team. Top 10 lists reveal harmony among Times pop music critics 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Chris Richards is the pop music critic for The Washington Post. Review | Will we ever really, truly know Prince? 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Yet, along the way, his music became synonymous with gloom, which always felt like one of pop music’s pandemic misconceptions. Eavesdropping on Leonard Cohen’s conversations with the void 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z If there’s been a thematic through line in the past several years of pop music, it’s been messages of self-reliance and liberation, songs that place us at the center of our own heroic arcs. Headphones Everywhere 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z For his follow-up, “Joan of Arc,” Dumont focuses on Joan of Arc’s later years, this time using electronic pop music to help tell the story. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Joan of Arc’ and ‘Princess Mononoke’ 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Martin’s demos are the missing originals of our musical age—the blank space at the center of the past two decades of pop music. Blank Space: What Kind of Genius Is Max Martin? 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Kasem’s three children all spoke, and pop music arranger David Campbell played a violin version of Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns,” one of Kasem’s favorite songs. Mourners hear Kasem’s voice at private memorial 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z In complementary articles Jason V. Brock discusses the music in horror films and Michael L. Shuman considers how such films have influenced pop music. Review | Four literary fanzines that can save your life. Or at least make you less lonely. 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z By midday, the first fans had started arriving at the Fortuna Duesseldorf Arena, selected as Germany's venue for the international pop music extravaganza because of its size. First fans arrive for Eurovision final 2011-05-14T15:46:04Z Ultimately, empty space is a luxury in pop music, a strategy that isn’t as available to rookies who need to compete with the rest of the sonic universe for our momentary attention. Frank Ocean and the virtues of boredom 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Fresh is one of those quietly colossal figures in American pop music who — for whatever reason — isn’t often invited to spend an hour discussing his craft in front of an audience. Hip-hop joins the public radio fold as NPR Music continues its expansion First roses corner romance and then pop music. Readers recommend songs about flowers: The results 2010-06-10T21:30:00Z In 2015, the arrangement of notes on a sheet of paper is among the least integral parts of pop music creation. What’s Wrong With the ‘Blurred Lines’ Copyright Ruling 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Stream it on Netflix, and most of the pop music it included when it originally aired is absent. Why Don’t Some TV Shows Sound the Way They Used To? 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Less successful is the inclusion of one or two pop music tracks lip-synced by actors, a seeming bid to lend a contemporary tempo to the proceedings. Theater Review: ‘Sir Patient Fancy’ Features the All-Female Queen’s Company 2014-03-24T22:42:14Z An adept jazz player, he became a favorite of producers who recorded pop music as well, even though he was more than 10 years older than many of the rock musicians he worked with. Andy White, Drummer on the Beatles’ ‘Love Me Do,’ Dies at 85 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Over the past few years, Sia, with her choreographer, Ryan Heffington, has done more to raise the standards of dance in pop music than nearly any current artist integrating the forms. For Sia, Dance Is Where the Human and the Weird Intersect 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z “But you just put on their favorite pop music and they dance. That’s enough for me.” An Experimental Choreographer Who Isn’t Afraid of Failure 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z He seems trustworthy and kind and open and generous and infectiously, if naïvely, exuberant about the unifying possibilities of simple, straightforward pop music. Garth Brooks: Country Music’s Square, Liberal Dad 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z For lovers of pop music, I want to be able to scratch that itch. Carly Rae Jepsen on the Song She Wrote About Mike Tyson That Didn't Make Her New Album 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z While some may find Bugg's influences – the Beatles, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash – derivative, what his fans see in him is an antidote to "manufactured" plastic pop music: boybands, EDM, anything connected with The X Factor. Jake Bugg: 'Mumford and Sons look like posh farmers with banjos' 2013-02-07T20:00:02Z There’s a soundtrack here too, emanating from a vintage jukebox featuring a selection of period cuts, and what an upstart moment in pop music this was: Bob Dylan, Chubby Checker, John Coltrane, the Shangri-Las. When ‘New Art’ Made New York the Culture Capital 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z In 1962, broadcasters still regarded pop music as deeply disreputable, if not dangerous. How the Beatles' Love Me Do began the transformation of British music 2012-10-04T15:08:33Z The paper - called New Musical Express in full - documented the rise of British pop music led by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in the 1960s, punk in the 1970s and Britpop in the 1990s. Pioneering UK music paper NME to close print edition 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z And where is Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton,” the most praised musical since “My Fair Lady”? “Hamilton” also caps an artistic development: the attempt to align contemporary pop music with dramatic ends. Is 'Hamilton' the top Broadway musical of all time? Not necessarily, this expert says 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Balasevic launched his career in the early 1980s, first performing in bands before establishing a solo following with his soft pop music and witty lyrics. Serbian pop singer popular in Balkans dies of coronavirus 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Critics frequently assume that Birch was weaned on a musical diet of 70s songstresses, yet in fact she did not hear pop music until her mid-teens. The gospel according to Diane Birch 2010-05-08T23:08:00Z He loved pop music and wanted to be a star, but unlike Sidebottom he was talented. Frank Sidebottom ... 'He'd have died to be in?the charts' 2010-06-25T23:15:00Z The Beatles broke up, the Weathermen accidentally torched a Greenwich Village brownstone, and pop music went really soft. Books of The Times: Why 1970 Deserves Its 15 Minutes of Fame 2011-06-23T21:59:42Z Read more listings for art, classical music, dance, film, pop music and television. 72 Plays and Musicals to See This Fall and Beyond 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z By contrast, in contemporary pop music, he says, “I see a lot of escapist songs.” The New Concept Album Is a Podcast 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z His influence, which has been palpable across pop music, has trickled into the mainstream art world, with a retrospective at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston that closed this past spring. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Why would someone with one of the most famous surnames in pop music want to change it? ArtsBeat: The Jacksun 1? 2012-11-09T17:14:42Z The issue is the fact that some pop music portrays women as sexual chattel. Is pop music sexualising our children? 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z Such was the display in Paris at the fashion show debacle wrought by Kanye West’s rough transition from pop music performer and producer to clothes designer. How Fox News created a new culture of idiots 2012-10-28T12:00:00Z No one who hears it is going to be baffled or horrified or struck by the thrilling sense that pop music has been pushed into new, uncharted regions. David Bowie is back – with a 'beautiful, elegiac ballad' 2013-01-08T12:22:26Z When we talk about love, we're talking about really often a different four-letter word, as pop music has abundantly shown us quite literally, just using those two words interchangeably. "You" star Penn Badgley thinks his killer Joe has "too many sides .. and he needs to die" 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z She is not into pop music and is only vaguely aware of his renown. Movie Review: ‘10 Years,’ a Comedy Directed by Jamie Linden 2012-09-13T22:55:13Z It made you nostalgic for the days when pop music really did seem to matter. Rewind TV: Panorama: Hillsborough – How They Buried the Truth; The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs; David Bowie – Five Years; Case Histories 2013-05-25T23:04:04Z After claiming some credit for the fizzling of President Trump’s rally in Oklahoma, the online armies of Korean pop music listeners are feeling prepared and empowered. Why Obsessive K-Pop Fans Are Turning Toward Political Activism 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z “If you look at the history of pop music, love songs have predominantly come from one heterosexual perspective,” said Tom Murphy, a co-producer of “Universal Love.” Bob Dylan Sings About Gay Love 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z It's been a strange week for pop music. Justin Bieber and Katy Perry live 2011-03-20T00:05:30Z The Korean pop music world is popular across Asia but has a dark underbelly. Cyber bullying, star suicides: The dark side of South Korea's K-pop world 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z It builds on his pop music background and travels around between '70s-style folk storytelling and various eras of great dance music. The rise and rise of Harry Styles: how did the former boyband member become the biggest name in pop? 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z The sleek sophistication of their album sleeves was matched by the music within: Chic sounded, as Stuart Maconie memorably put it, "like a dream pop music is having about itself". The Chic Organization: Up All Night – review 2013-06-27T14:30:00Z He devoured pop music—the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan—and enjoyed playacting as a boy. Lou Sullivan’s Diaries Are a Radical Testament to Trans Happiness 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Bobby Hebb, whose 1966 pop music classic "Sunny" described a sincere smile from a woman that lifted the singer's burdens, died Tuesday. Bobby Hebb of `Sunny' fame dead at age 72 2010-08-03T20:29:00Z The record sale price for a pop music manuscript is the $2 million paid last June for Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone,” one of many songs closely or loosely quoted in “American Pie.” Don McLean's 'American Pie' manuscript sells for $1.2 million 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z But as Columbia Records urged her to move away from jazz-infused pop music, her popularity began to decline and her record sales sputtered. Happy Birthday Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul Turns 70 2012-03-24T10:45:46Z But it also aims to be an edgier film exploring the band’s entanglements with the mob back in Jersey - a sort of “Goodfellas” to pop music. Review: Eastwood’s ‘Jersey Boys’ catchy but uneven 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z And in terms of pop music history, the deluxe package offers a final, fleeting glimpse into the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band that ever was. The Beatles' "Abbey Road" at 50, remixed: A definitive deep dive into the greatest rock band at work 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Relying too often on blasts of on-the-nose vintage pop music from the likes of Tom Jones and the Turtles, the director, James Marsh, struggles to inject an excitement that no one is feeling. ‘King of Thieves’ Review: Michael Caine Leads a Crew of Artful Codgers 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z That was of interest to me, but I wasn’t passionate about that, as I am about marrying guitar culture with pop music. Johnny Marr interview: A guitar hero who serves the song 2013-04-18T21:32:00Z At what point does pop music stop making sense to a person? Are you ever too old for pop music? 2012-06-16T23:06:03Z “So many of us credit Nat and Valerie for starting us in pop music and bring us up from nowhere,” he said. ArtsBeat Blog: Musicians Mourn Ashford at His Own Bar 2011-08-24T04:47:18Z Following is the list of the top 10 most influential pop music videos: 1. "Thriller" voted most influential pop video in poll 2010-05-03T00:57:00Z For Lindsay Zoladz, a pop music critic, a successful exercise playlist combines novelty and familiarity. What’s in Your Workout Playlist? 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Musically, she specializes in what she called “roughing up pop music a bit,” leaning on organic rock instrumentation in a digitized world and hoping to keep the radio as idiosyncratic as possible. Teddy Geiger Tried Teen Pop Fame. Now She’s Back on Her Own Terms. 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Medium wave stations like Clyde 2 continued to provide a range of music, chat and information while their sister stations on FM focused almost exclusively on pop music. Radio stations to share programmes 2013-06-03T17:01:45Z In that sense, “Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!” is as good a “story of pop music” as a fan could hope for. ‘Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé,’ by Bob Stanley Lesley Gore, the woman who helped bring a sense of teen angst to pop music back in the 1960′s, passed away earlier today from cancer. "It's My Party" Singer Lesley Gore Has Died At The Age of 68 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z With the demeanor of a neighbor who would lend you the nicest tool in his garage, no questions asked, Matthews is one of the more likable personalities in pop music. Will Dave Matthews Band make the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? The case for and against the jam-pop troubadours 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Over the next seven years, she moved further from jazz into more commercial pop music, a decision motivated in part by her need to support her daughter as a single mother. Kay Starr, ferociously expressive singer who had pop hit with ‘Wheel of Fortune,’ dies at 94 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Smith, who steadfastly denies categorization and especially disdains the sobriquet "Godmother of Punk," received the Founders Award at ASCAP's 27th annual pop music awards dinner honoring the writers and publishers of last year's most-performed songs. Patti Smith rescued from penury by song royalties 2010-04-22T06:56:00Z While neither Perry nor push any boundaries for pop music, they certainly raise bars. Pop Goes Katy Perry: PRISM Promises Hits 2013-10-22T14:08:45Z Mr. Elkins’s dance also celebrates the passionate American pop music of Motown. The Week Ahead 2012-02-24T20:02:05Z Things will get worse but nobody's really saying it in pop music. Maxine Peake brings the Pendle Witches to Preston library 2012-12-19T15:07:50Z You may not like synthesized pop music, or the use of quantized synths in pop or rock. This is the Fox News of music: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is an embarrassing, corrupting institution 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Keys is an excellent example of that, for pop music. Make America Male Again: 2016 was a great year for feminist pop culture — and the punishment was Donald Trump 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Aficionados say a jug band revival of sorts is going on beneath the pop music radar. Jug band duo Muldaur, Kweskin return to their roots 2010-12-07T23:04:00Z More than a few critics have pointed out its evidently shame-y views on the pleasures of both pop music and makeup; its portrayal of drag queens raised some eyebrows. A Pocket Guide to the Oscars’ Beefiest Controversies 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z The Madison Square Garden show was cut into an HBO special at a time when the singer stood tall at the center of pop music on the shoulders of a forward-thinking album. Review | Justin Timberlake may feel at home in the woods, but the arena is where he shines 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z This week the New York Times pop music writers discuss a platinum-selling rapper in search of new sounds and a Latin music superstar in search of new audiences. ArtsBeat Blog: Popcast: Drake and Romeo Santos 2011-11-17T20:32:57Z A vocal anti-Mike lobby brand him such things as "arguably the most malignant presence in the history of pop music". The Beach Boys' Mike Love: 'There are a lot of fallacies about me' 2013-07-04T08:00:03Z Learning a capella has really changed my outlook on pop music because you see how much goes into it. Hailee Steinfeld on Her New EP and Taylor Swift's Squad 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Everything but Ballet After a buffet dinner and toasts in the resort’s hall, guests danced to salsa and American pop music. Falling Into Each Other’s Arms, a Step at a Time 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z As a pop music superfan who struggles with musicals and the tiresome way they crowbar narrative into song and dance numbers, I’m obsessed with this movie subgenre. When pop stars play pop stars… 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z He pushed pop music to where it could be argued that it was art. Reclaiming Phil Spector's troubled genius 2010-07-03T14:01:00Z On Dec. 18, New Zealand pop music sensation Lorde announced plans to play concerts in Israel and Russia. Lorde is only the latest: How touring in Israel thrusts musicians into controversy 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Eastman was a pianist, composer, and dancer who tried, in the sixties and seventies, to bridge the worlds of classical music, pop music, and the downtown avant-garde. Song of the Summer: “Femenine,” by Julius Eastman 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Various incarnations of this band have been wrapping warm harmonies around Ibrahim's lovely combinations of African traditional and pop music, church hymns and American jazz since the 1980s. Abdullah Ibrahim | Classical review 2010-04-01T21:00:00Z “This Close” is quiet, but not to an extreme — there’s a lot of plaintive pop music on the soundtrack, and Ms. Stern voices much of her dialogue. Review: ‘This Close,’ a Serious Comedy About Life and Deafness 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Previously we heard from readers who work in , pop music, and visual arts. Your First Theater Crush 2013-08-21T16:24:20Z Like the best parts of this collection, this tale of puppy love suggests that the ideas Mr. Miranda seeks to spread have always found a welcoming home in pop music. Beyond ‘Hamilton,’ for Better and for Worse 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z It's easy to focus on the surprise inclusions – Paul Simon's Graceland, for instance, the collection's one concession to post-1940s pop music. What the Queen Mum played on one's gramophone 2011-03-14T20:00:02Z We like our pop music upbeat and innocuous -- no biting commentary here -- our stars as young and beautiful as possible. Grammys 2015: First impressions on the first batch of nominations 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z I don't really know any more about pop music than I did 10 years ago. Sheila Heti: 'I love dirty books' 2013-01-19T17:30:01Z Allison Stewart, pop music blogger with the Washington Post, said Madonna "delivered the most excellent and unexpectedly subversive Super Bowl halftime show in years." Super Bowl, Madonna set new TV audience records 2012-02-07T00:54:00Z But the latest also saw him drift further from pop music’s nucleus — a distance felt on his latest album, “Man of the Woods.” Review | Justin Timberlake may feel at home in the woods, but the arena is where he shines 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z The first American Idol winner has had more of a lasting impact on the pop music landscape than casual listeners might realize. Here Are 7 Ways 'American Idol' Influenced Pop Culture 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The ceremony will celebrate the best in pop music over the past 12 months. One Direction join BBC Music Awards 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z “Mad Apple” will feature stand-up comedians, close-up magic and a live band playing pop music onstage alongside Cirque’s famous acrobats in a new hybrid form of live entertainment. Cirque du Soleil plans a new and hybrid Las Vegas show 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z When did that become a demarcation between pop music and good-old-pop? Music shouldn't divide generations 2010-05-24T20:04:00Z Its influence is prevalent throughout mainstream American pop music, including the bright colored wigs and provocative outfits women wear and the dance moves popularized at parties and in its music videos. The Grammys Are on Sunday. She’s Already Won. 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Less problematic gay issues, but ones that struck a deep chord with me, include the unusually sophisticated knowledge of superficial cultures – pop music, fashion or film, for example – among many gay men. Pride and prejudice for gay men 2011-02-20T00:05:13Z If there are any subjects that compete with pop music in this show, it’s relationships and sex. In ‘2 Dope Queens’ a Duo Muses Over Life, and Stanley Tucci 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z Even in relatively quiet years, Rihanna casts a wide shadow over the world of pop music. Listen to Rihanna Collect Her Debt on a Swaggering New Single 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z He blazed trails in pop music, splicing sounds from life, known as “musique concrete,” into rhythmic loops in an approach that prefigured sampling in hip-hop and other genres. Jean-Jacques Perrey, Electronic Music Pioneer, Dies at 87 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z "All good music is created from longing," Lykke Li says when asked what characterizes the pop music coming from her native Sweden. Lykke Li's second album blends youthful vulnerability and mature sound 2011-05-19T19:59:17Z But it also includes a few patches of rock/pop music that in context sound trite — mere kitsch. Review: Liz Gerring’s ‘Horizon,’ Exuberantly Athletic, Has Its Premiere 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Rechtshaid, who is credited on “All That” and “When I Needed You,” said that pop music and indie sensibilities were moving closer together, giving an act like Ms. Jepsen new space to explore. Carly Rae Jepsen, With a New Album, Is Definitely Changing Her Number 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z By nature, pop music must appeal to millions of mainstream listeners. Pop Music Is Smarter Than It Appears 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z If her mostly young spectators saw traces of pop music’s current crop of exhibitionists, they were not alone. The Power of Grace Jones 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Rap and pop music has a long history of making misogynistic references to politicians. Republicans Condemn Maine Gubernatorial Candidate for Controversial Video 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Is there any such thing as too busy in the grab-it-now pop music world? Electronic DJ-Producer Zedd Blitzes the Pop World 2013-09-26T14:55:16Z The kids wove around us on the ice, shouting to one another; tinny pop music played over outdoor speakers. How to Follow Your Dreams and Burst Into Song 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z The Chopin and Bach on the soundtrack have been replaced by pop music, including, somewhat obviously, Janis Joplin’s “Cry Baby.” | 'Cries and Whispers': ?Cries and Whispers? at BAM - Review 2011-10-26T21:27:23Z Singer Kris Kristofferson called Preston "the songwriter's guardian angel," and Fortune magazine said she was "one of the true powerhouses of the pop music business." Music industry leader Frances Preston dies, age 83 2012-06-14T00:14:44Z “Reputation” is a public renegotiation, engaging pop music on its terms, not hers. Taylor Swift Is a 2017 Pop Machine on ‘Reputation,’ but at What Cost? 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z As I've acknowledged before, moaning about the state of pop music at the age of 42 is probably a futile and undignified thing. A Boy's principles 2012-08-12T19:30:00Z Also on Saturday’s bill is the ambassador of New Orleans bounce, Big Freedia, whose latest foray into pop music’s mainstream is a brief cameo on Drake’s latest single, “Nice for What.” 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Hatch made his mark during the British invasion, teaming with Petula Clark on hits like "Downtown" and "My Love" that helped shaped the future of pop music. Tyler, Perry lead Songwriters Hall of Fame class 2013-02-22T13:34:09Z The point is that the film never had any kind of pop music associations. The Rolling Stones: a career in quotes 2013-06-26T12:29:44Z “I mean, it’s in our name, right? Subterranean pop music. That’s part of our mission, helping shine a spotlight on otherwise unrecognized music scenes and artists we believe in.” Sub Pop at 30: How a Seattle record label’s storied past prepared it for the future 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z For most of the 1970s, Mr. Stigwood had a golden touch in music, theater and film, recognizing early on the cross-promotional power of pop music and theatrical spectacle. Robert Stigwood, Entrepreneur of Rock and Film, Is Dead at 81 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Or, at least, is “The Idol” saying anything about celebrity or pop music that’s worth a closer listen? ‘The Idol’ Is Ending Sunday. Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing. 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Fox executives said on a conference call they are exploring new formats for the show, while looking for a replacement for Cowell with pop music credibility. Fox rolls out four new comedies 2010-05-17T18:54:00Z Never is that more clear than when one-half of the team-up is Drake or Taylor Swift, the anchors of contemporary pop music. Teaming Up, Together (Drake and Future) or Apart (Ryan Adams and Taylor Swift) 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z It helps that Ferreira's particular brand of sophisticated pop music is so irresistible. Sky Ferreira: Teen contender takes her time 2010-08-12T21:22:00Z PM: Sir George Martin was a giant of music – working with the Fab Four to create the world's most enduring pop music. Celebrities React to Death of Beatles Producer George Martin 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Chris Richards is the pop music critic at The Washington Post. Review | How the Internet transformed contemporary jazz 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Van Morrison is one of the most revered singers and songwriters of the postwar pop music era, which means there’s no shortage of singers eager to collaborate with him. Van Morrison on 'Re-Working the Catalogue' with an all-star lineup 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Despite all the prog allusions and big concepts, it turns out what Nero are really good at is something all the prog allusions and big concepts suggest they might disdain: pop music. Nero: Welcome Reality - review 2011-08-04T14:30:01Z With academic degrees in both art and law, he worked in theater, pop music and film, taught in art schools for years, and made work that incorporated painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, sound and texts. As Galleries Reopen, Two Critics Find Rewards Eclipse the Angst 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Set to songs by the Beach Boys — pairing pop music and ballet wasn’t the norm, either — “Deuce Coupe” was the introduction to a different world for Ms. Tharp too. When Twyla Tharp Made Ballet Modern 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z The business behind Musgraves is betting a significant contingent of pop music fans feel the same way. Kacey Musgraves’s Expanding Universe 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z "Kate" is happy to put Japanese fashions, pop music and other visual elements on display, but it never engages with the culture in any meaningful way, beyond killing the people responsible for said culture. Netflix's Tokyo-set action flick "Kate" tries to critique imperialism while ultimately relying on it 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z It's a sadly familiar script in pop music, the history of which is checkered with greats and would-be greats snuffed out too early in life. Winehouse among music talents gone too soon 2011-07-24T11:51:14Z Last year, we saw brands cut costs by focusing mostly on the licensing of pop music to maintain some celebrity presence in their ads. 2010-02-02T03:07:00Z Making pop music with your DJ head on turns out to mean, in Guetta's case, preferring not to countenance any kind of track that isn't a thumping, big-room moment. David Guetta: Nothing But the Beat ? review 2011-08-25T14:30:01Z It wasn’t bad, necessarily, but pop music and scripture make about as much sense side by side as serving as well-done steak with a huge scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. The Passion review – Jesus Christ turns superstar in live broadcast 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z The pattern became less common in the Romantic period, but it returned to fashion in pop music of the twentieth century, and particularly in songwriting of the nineteen-sixties and seventies. The Unoriginal Originality of Led Zeppelin 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z The factory system used to create K-pop, Korea’s internationally successful brand of pop music, is also deeply indebted to Pearlman’s innovations. We Live in the Pop-Culture World That Lou Pearlman Created 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z What most gets on my nerves about the show’s philosophy about pop music, though, is that on some level it does feel like a self-aggrandizing commercial for the Weeknd. ‘The Idol’ Is Ending Sunday. Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing. 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z It was pop music imagined for a near-future hip boutique: cool, clean, relentlessly hooky, and compulsively danceable. Katy B Makes Cool, Compulsively Danceable Pop on Little Red 2014-02-10T15:01:16Z As with pop music's finest albums, Miniatures reminds us, ultimately of ourselves. Tiny and mighty: Indie artist Ken Sharp recorded bite-sized baroque pop "Miniatures" on his iPhone 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Where other pop music icons would risk the wrath of a public sick of Christmas commercialism creeping into the spooky season, Mariah Carey sailed right in on Halloween. How "All I Want for Christmas Is You" made Mariah Carey de facto Queen of Christmas, sans trademark 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z He was in his early teens when he first gave thought to pop music. Thom Bell, a Force Behind the Philadelphia Soul Sound, Dies at 79 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Which is why, time and again, Abdurraqib and his readers return to pop music, a medium where the voiceless find words — or if not, a cheap thrill enjoyed on the march toward death. Review | Hanif Abdurraqib’s vital meditation on music — and living and dying in America 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Here's some dreamy pop music from twin sisters born and raised in Sweden and Australia. This week's top five music links 2012-08-03T17:51:14Z This generous, fascinating documentary about the careers of backup singers, most of them African-American women, seeks to rewrite the history of pop music by focusing attention on voices at once marginal and vital. Movie Review: ‘20 Feet From Stardom’ Explores World of Backup Singers 2013-06-13T23:57:32Z Nostalgia will always haunt pop music, but shades of the past are particularly noticeable in 2014. Haim and Tacocat get back to the future at the Paramount | Concert preview 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z On Facebook, Domingo, the Spanish operatic tenor, paid tribute to Mr. Okun as “the man with great vision that firmly believed in me and gave me my breakthrough role in the world of pop music.” Milt Okun, music impresario who spanned pop, folk and opera, dies at 92 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z He’s the second-longest-tenured member of the band after founding keyboardist Terry Adams, who, now in his early 70s, has been hacking an inimitable, zigzagging path through the outskirts of pop music since the Johnson administration. Why NRBQ never really needed a hit record to measure its success 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z It’s okay if you hate Robin Thicke, but the ‘Blurred Lines’ verdict is bad for pop music. ‘Call Me Maybe.’ ‘Fancy.’ What next? Why the Song of the Summer still matters. 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z We’re going to do a movie about a man who drives around at night listening to pop music because that is his emotional release and that is what I experienced at that exact moment.” REO Speedwagon will save us 2012-08-08T01:00:00Z Far from a solemn, self-conscious act of reclamation, it is more a jaunty tip of the hat to the pop music of his parents’ generation. New Music: A New Album From Paul McCartney 2012-02-06T16:02:08Z “This Is All Yours,” the new LP from the British industrial-rock act alt-j, is the latest reminder that pop music need not be sweet. alt-J's pop with an edge | Concert preview 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z How he managed to hustle people into thinking it’s “pop music” is where the genius and his purple magic is. Dispatches From the Nomad Musician Alex Zhang Hungtai 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z “Yeah!” remains irresistible — and among the most successful homages to one of pop music’s trustiest syllables. 9 Songs That Will Make You Say ‘Yeah!’ 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z For others it marks the arrival of "yet another fairly mysterious band fronted by a siren-voiced female, making slow-building, haunting pop music." New band of the day: London Grammar (No 1,497) 2013-04-22T17:14:00Z Most people consume pop music one song at a time — three minutes or so, or maybe less, depending on how tolerance and quality intersect. 10 Songs That Tell the Story of 2016 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Those two albums are the only releases that appeared on the year-end lists of all three New York Times pop music critics. The Best Albums of 2022? Let’s Discuss. 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z "The Beatles were fairly reassuring, apart from their funny haircuts, but the Stones and everything else was pretty aggressive," she said of the '60's sea-change in pop music. Downtown and all around New York with Petula Clark 2012-01-24T17:55:42Z Let us know at theplaylist@nytimes.com and sign up for our Louder newsletter, a once-a-week blast of our pop music coverage. The Playlist: Drake Preps for a Return, and 12 More New Songs 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z She is also the choreographer of “KPOP,” a behind-the-scenes musical about the Korean pop music industry. A Genre-Spanning Choreographer Who Says Yes to the Unknown 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z The following year, they bought a stake in Aristocrat, an unsuccessful pop music label, initially to record jazz performers. Phil Chess, co-founder of music label that brought blues to the world, dies at 95 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z We live in a world where people read books and comic books, watch films and television shows, listen to podcasts and pop music, with equal avidity and intelligence. Why Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize is the best thing that can happen to the book world 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Staying up on today’s pop music requires us to care about too many tempests in too many teapots. What we talk about when we talk about Nicki Minaj, ‘The Pinkprint’ and pop music as conversation fuel 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Fisher essentially saw it as a symptom of the disappearance of shame in pop music, the abnegation of the unfair, cruel impulses of pop modernism. Morrissey's retirement will be the perfect ending 2012-06-07T15:40:01Z WZ: You knew Dusty as well as anyone did, do you feel that the business of pop music was attractive to her in part because it allowed the play of costume, of masks and theater? Dusty Springfield's sublime masquerade through the American south 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Her idea of pop music harks back to a period — the mid-1980s — when pop was less overtly hybrid. Taylor Swift's '1989': New Album Review 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Among this collection’s more obvious blind spots is pop music. Los Angeles Through the Centuries, Glimpsed by Kerouac, de Beauvoir, Waugh and Others 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Accordingly, Morrissey has unexpectedly dissented from the "middle youth" nostalgia circuit that all pop music has now devolved into. Morrissey's retirement will be the perfect ending 2012-06-07T15:40:01Z That really showed that they were miles and miles deeper than most other people in pop music.” Loss Haunts A Tribe Called Quest’s First Album in 18 Years 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Every song needs a routine in order to show you mean business, to create a seductive spectacle for a post-Fosse/Madonna /Jackson audience that sees its pop music as much as it hears it. Paul Morley introduces Showing Off ... Dance 2010-04-23T16:07:00Z The New York Jingle Ball is one stop on a barnstorming tour that travels the country, sponsored by the radio conglomerate iHeartRadio, and serves as a proxy referendum on the year in pop music. Review: Jingle Ball Tour Shows Radio Still Rocks 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Both a composer and singer, al-Sahir is one of the few performers in the Arab world's pop music scene who sing in classical Arabic. Famous Iraqi singer returns in UNICEF role 2011-05-09T18:28:08Z What do you say to people who say pop music is just commercial? | Harel Skaat 2011-03-30T19:20:17Z In an era of corporate feminism, woke pop music and the gentle progressivism of a former president, Greer and her compatriots leaned into radicalism. A debut well worth the wait from political D.C. punks Priests 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Pareles, the chief pop music critic for The Times, on Michael Jackson. ArtsBeat: Arts & Leisure Preview: 'True Grit,' Michael Jackson, Nicole Kidman and More 2010-12-10T21:16:00Z The promoter raised ticket prices steeply to help fund the booking of pop music’s most popular — and expensive — acts. A reimagined Bumbershoot will return to Seattle in 2022. Here’s what will be different. 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z It was a stylistic change we still hear in today’s pop music, and I felt honored to be alive for it. 'Tis the season to love or hate on Mariah Carey 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z When a transmission like the one described in the poem happens in pop music, particularly fertile ground for intense longing of all kinds, we might hear a fan say, “That song saved my life.” The Art of Rock: Four Museums Explore How We Connect to Music 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Mr. West would go on to become one of the most important figures in American pop music. Music Review | J. Cole: At S.O.B.?s, J. Cole Steps From Jay-Z?s Shadow 2010-03-31T22:28:00Z “S&M” and “Man Down” — the Barbadian pop music vixen is already back with another full length effort, Talk That Talk. Music Monday: Rihanna's Talk That Talk 2011-11-21T09:58:22Z It was girls who liked him – boys only ever admit to liking pop music in retrospect. Edwyn Collins: Soundtrack of my life 2011-01-23T00:05:48Z Ozomatli, King Sunny Ade and Tower of Power may inspire more dancing, but nobody on this weekend's bill will deliver more joy than this eclectic tribute to one of pop music's earliest stars. Playboy Jazz Festival still an L.A. star after 37 years 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z It was only during the 90s that newspapers began to cover pop music in a serious way; only very recently that computer games were deemed worthy of mention. Is the age of the critic over? 2011-01-30T00:07:09Z At 38, Sean Lennon is already deep into a long and idiosyncratic career in pop music, following his creative whims as singer, sideman, bandleader and producer. Sean Lennon, Charlotte Kemp Muhl share 'an invisible problem' 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z He was an adult entertainer, a children's entertainer, a satirist, an oddball and a lover of pop music. Frank Sidebottom ... 'He'd have died to be in?the charts' 2010-06-25T23:15:00Z Because as far as the Iranian censors are concerned, there are only three genres of music acceptable in the Islamic republic: Iranian folk music; Iranian classical or "traditional" music; and Iranian pop music. Iranians pump up the volume for banned tunes 2013-05-07T13:46:41Z Even so, their fifth album opens with a joyous rebuttal of such cynicism – a surging, synth-driven hymn to the possibilities of pop music. Hot Chip: In Our Heads – review 2012-06-09T23:05:31Z They listened to pop music and traded jokes. We Live in Zoom Now 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Ken Tucker is the pop music critic for NPR’s “Fresh Air With Terry Gross.” Patti Smith Plumbs Her Dreams in ‘Year of the Monkey’ 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Hip-hop and pop music blared from several stations. You didn’t need SkyMall’s pet hammock, you said. Are you sure? 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z She’s been at the forefront of critical acclaim and cutting-edge pop music for the past half-decade, and is in the process of releasing a serious of brilliant albums. | Same Faces, Different Places 2010-09-15T16:16:00Z “It was a mixture of terrible Brazilian pop music and some old American folk music,” he said, “and some jazz, like Miles Davis.” Annoyed by Restaurant Playlists, a Master Musician Made His Own 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z It's the sound of pop music fading away on the way to turning into something else, pop in a state of suspended animation, perhaps an epic attempt to recapture some necessary form of innocence. Paul Morley's Showing Off ... Darkstar 2010-10-01T17:38:00Z A wealthy purveyor of pop music, he pulls up to the villa in a snarling Maserati with a surprise in tow: his teenage daughter Penelope, incarnated by the willowy, whispery Birkin. ‘La Piscine’ Review: Pretty, Rich People Behaving Poorly 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z The event will be broadcast on all MTV Network channels on Friday, January 22, when Clooney is expected to be joined by as yet unnamed pop music and movie stars. 2010-01-14T22:41:00Z But the story of pop music is far more often about the mainlining and then mainstreaming of frisky outsider ideas into broad palatability. How the Grammys Bring Rebels Into the Fold 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z If there's one thing MTV has a reliable history of, it's making cruel sport of everything that ever made you love pop music in the first place. 10 best moments from MTV's Video Music Awards 2010-09-13T12:36:00Z Charli does, however, care about the rest of pop music, which she says is overdue for a sea change. Riot Girl: Charli XCX Rages Against the Pop-Music Machine 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z America seemed O.K. with black women dominating different areas of pop music. Sorry, Ms. Jackson: You’re Underrated. ‘Control’ at 30 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Her song "Satellite" went to the top of pop music charts in six countries and was a top 10 hit in seven others. Azerbaijan wins Eurovision Song Contest 2011-05-15T00:17:46Z Using dance, movement — including Buster Keaton-esque slapstick — spoken dialogue and pop music, primarily in English and German, Macras’s intrepid and indefatigable troupe sets out to investigate. Review: ‘Drama’ Contains Many Things. But Drama Isn’t One. 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Par for the course for any pop music history exploration. Funk was the black answer to “Star Wars”: Take the trip with “Tales From the Tour Bus” 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z When he moved to Seattle and formed a band here, it was a big acquisition for the city's pop music scene. Tomorrow is now for Craft Spells 2012-07-26T15:14:05Z On Sept. 22 and 23, music fans flocked to Las Vegas for the iHeartRadio Festival, which featured some of the biggest names in pop music. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Godless’ and ‘The Wall’ 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Your personal anthems When I earlier this week of the ways in which pop music has sustained me through my cancer treatment, I said that everybody needs an anthem. Your personal anthems 2012-09-04T15:17:00Z The use of period pop music on the soundtrack here is probably influenced by Mr. Scorsese’s “Goodfellas.” Review: John Travolta Has the Dapper Look, but ‘Gotti’ Is a Mess 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z There can be great purity in pop music. Scott Walker: Brother beyond 2012-11-23T19:28:49Z We will post a new essay each week exploring a variety of disciplines, from classical and pop music to dance and video games. ArtsBeat: What Inspired You to Work in TV? 2013-07-08T14:53:28Z Grimes started because I was in a very punk scene and it seemed edgy to put on a pink dress and dance around and make pop music. Grimes Invited Anyone to Make A.I. Grimes Songs. Here Are Her Reviews. 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Chris Richards, The Washington Post’s pop music critic, chatted with one of that era’s most beloved local acts, the now-defunct trio Unrest. D.C.’s indie music scene thrived in the ’90s. A look back with one of its most beloved acts. 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z She grew up in King's Heath, Birmingham, – "the ghetto," she jokes – in a strict religious household where pop music was effectively banned. Ones to watch in 2013: Laura Mvula 2012-12-31T10:00:03Z Sure, there’s plenty of gimmickry in pop music, but it’s admirable when someone leans in to it as convincingly as Post Malone does. The Playlist: Taylor Swift and the Jesus and Mary Chain Offer Different Shades of Teases 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z This is the longest I’ve gone in my life without singing in a group, and an entire wing of my spirit has atrophied, so I listen to the pop music theory show “Strong Songs.” How a TV Critic Turned to Podcasts During a Pandemic 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z The dancing at Orpheus and Eurydice’s wedding, a hint of pop music glimpsed through ominous shadows, is a little jewel. Review: The Met Opera’s ‘Eurydice’ Tries to Raise the Dead 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Even now, she remains unique in pop music, an original, true blue rock chick. Rock legend Suzi Quatro on the secret to her success: "I never, ever did gender" 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z The musicians are two classically trained Croatian cellists who perform as 2Cellos, and their genre is instrumental classical crossover — a small but surging subset of classical and pop music. Classical Crossover for the Win 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z But there was some — OK, a little — consensus among The New York Times pop music critics this year. 2022: The Songs of the Year 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z NF has always rapped as if full of anxiety, and on a core level, that hasn’t changed on “Motto,” a clever narrative about unshackling oneself from the stressors of pop music success. Miley Cyrus and Brandi Carlile’s Raw Duet, and 9 More New Songs 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z My pop music is going in another direction now. The Colombian Rock Star Juanes on MTV 2012-05-27T00:43:09Z We've never been able to take Italian pop music around the world in the same way we have with food. Alessio Natalizia of Walls: 'What does Italian music sound like anyway?' 2012-07-11T12:03:14Z “They had loud pop music echoing through the mall, and I’m looking down this corridor, and there’s no people, no stores open,” Mr. Bell said. An Ode to Shopping Malls 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z American pop music is a tendril from the outside world that has penetrated this claustrophobic, hectic island, and it expresses the universal longings and the specific frustrations that dominate the lives of Mr. Yang’s characters. | 'A Brighter Summer Day': ?A Brighter Summer Day,? by Edward Yang - Review 2011-11-24T21:00:30Z Photograph: Getty Images Earlier this year, researchers at the Spanish National Research Council published a paper in which they claimed to have scientifically proven that rock and pop music all sounds the same. Worst ideas of 2012: making all pop sound the same 2012-12-28T22:59:56Z A soundtrack of pop music sets a party mood. 10 of the best hidden bars and restaurants in New York 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Instead, he reclaimed Lennon's almost innocent revolutionary nature, how he altered not only the shape of pop music but of Britain's class system, changing the expectations of comprehensive schoolkids as to what they could achieve. Rajar results; Great Lives; John Cooper Clarke; Happy Tuesdays 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z Here, the pop music critics of The New York Times choose some of the most notable collections of 2018. The Year in Yesteryear: Standout Music Books and Boxed Sets 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Symphonic devices can add dramatic heft, but they also tend to bog down tempos and restrict pop music accustomed to grooving to a beat. Peter Gabriel's experiment with strings attached 2011-06-21T14:26:00Z The Blasters got started in the late 1970s, a time when '50s-inspired primal rock and hard-hitting blues were barely visible on the radar screens of most pop music fans. Dave and Phil Alvin, formerly of the Blasters, resurrect partnership 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z The museum, a permanent exhibition within a hall of fame of Swedish pop music, opens in May next year. A new museum for ABBA, but no stage reunion 2012-12-11T15:32:03Z Houston, whose soaring voice lifted her to the top of the pop music world but whose personal decline was fueled by years of drug use, died on Saturday afternoon in a Beverly Hills hotel room. Whitney Houston mourned at New Jersey church of her youth 2012-02-12T16:29:55Z In an interview with Tank magazine, the head of PC Music, the producer A. G. Cook, described pop music as having “the potential to be overwhelming, extravagant and banal all at the same time.” Review: PC Music and Sophie in a High-Concept Extravaganza at BRIC House 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z While Megan is thee queen of the pop music moment, two acts from an earlier era had the loudest response and the headlining slot. Review | At Jingle Ball, Megan Thee Stallion made the TikTok stars sound like stocking stuffers 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z But his tweedy intellectualism and distinctive brand of muscular, man-up Christianity also draw stars of pop music, film and sports to East New York. The Power Pastor: How A.R. Bernard Built a New York Megachurch 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Curious about his opinions of current developments, Calendar submitted to Moog a tape of 10 songs offering a representative cross-section of the instrument's use in pop music today. Robert Moog: 'I wouldn't call this music' – a classic interview to mark a Google doodle 2012-05-23T10:54:12Z "Swedish pop music is an important part of our cultural heritage and Abba is one of our most well-known brands." Abba museum to open in Stockholm 2012-10-04T10:42:10Z Watching you perform is kind of scary for the audience, too — there's a sense of danger that's missing in a lot of pop music right now. Q & A with Alison Mosshart of Dead Weather 2010-07-14T19:23:00Z Breezy and romantic, it’s the other standout here, a reminder of how perfectly transporting Jackson’s pop music was before his fame metastasized. In Search of the Sweet, Melodic Michael Jackson 2014-05-11T04:00:00Z “When you started getting into the nuances of pop music and counterpoint and irony, and all the different layers of sophistication that happened, that was a switch-up.” And the Emmy goes to . . . music supervisor 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Part of the delight of pop music is its irreverence, its disposability and its ability to draw inspiration from the unlikeliest of sources. Readers recommend: classical songs – results 2012-06-14T09:21:59Z Dembow’s spread to the heart of mainstream pop music in 2015 was part of an international pandemic, in which artists and producers from Nigeria, Germany, Australia, Canada, Britain and beyond, became infected with dembow fever. A Secret Ingredient in Songs of Summer 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Raised in a Pentecostal family in Detroit and rural Tennessee, she went to church five times a week and became the family vocal prodigy, though she said her parents forbade most pop music. Music: Up From the Underground, Into the Light 2010-02-19T20:16:00Z In keeping with a tradition observed by human astronauts, Opportunity and Spirit were given a blast of pop music to wake up in the morning. ‘Good Night Oppy’ Review: Life (Kind of) on Mars 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z There's an easy way to give pop music's most performance-hardened stars a case of the butterflies: Ask them to perform in front of The Beatles. Stars line up to pay tribute to The Beatles 2014-01-29T01:13:29Z Leacock says the group is blending influences like soca pop music from Trinidad & Tobago and reggae dancehall music from Jamaica with hip-hop dynamics and a DJ's light show. Major Lazer: Changing EDM one party at a time 2013-04-18T15:39:20Z Springfest features dinner and entertainment by Wheedle's Groove, a circle of Seattle funk musicians celebrated on an album of the same name, which also showcased Wright when she was still singing pop music. Pat Wright to receive 'Cultural Treasure' award 2012-05-24T21:18:05Z Unlike the Mumfords, though, 1D songs tend to be written by the same international cabal of two dozen people who write most pop music, here, there and everywhere. One Direction – review 2013-04-06T23:06:21Z In the 1960s, Ms. Costa was at the forefront of tropicália, the movement that brought psychedelic experimentation and anti-authoritarian irreverence to Brazilian pop music. Gal Costa, Singer Who Embodied Tropicália’s Innovative Spirit, Dies at 77 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Obama, the father of two pop music fans, wasn't letting the news change his plans, though. Correction: People-PSY-Protests story 2012-12-08T19:16:05Z Most everybody readily acknowledges the artifice inherent to pop music—as consumers, we know and understand, to some degree, that the whole business is and always has been an aggressively managed charade. Miley Cyrus’s Creepy Return to Wholesomeness 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z His function is to narrate the tale and to signal his superiority to the material with an occasional reference to 1980s pop music or a diet fad. ‘Artemis Fowl’ Review: Fowl, Not Fair 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z If Bowie was right, the future of pop music is looking brighter and brighter. Lorde’s pop music coup hits Seattle’s KeyArena with exuberant ‘Melodrama’ tour stop 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z In a speech at Oxford University last year, Wang conceded that the first time he heard Chinese pop music, he thought, "This stuff is lame. I don't like it!" Can Leehom Wang transcend China and America's pop cultures? 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Ms. Rivera was one of the biggest stars of banda, a brassy, percussive form of Spanish-language pop music invented in northern Mexico and perfected in the American Southwest. Jenni Rivera, 43, Mexican-American Singer and TV Star, Dies 2012-12-10T17:34:14Z The performance was part of the orchestra's ongoing series Sonic Evolution, which bridges the classical and pop music worlds. Seattle Symphony teams with Sir Mix-A-Lot on 'Baby Got Back' 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Gaga aims to invoke comparisons to pop art, while blurring the line between fine art and pop music, with lyrics like “Pop culture was in art, now art’s in pop culture in me.” New Lady Gaga “Film” Is Mostly Just Her Face 2013-11-21T16:33:52Z Such gestures are often votes against change, against the natural evolution of pop music. At the Grammy Awards, a History of Old-Guard Resistance to Change 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z Ah, there you are, safe and well, an unscathed piece of superior pop music, somehow Animal Collective's most accessible yet, despite the ton of bricks on top of it at first glance. This week's new tracks 2012-11-10T00:06:00Z In other words: Charli doesn’t want to sabotage pop music — she wants to reform it. Riot Girl: Charli XCX Rages Against the Pop-Music Machine 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z As a black teenager with an affinity for pop music but raised on R&B and hip-hop, I considered BET’s “106 & Park” essential viewing. How BET's '106 & Park' shaped a teen's life 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z There is always a place for pop music, but there's always a place for music that aspires to go beyond that, and to offer music lovers something much more challenging and inspired. Gov't Mule embraces Pink Floyd, peace and protest: "We're in some pretty precarious times" 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Dominic Bird, Channel 4 Head of Formats, says he will commission three different pilots for a pop music show to broadcast in the new year. Channel 4 to axe T4 in December 2012-10-15T09:33:49Z The insipid pop music that cues emotional moments is annoying, but the writing isn’t. | 'Rookie Blue': Missy Peregrym Plays a Sexy New Cop on ABC 2010-06-24T00:03:00Z Probably not — but it’s certainly one of the biggest days for new pop music since, well, at least last week. Epic Day for Pop Music: Three New Singles Battle It Out 2013-10-21T18:09:07Z When I think about pop music, because I’m obsessed with pop songs, it’s about being generous with something that could weigh you down. How Christine and the Queens Wrote One of the Best Songs of 2015 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z "Go-go is D.C.'s very own unique contribution to the world of pop music," he said. Chuck Brown, Pioneer of 'Go-Go' Funk Music, Dies 2012-05-17T00:30:11Z Michael Jackson's, his story was about pop music, about race, about celebrity justice, about fashion, about so many different things. Mo Rocca on "Mobituaries," celebrity deaths and what we get wrong about Billy Carter 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z "He hates pop music," he said of the confirmed Cole Porter fan. Jubilee concert: big noise and a big gap as duke misses date with pop royalty 2012-06-04T22:37:22Z I suppose the problem is that listening to pop music is synonymous with “youthful” activities, like falling in love, dancing and being off your face on drugs. The case for fortysomething festival goers 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z For a few years at the beginning of this decade, EDM looked like it was the new creative and cultural axis of American pop music. Flume's New Album Skin Is The Gritty Future of Electronic Music 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Dizzee Rascal is at his imperious best when he melds the two spheres of urban and pop music – as he does perfectly on my favourite track of his. Readers' panel: What's your favourite Dizzee Rascal moment? 2012-06-22T15:25:00Z In this brave new world, do fake characters based on real people amount to unseemly borrowing, even theft, or just the kind of homage that has always defined pop music? A ‘Virtual Rapper’ Was Fired. Questions About Art and Tech Remain. 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z It’s almost impossible to calculate the influence “Sgt. Pepper’s” had on modern pop music. “Sgt. Pepper’s” at 50: was it a concept album or an identity crisis? 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z But if you’re even vaguely interested in pop music, dance and the art of performance, see “Piece of Me,” which Spears will perform at the Planet Hollywood casino through 2017. One thing can get a buttoned-up millennial feminist to praise Las Vegas: Britney Spears 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Small things happened: Radio Caroline launched, before the BBC finally gave in and started playing pop music. Michael Caine: ‘Boy, did we have fun…’ 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z But at the time, nobody was bothered by that, any more than they recognized they were creating one of pop music’s enduring classics. Yes drummer Alan White, a longtime Seattle-area resident, reminisces about recording ‘Imagine’ with John Lennon 50 years ago 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Less optimistic is pop music critic Steve McClure, the former Tokyo bureau chief for Billboard magazine, who doubts X Japan's appeal can extend beyond a niche audience. Yoshiki seeks global rock glory for X Japan 2011-03-09T03:42:09Z If you have ears to hear, my records sound delightful, a refreshing drink of cold water in the desert of processed pop music, but the vast majority of the public completely disagrees. Nick Lowe interview: Pop music for grown-ups 2011-12-08T05:26:00Z "Vessel" is more than beats and rhymes — Zavala's encyclopedic sampling and gorgeous guest vocals render a degree of musicality rare in not just hip-hop but pop music in general. New albums from Seattle bands: Hey Marseilles, Unnatural Helpers and more 2010-05-07T20:57:00Z Mr. Jonas is not the first man in pop music with an exhibitionistic streak. For Nick Jonas, Showing Off Is Paying Off 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” the most celebrated record by the most celebrated band in the history of pop music, turned 50 years old. Against “Sgt. Pepper”: The Beatles classic made pop seem male, nerdy and “important” — and that wasn’t a good thing 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z “One of the things that I respect about Christian music and Christian pop music is that they’re willing to get sentimental,” he told The Brooklyn Rail in 2010. Making Peace With the Music Left by an Omnivorous Young Composer 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z The idea isn’t so shocking if you watch “Black Mirror” or if you listen to pop music. How the death of EDM brought pop music one step closer to eternal life 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z "The songs were all good. It's pop music. It's mostly about sex, anyway." Obama's playlist earns rave reviews from DJs 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z "I really love pop music and I still love the idea of making tunes that loads of people connect with, but it's not in my personality to want to be a star." Jamie Woon: 'I've always wanted to make pop' 2011-01-27T22:00:01Z Their sets shared something else, as well, in the way they both highlighted the roots of now contemporary styles, in The Cure’s case, its early exploration of the synthesizer sounds that rule pop music today. Sasquatch! wrap: The Cure delivers, Tacocat schools a stagehand and more 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z If there’s a positive takeaway, it’s that women continue to run the mainstream conversation like seldom before in pop music. Grammys 2015: The Music Industrial Complex reveals this year's models 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Pakistan police said on Wednesday they were investigating blasphemy allegations against a man dubbed the "disco mullah" who quit a career in pop music to become a preacher. Pakistan police register blasphemy case against 'disco mullah' 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z A huddle of locals in the corner sang along to Croatian pop music from the 1980s. Giving Up the Battle for Peak Sunset 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z And disco was finally seen for what it truly was: the foundation for all pop music that would follow. How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z It was like he was saying, “Yes, I am the Pied Piper, I’m pop music, and I’m telling you that this electric guitar is the wave of the future.” Bob Dylan’s legendary defiance: “They had to crank it up to drown out the boos” when he went electric 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z "It's really encouraging for the state of pop music to see people yearning for a different kind of honesty in the charts than we've seen in the last few years," said Kimbra. Kimbra "Vows" to conquer U.S. with debut album 2012-05-30T20:07:25Z Wilkie convinced one of his opera students to give pop music a try. Actor. Lawyer. Lover of the arts. Her uncle defied category. 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Still, pop music and current events often run at parallel frequencies. Critic's Notebook: Taylor Swift's catchy, tone-deaf 'Shake It Off' 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Houston, whose soaring voice lifted her to the top of the pop music world, but whose personal decline was fueled by years of drug abuse, died on Saturday afternoon in a Beverly Hills hotel room. Whitney Houston mourned at New Jersey church of her youth 2012-02-13T01:54:44Z CANNES, France — The history of pop music is filled with far too many untimely demises. Cannes 2015: Amy Winehouse documentary screening gets warm reception 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z There's been a nostalgic streak to rock and pop music for decades; there was a 1950s revival in the early 70s. Alexis Petridis finds an alternate music universe 2010-08-04T21:45:00Z Paul Simon’s life and music will be the subject of a new book from former Los Angeles Times pop music critic Robert Hilburn, author of the acclaimed 2013 biography “Johnny Cash: A Life.” Paul Simon biography due from author-critic Robert Hilburn 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z “This is not just pop music; this is something much greater than that,” Stipe says. Love Nirvana? Don't miss Rock Hall induction on HBO | TV preview 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z In A Star Is Born, Bradley Cooper’s Jackson Maine tells Ally that pop music is “the same story told over and over again”. Rocketmen, raves and rhapsodies: how the music biopic became a Hollywood hit 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z We watched her explode into the pop music scene, writing and singing outrageously catchy tunes with a striking confidence for one so young. Britney Spears is a cautionary tale of pornification 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z For those with a fondness for the pop music of the era, you could check out the final tour of the New Wave girl group the Go-Go’s. ‘Hamilton’ Costs Too Much? You’re in Luck 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z She's finally found a way to use her classical aptitude in an atmospheric pop music context. Charlotte Church is back with new material, tour 2013-03-15T13:27:13Z I’ll leave it to you, the pop music reporter, to place it in its proper context, but to me it sounds like garbage. 'Girls' Recap: Hannah Horvath Insults the Rainbow 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z Brian Wilson is revered for “Pet Sounds,” the 1966 Beach Boys album he produced, arranged and largely composed that influenced generations of songwriters and that today remains the gold standard of pop music confectionary. “It’s not the MSNBC, Fox BS — f*** this red/blue paradigm: John Cusack unloads on the media, the right and corporate Democrats 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z He's still brilliant and gives perhaps the most eloquent definition of rap, that it should rightly be defined not as a pop music but as "folk art". Trailer trash 2012-07-14T23:06:26Z But in his 50-minute speech, which was streamed online by NPR Music, Mr. Springsteen, 62, posited his own experience as a fan as the, or at least, one, unifying story of pop music. ArtsBeat: Springsteen"s Message for the Hopefuls at SXSW: Just Go for It 2012-03-15T21:21:05Z One of the immutable rules of pop music is that boredom spurs progress. What does it mean when the Weeknd hits a high note? 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z A sense of tragedy hangs over “K-Punk,” shadowing his beautiful, impassioned sentences about how the future promised to us by fantasy novels and utopian pop music “no longer seems possible.” Mark Fisher’s “K-Punk” and the Futures That Have Never Arrived 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z The world of pop music is changing all the time, as it must to stay alive. The World's First Amputee Pop Star Is Here, And She's Incredible 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z How were you able to create music that appealed to all audiences during the 1950s and 1960s, when rhythm and blues and pop music was racially classified? Dionne Warwick Is Ready for an Encore 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z We learn a lot about their Lancashire childhood, their relationship with their tyrannical father and tender mother, as well as their passion for pop music and dancing. Third Finger, Left Hand – review 2013-04-05T11:00:21Z Such is the chicken-egg conundrum bedeviling the awards, and also the pop music industry, which coexist in uneasy alliance, looking askance at each other while furtively holding hands. At the Grammys, the Young Succeed Most When They Seem Old 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z This itinerant pop music festival is actually a series of one-off daylong festivals in cities like Singapore and Sydney, Australia. Concerts and Dance Tuned to the Season: Global Arts Guide 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z The meek may inherit the Earth, but something like the opposite is true in pop music. The xx finds a quiet place in big-sound pop world 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Lady Gaga practically invented the current era of pop music as spectacle, one that’s become an escalating arms race of self-conscious oddity. Lady Gaga's Performance at the Oscars Could Redefine Her Career 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z The past decade in pop music has been marked by Swift’s shrewd, thrilling songwriting, her chirpy and intimate sound. The Book on Taylor Swift 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z "But then, coming back to where I am now, it's so obvious to me that I'm doing pop music the way I am because I grew up with this discussion about arts in my home." Robyn: unchained melodies 2010-06-16T20:31:00Z And other than Drake, there might not be a rapper with as much Gen Z appeal that embodies hip-hop’s integration with pop music better than Tyler, the Creator. Justin Bieber, pending COVID recovery, leads wave of pop stars coming to Seattle 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z For some, the thought carried an unkind implication: Does something from the galaxy of pop music belong anywhere near the almighty pantheon of Great Lit? Bob Dylan Delivers His Nobel Prize Lecture, Just in Time 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z A duo from Baltimore, Beach House makes impenetrable, immersive pop music for end-of-days parties and your long, dark nights of the soul. The Ten Best Albums of 2018 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z From the Beatles' mid-period through the early 1980s, his pipes were one of pop music's most enduring and steadfast treasures. Paul McCartney's "Flaming Pie" burns ever brighter in this new reissue, a completist's dream 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z Last stop on the São Paulo tour: Alberta 3, a hip nightclub where Seth's friends were spinning American and European pop music: the Clash, Phoenix, the Strokes and the Smiths were all in rotation. Frugal Traveler Blog: You Will Love Sao Paulo. (Please?) 2012-10-25T03:15:25Z True, perhaps, in everyday life; not so in pop music. Klaxons, Liars, Editors, where's the the? 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z “We were both tired of the machine of pop music,” she says. Riot Girl: Charli XCX Rages Against the Pop-Music Machine 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Please submit a comment below describing what you do and how a pop music experience led you to your career; keep submissions under 250 words. ArtsBeat: What Inspired You to Work in Pop Music? 2013-07-26T16:37:45Z City Winery Open is the latest addition to a crowded pop music festival lineup in New York. Aretha Franklin to Headline a New City Winery Festival in Queens 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The marriage of these three highly acute minds seems to have been one of the few inspired things to happen in pop music this decade. ZTT: 'Every record company panicked after Two Tribes' – a classic feature from the vaultsZTT: 'Every record company panicked after Two Tribes' 2013-01-01T11:00:00Z And despite becoming less central to pop music in general, guitars were not in short supply. The Grammys Discover Youth 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z It all fits perfectly with the music she makes, which, almost uniquely for pop music about clubbing, sounds like the work of someone's who's actually been to a club. Katy B: On a Mission ? review 2011-03-31T14:29:01Z Mr. Hall remained a presence in British pop music, recording eight albums and dozens of singles with a wide variety of musicians and producers. Music: The Specials, Ska Revivalists, Enjoy a Revival 2010-04-01T21:52:00Z Beginning around 1990 in pop music the work seemed to crop up everywhere. An Adagio for Strings, and for the Ages 2010-03-05T19:18:00Z Why did one of pop music’s most talented singers sound a little flat at times? What Went Wrong With Adele's Grammy Performance 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Certainly the pop music scene is currently dominated by strong, unusual female artists, apparently powerful within their spheres. SXSW 2011: Music and hack days - where the girls aren't 2011-03-15T16:57:07Z Playing Out – Songs for Children and Robots is a bespoke collection of pop music aimed at the under-eights, just like some of Ringo's songs for the Beatles, or early Altered Images. New band of the day ? The Crayonettes (No 856) 2010-08-27T15:13:00Z It’s music to get dressed to while getting ready to go on a date … What a small window of time and place pop music is occupying! Gillian Welch: “People make art to deal with the gnarliest, most painful events” 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Before Radio 1 was launched in 1967, Bernie produced Saturday Club on the Light Programme, one of the few shows on the network to feature pop music. Bernie Andrews obituary 2010-07-20T17:08:00Z Instead, it’s something you deliberately set out to achieve for yourself, building up piece by piece and constructing who you are with books, pop music and wild experiences. Review: In Her First Novel, Caitlin Moran Explains How To Build a Girl 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Sometimes, surely, pop music is just pop music. Lady Gaga and the New World Order 2010-07-01T20:59:00Z “She used the roundness in her voice, the piercing in her voice. There’s not a fear of pop music with Poly.” How Poly Styrene Broke the Mold 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Much like the makeup wipe of ancient rime, the apparent pitting of “real” southern rock against “fake” pop has fuelled plenty of point-missing column inches: Bradley Cooper hates pop music! A Star Is Born isn't sexist or 'rockist' – it's a cutting insight into so-called 'authenticity' 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Germany is the world's third biggest music market behind the US and Japan, but its achievements on the international pop music stage have been surprisingly limited. German music now: from Berghain to Mannheim 2012-06-26T16:36:57Z The decision to try to mobilise world opinion through concerts was justified, he said, because "the lingua franca of the planet is not English – it's pop music". Bob Geldof condemns lame and ineffective anti-poverty campaigners 2010-04-02T18:43:00Z Generalizing about African pop music is like generalizing about American pop music — that is to say, it’s nearly impossible. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z He quickly found himself in demand at a time when British directors looked to jazz and pop music to create a cool image for their films. John Barry Dies at 77; Composed for Bond Films 2011-02-01T06:39:31Z "He is one of the most revered lyricists in pop music," he said. Nas and Marley mix rap and reggae inspired by Africa 2010-05-21T20:47:00Z When I rounded up the best pop music of 2009 , I put mysterious/mystical Central District rap group at the top and said "the group should get its due in 2010." Pitchfork reviews Shabazz Palaces 2010-05-26T16:28:00Z But A Star Is Born cheekily acknowledges its legacy, with Jackson telling Ally that pop music is “the same story told over and over again”. When pop stars play pop stars… 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z As debt-ridden Europe struggles with a financial crisis, the hosts of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest are sparing no expense as contestants gear up to vie for pop music dominance at Saturday's final. Undertones of debt crisis at European song contest 2010-05-28T16:21:00Z Similar attempts to introduce algorithmic judgment have been made in contemporary pop music, a genre where best-selling stylometrics are clearer, are mathematically transcribable, and have been central for some time. “The Bestseller Code” Tells Us What We Already Know 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Great pop music should sound like the easiest thing in the world to write, but once you try to accomplish it yourself, it just becomes impossible. Scottish Rockers Face Middle Age at Ease With a Past of Near Misses 2010-09-29T23:00:00Z A Times reporter who focuses on pop music, Coscarelli looks at Atlanta’s outsize influence on modern rap — and how racism and economic exploitation shape its culture. 15 New Books Coming in October 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Passionate pop music fans are pondering these and other questions as we approach Sunday's Grammy telecast. Join us for the Grammy telecast Sunday! 2013-02-08T18:48:43Z Mr. Bejar is assuredly a near-obsessive listener to pop music of an earlier time; a lot of his work is strewn with specific references to songs and bands. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-01-24T23:19:27Z Jon Pareles, chief pop music critic for The New York Times, hosts an evening of music and conversation with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O and the musician and producer Danger Mouse. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z In pop music, rhythmic patterns and bass lines are essentially common property, as my colleague and pop music critic Randall Roberts noted after this week's verdict. 'Blurred Lines' verdict would rock Amadeus and other great composers 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z —Maura Johnston At its best, pop music serves up pure feeling—singalong choruses, heart-tugging hooks, verses that balance the evergreen with the highly personal. Top 10 Albums 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Whereas pop music is forever looking forward to the next big thing, Christmas entertainment is the most energetically retrospective art form. Theatre's tinsel pound makes children of us all again 2010-12-03T21:00:00Z I may be wrong about this, but I don’t think so: music, particularly pop music, will never reach you in a more visceral way than it does when you’re very young. The Chaotic Magic of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z I loved pop music as a little kid. BBC Sound Of 2015: James Bay 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Upset that the Beatles have pushed pop music's boundaries with "Rubber Soul," he insists, "I can't let them get ahead of us. I can take us further." Uneven 'Love & Mercy' saddled with one Brian Wilson too many 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z After claiming some credit for the fizzling of President Trump’s rally in Oklahoma, the online armies of Korean pop music listeners are feeling prepared and empowered. Why Obsessive K-Pop Fans Are Turning Toward Political Activism 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z "Overexposed" sees the band moving away from the alternative rock that influenced their previous records, and embracing pop music whole-heartedly. Maroon 5, Adam Levine get "Overexposed" on new album 2012-06-26T22:45:45Z I was much more excited about hearing pop music with guitars than clever, experimental rock music. Johnny Marr interview: A guitar hero who serves the song 2013-04-18T21:32:00Z The pop music critics of The New York Times share their picks for the best songs of the year. The 54 Best Songs of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z The group, based in Edinburgh, won the Mercury Prize, one of Britain’s most prestigious pop music prizes, in 2014. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z An ambiguous “him” isn’t new to R. & B., or to pop music; many of Wise’s favorite divas—Brandy, Beyoncé—use devotional language to describe romantic love. Serpentwithfeet‘s Sensual Ode to Drama 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z The festival's programming closely mirrors the magazine's editorial thrust, centered around pop music, augmented by a smattering of literary and fine-arts coverage. City Arts Fest: An ambitious new festival takes the stage 2010-10-15T20:57:00Z It uses pop music ironically — “I Love a Rainy Night” by Eddie Rabbit as a character struggles across the parched Australian Outback — and with odd poignancy. ‘The Leftovers’ Leads Television’s Musical Golden Age 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z It’s also full of weird, amazing sounds that, 30 years later, it’s easy to take for granted as the way latter-day pop music has always been: polished in a factory to a gemlike gleam. Sorry, Ms. Jackson: You’re Underrated. ‘Control’ at 30 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z “Trailers definitely do tend to mirror whatever’s happening in the broader culture and pop music in general.” Why the trailers for this summer’s biggest comedies all sound the same 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Coachella made its name by connecting inventive rock, rap and dance music under the same banner -- in the process confirming and helping steer pop music's direction. First impressions of Coachella 2015: Disconnects, surprises and more 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Why is radio and pop music still so cleanly divided between black and white? Why black entertainers still need the BET Awards 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z In the ’60s, when everyone else was obsessed with the Beatles, and with Dylan, Scorsese the furious young filmmaker paid little attention to the seismic changes in pop music. Review of Martin Scorsese's George Harrison documentary 2011-10-17T18:00:00Z The highly regarded polling firm Public Policy Polling doesn’t usually ask survey respondents about pop music but, with the first round of results from their latest poll released May 9, it’s clear they’re onto something. New Study: Americans Dislike Justin Bieber, Would Vote Justin Timberlake For President 2013-05-10T16:54:35Z “Safety first” is great for driving school, but affairs of the heart often call for ancient pop music. Social Q?s: Social Q?s: An Ex as a Roommate Can Be a Problem 2010-08-19T23:26:00Z Trained in the Jaipur Gharana musical traditions as a child, Falu, 37, is known for what she calls “Indie Hindi,” a blend of classical Indian melodies and contemporary Western pop music. Singer-songwriter Falu goes back to Bollywood 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z In the noisy jungle of pop music, many artists speak their truth by pretending to be somebody else. On a scale of Monkees-to-Gorillaz, how should we evaluate fictional music? 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z It's quite possibly unique in the annals of pop music because it is the result of a musician who literally died and came back to life. Dave and Phil Alvin, formerly of the Blasters, resurrect partnership 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z But right now it's a must for pop music fans. Frye tunes: Jherek Bischoff, Zola Jesus, Black Constellation 2012-11-30T02:38:38Z In the original “Twin Peaks,” dreamy pop music captured the show’s hallucinatory-sweet sensibility: absinthe bubble gum. ‘The Leftovers’ Leads Television’s Musical Golden Age 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Pop stars, it seems, cannot be trusted to name their own records thanks to a mixture of vanity, stupidity and hubris, but it's still marginally better than pop music by committee. Can bands be trusted to name their own albums? 2013-06-19T13:50:47Z American cinema — more than television or pop music or literature — still prefers to treat black people as symbols, problems and members of a “niche” audience. Oscars So White? Or Oscars So Dumb? Discuss. 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z There does seem to be this inability to accept an Asian face in the world pop music market place. Korean pop music out to conquer the world 2011-11-29T12:57:32Z Today, the Grammy Awards’ embrace of popular artists and pop music tends be misguided and driven by precedent or safety. Taylor Swift is everything that’s wrong with the Grammys and the music industry: Sanitized, self-congratulatory and safe 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z The pop music icon pulled a couple of lines together and the crowd cheered him on as his goodbye tour brought him back to his native state. Campbell comes home to Arkansas on goodbye tour 2012-09-07T22:08:08Z “Chromatica,” released last week, heralds Gaga’s inevitable return to pop music. Review | Lady Gaga’s ‘Chromatica’ is a collection of sad bangers, a club album at a time when there are no clubs 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z The cheesy video and cheerful tune, anchored by Rebecca's nasally flat voice, was created for her by for-hire pop music producers Ark Music Factory. Rebecca Black works to overcome 'Friday' infamy 2011-04-25T13:35:01Z Beloved among his folk and pop music peers, Goodman, who died of leukemia at 36 in 1984, was one of pop music’s purest souls. Music Review: Elaine St. George Sings Songs by Steve Goodman 2014-03-28T20:47:37Z An appreciation of pop music, meanwhile, trades specifically in matters of coolness. People Who Like Celine Dion Are People, Too 2014-05-09T04:00:00Z Widely cited as one of the first dub reggae albums, it put forward a sound that stripped Jamaican pop music to its most essential grooves. 15 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z December brings year-end reflection and abundant lists from culture mavens, and this week The Times’s pop music critics listen to and discuss their favorite albums of 2011. ArtsBeat: Popcast: The Best Albums of 2011 2011-12-15T17:50:17Z Almost no young musician working in pop music has more promise than Rosalía, the Spanish flamenco-trained singer with thrilling ideas about avant-garde pop. The Playlist: Unreleased John Coltrane, and 9 More New Songs 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z I was always kind of struggling, but when I was around 15 I decided to leave musical theater behind and put all my efforts into pop music. | Britain’s R&B Wunderkind (And This Weekend’s ‘SNL’ Guest) Sam Smith 2014-03-25T18:55:16Z Critics asserted that giving a writing award to a pop music figure undercut the value of the honor. ArtsBeat: Black Journalists Association's Award for Beyonc? Draws Criticism 2012-05-03T22:10:47Z Mr. Heffington doesn’t believe that dance is underused in pop music — more that it is abused much of the time by adhering to an easy formula. For Sia, Dance Is Where the Human and the Weird Intersect 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z The Young Ones is a gorgeous fantasy, so optimistic and beautiful, about the potential of pop music for young people. The 30 best films about music, chosen by musicians 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z But that is the way with pop music. Sasquatch! Fest a heady brew of old and new 2011-05-31T01:08:05Z Sleigh Bells are sort of the Heathers of pop music. Sleigh Bells Turn it Up on Reign of Terror 2012-02-23T16:59:55Z In the late 1960s, when Brazilian pop music seized the international spotlight with a dazzling array of artists who wrote and performed their own material, Joyce Moreno was the only female among their ranks. Brazil's Joyce Moreno to perform her unique bossa jazz 2010-06-30T00:12:00Z In two performances Saturday at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the chorus mixed traditional songs from a variety of faiths with pop music and show tunes. Gay Men's Chorus reaches out to religious groups in song and story 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z At that moment, as in quite a few others, “Beyond the Lights” perfectly mirrors the swooning, swirling, unself-conscious access to feeling that pop music can provide. ‘Beyond the Lights,’ a Diva’s Romance 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Later that summer, as King prepared Lennon's new album for the pop music marketplace, he proposed the concept of a Thanksgiving gig to the former Beatle. Bringing John Lennon and Elton John together, and other rock tales from "The Tastemaker" Tony King 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Krause is a polymathic musician who performed with the folk group the Weavers and helped introduce the Moog synthesizer to pop music — including songs by the Doors and Van Morrison — and film scores. Listen to ‘The Great Animal Orchestra’ 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Look, I'm not a jazz critic and jazz fans have chided me in the past for overstepping my "pop music critic" title. Kamasi Washington and band prove 'The Epic' hype, thrill a sold-out Regent 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Favorite singer or musician: These kids are pop music fans. April Class of KidsPost: Terraset Elementary second-graders 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Taylor Swift’s switch to pop music from her tried-and-true country roots was one of the biggest music-related stories of the year…as was pretty much any story containing her name. Taylor Swift Is Billboard's Woman Of The Year 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Neneh Cherry's Raw Like Sushi has been an influence on me ever since; it shows that pop music can have a personal style, it doesn't need to be generic, or not mean anything. Robyn: Soundtrack of my life 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z She just brushed off my pop music concerns with: “It’s not real. Go back to bed.” 'I didn't sleep well for months': the films that terrified our writers as kids 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z "I listen to zero pop music, which is really weird for someone who makes pop music," Cyrus says, noting that the first concert she ever went to was a show by Poison. Cyrus steps out of tween idolhood toward "Liberty" 2010-06-19T00:57:00Z Remarkably, at 40 years old and after nearly two decades of being at the vanguard of pop music, Lennon admitted to only just beginning to glimpse his musical future. Yoko Ono's approximately infinite artistic universe 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z But, as Queen once did, Judas Priest are still here to enshrine one of pop music's most important conjunctions – the place where the glorious collides head-on with the ridiculous. How Judas Priest invented heavy metal 2010-05-20T20:59:00Z Honesty isn’t the primary virtue in pop music, but we like to pretend that it is. Review | How do we know if Lorde is keeping it real? 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Jon Caramanica, a pop music critic for The Times, called the events staples of this era and “less battles in the conventional sense than choreographed chest-puffing combined with bows of respect.” The Breakout Stars of 2020 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z With an absence of electronic effects and programmed beats, they run counter to current trends in pop music. Rachel Brown’s Uncanny Voice 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Miller was deliberate in how he cracked the code of pop music. Steve Miller cracked the code of 1970s radio. But he’s still raging against the music industry. 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Fiesta Latina was a comprehensive, ambitious attempt to do something similar for Spanish-speaking pop music. Fiesta Latina charts a pop future with Pitbull, Jesse y Joy and more 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z Below are highlights from the worlds of theater, pop music, dance and classical music — picked and recommended by Times critics. 22 Musicals, Plays, Concerts, Dances and Festivals You Can’t Miss This Spring 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z I am just much more like a punk rocker hippie who used pop music . . . and alternative, you know. "Lyric writing is not easy": Michael Stipe looks back on creating REM's "New Adventures of Hi-Fi" 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Perfect pop music; this should have been a global No 1. Paul Woolford's favourite tracks 2013-07-12T17:00:00Z The story of American pop music is inseparable from a certain kind of cultural theft. In 'Uproot,' Jace Clayton takes a worldwide tour of the digital underground 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z The teenager's singing style was without the enraptured vocal runs so popular with the other contestants, and in pop music in general. Kent's Stefano Langone still alive on "Idol," in a field of nine 2011-04-01T04:30:16Z So let’s imagine, for a moment, that Grammys voters do intend to expand their horizons this year, and cast votes that truly reflect progress in pop music. Let’s Imagine a Better Grammys 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z It rightfully recognizes the complexity of pop music, but it too often fails to generate a justly complex conversation. Do you want poptimism? Or do you want the truth? 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z The Electric Light Orchestra were conceived by Roy Wood to take pop music in a classical direction: to continue "where the Beatles left off" after Sgt Pepper. Readers recommend: Mr and Mrs songs ? results 2011-04-07T11:23:48Z Songs like lead single "Kissin' U," which vaulted 41 spots to No. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the same week, were co-written by Cosgrove and reveal a serious commitment to exploring pop music. Miranda Cosgrove creates "Sparks" with Top 10 debut 2010-05-08T02:41:00Z But that surface obscures her innards to a degree matched in pop music only by Lady Gaga. Music Review: Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday Tour at the Chicago Theater 2012-07-17T22:51:53Z I am unabashedly enraptured with pop music – and highly susceptible to it. Everyone needs an anthem 2012-09-02T17:00:00Z And Ms. Landau wanted a varied pop music score provided by A-list musicians. With a Singing SpongeBob, Nickelodeon Aims for a Broadway Splash 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z If you were looking for a single week that captured the story of pop music this year — or maybe hit-making in the streaming era writ large — zoom in on April 26, 2020. One Big Pop Star + One Big Pop Star = an Easier Path to No. 1 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Not for the first time on Body Music, they sound like exactly the kind of people you want making pop music. AlunaGeorge: Body Music – review 2013-07-25T14:30:01Z The pop music, while not actively awful, is just odd enough to be subliminally distracting. French Skills Meet Korean Flavors at Soogil in the East Village 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z But the pop music world only wants to talk about one thing: black women’s butts. Shocked and outraged by Nicki Minaj’s Anaconda video? Perhaps you should butt out 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z The song, with its blunt, steady beat and vocal pyrotechnics, “insists on the community effort behind the triumph,” The New York Times’s chief pop music critic Jon Pareles wrote. Beyoncé Scores Her First Oscar Nomination 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Featuring a melody sung by Mr. Hancock through a vocoder, it’s a not-quite-slow jam that presages the sound of a lot of recent pop music, including the work of Daft Punk. Review: Herbie Hancock, Basking in a Boundless Legacy of Fusion 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z It is conversely true that the idea of the classics, the greats, the old masters, is universally accepted in pop music when it is nowadays widely spat on in the sphere of contemporary high art. Why Keith Richards should take over Tate Modern 2010-06-16T13:31:00Z Conversations about who has the right to borrow from whom — and whether it is acceptable — are heightened when the person doing the borrowing is among the most powerful figures in pop music. Pop’s Material Girls, Rich With Influence 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z The place is infectious, driven in part by the diverse crowds, the pop music soundtrack and the clatter of jelly roll pans/serving trays. Review | The Block food hall is a daily party down in Annandale 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Indeed, it has become a commonplace of late for pop music’s upper echelon to pump their wares with new energy courtesy of a symphony orchestra. Dessa's "Sound the Bells": Indie hip-hop collides with an explosive orchestral score 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z Having written four books and co-authored three on the most famous supergroup in pop music history, Lewisohn knows a thing or 20 million about the Beatles, but he can also tell a good yarn. Top 5 music books: Beatles, Morrissey, Elvis — plus 1 more 2013-12-13T20:57:09Z I'm feeing the current big-tent mainstream North American rap revival recast as R&Bemo, and preparing for the imminent suburban Canuck takeover of American pop music. Three great mainstream rap songs from last week: Drake, Kanye, Outkast 2010-06-10T18:31:00Z Bates' stylistic personality is as firmly rooted in the world of pop music and electronica as it is in the more rigorous realm of classical music. Muti's 'arrivederci' for the CSO subscription season has audience clamoring for more 2011-05-13T17:51:23Z Stanley’s writing amuses and appeals; it’s like pop music on the page. The Best Books of 2014 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z South Korean pop sensation Psy's "Gangnam Style" won the award for Best Video and the late Whitney Houston was named Global Icon for her impact on pop music. Swift, Bieber prevail at 2012 MTV EMA 2012-11-11T22:32:10Z His Eurovision commentary affectionately mocked the kitsch pop music competition, at which Britain generally fared badly. BBC Star Sir Terry Wogan Dies at 77 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z The one thing there wasn't on the Lower East Side was pop music. From Yoko Ono to Lady Gaga: how pop embraced performance art 2011-07-07T21:00:03Z Mark Ruffalo is a rumpled, self-destructive pop music producer who has lost his job. Summer Movie Release Schedule 2014-05-02T22:02:27Z But she was also a musical revolutionary, a versatile singer who created a radical new template for dance and pop music with such songs as “Love to Love You Baby” and “I Feel Love.” Donna Summer dead at 63; more than just a disco diva 2012-05-17T19:44:00Z Millions of people around the world might mistakenly believe that they are unfamiliar with Martin’s music, given his relative anonymity after so many years of hiding deep within the pop music machine. Max Martin, Pop’s Low-Key Mastermind, Takes Center Stage (Sort Of) 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Along with the above-mentioned entry, this sequence established Fitzgerald as the best in the game when it came to setting a title sequence to pop music. Pillow Talk to Bonnie and Clyde: the greatest Wayne Fitzgerald main titles 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z The concert will follow an afternoon rally on Sunday to be held on a street corner outside the Staples Center, where pop music’s royalty will be assembled for the flashy annual Grammys bash. ArtsBeat: With No Place at Grammys, Latin Jazz Artists Plan Their Own Concert 2012-02-06T20:44:58Z It was a hangout, a community dance, a chaperoned hangout on which American kids got exposed to new pop music—and to each other. Dick Clark, America?s Party Chaperone, Dies at Age 82 2012-04-18T21:25:48Z Well before computers revolutionized pop music, places like the South Bronx had lost many of their arts programs, and with them, access to instruments. Bringing Tito Puente’s Fire to a New Generation 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z It certainly seems to be one of the most parodied songs in pop music history. Even Billy Joel Mocked ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire.’ I Loved It. 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Afghanistan has a strong musical tradition, influenced by Iranian and Indian classical music, and a thriving pop music scene flourished in the past 20 years. Afghan music school students flown out, headed to Portugal 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z As in dance-oriented, that is: tempos have been creeping upward in pop music for the last few years, though the impact on black pop has only been recent. A New Global Sound: Synth, Soul and Sample 2010-03-06T00:00:00Z The London native was classically trained, but until recently was best known as “Micachu,” creator of experimental pop music. Young composers challenge the Hollywood music establishment 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z The organist retired years ago, but skaters on a recent Sunday afternoon did just fine by moving to pop music played by a disc jockey. A Bit of the Disco Era Has Rolled Back Into Town 2011-01-27T15:07:35Z Mr. Neenan’s most compelling work has been to pop music; it seems that his response to classical scores is diffuse. Review: For Pennsylvania Ballet, Transitions Onstage and Off 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Now, we know that 'brilliantly moronic' is the most difficult thing to do in pop music. Pet Shop Boys choose their 10 all-time favourite dance tracks 2013-07-11T18:00:00Z As far as pop music is concerned, the messenger matters. When pop stars play pop stars… 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z It is an ideal strategy for West, still among the most influential pop stars of the 21st century, an artist who is almost incalculably popular and yet almost wholly removed from the pop music mainstream. Kanye West’s ‘Donda’ Era, on a Chaotic Stage 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z I was just sitting behind a desk saying “Why not do something about pop music, or history?” 'It is fantastic, better than travelling to the moon' – David Attenborough returns to the Great Barrier Reef 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The country is now hosting the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, greeting them with a vastly evolved approach to pop music and culture. A K-pop primer for Olympic listening 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Last year, R&B artists sold nearly 50 million albums and 250 million digital tracks, outdone only by rock and pop music. New wave of neo-soul 2013-10-11T15:13:21Z Listeners shouldn't expect pop music or car insurance adverts. Rinse FM pirate radio station goes legit 2010-10-10T18:18:00Z But Carey's song, which she co-wrote with pop music producer Walter Afanasieff, hooks into a broad range of ages and backgrounds for reasons many music experts can explain and others might deduce. How "All I Want for Christmas Is You" made Mariah Carey de facto Queen of Christmas, sans trademark 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Wainwright isn’t ready to hang up his pop music shoes just yet. How Rufus Wainright and Benjamin Millipied came to collaborate on L.A. Dance Project program 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Since arriving, she has kept a low profile, working at a bank in New Jersey and quietly witnessing her creation from a past life cut a golden path through the bramble of American pop music. Song of the Summer: Sister Nancy’s “Bam Bam” 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Modern pop music is populated with so many deranged personalities that abnormality is very nearly the norm. Phil Spector’s Greatest Hit 2013-03-21T09:45:43Z In the days when divas and divos reigned nationally, there was another category of artists who blurred the line between opera and pop music. A Super Bowl first: an opera diva to hit anthem’s high note 2014-02-01T22:41:08Z They are a culture that exists entirely outside of pop music. Hippie, control freak, editor, star: Gaga in action 2011-05-17T10:38:26Z The good news is that Sanneh, a former pop music critic at The New York Times, has a subtle and flexible style, and great powers of distillation. ‘Major Labels’ Wraps Popular Music — All of It — in a Warm Embrace 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Watts’s musical style could be traced to mid-1950s London, the period just before rock took hold among the postwar generation that would dominate pop music a decade later. Charlie Watts, the Unlikely Soul of the Rolling Stones 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The earliest episodes were an explosion of abstract animation, catchy pop music and documentary footage of kids at play and grownups at work, all delivered in short, colorful bursts. 'We know we're more than a TV show': how Sesame Street made it to 50 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z It seamlessly connects pop music to Jamaican dancehall, and at the same time weaves infectious party music with slower songs songs about everyday life. Innovative sounds: First Aid Kit, powerful folk from Swedish songstresses 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Maybe confused country fans thought this is what pop music is supposed to sound like. Taylor Swift Tops iTunes Canada Chart With a Song That Was 8 Seconds of Static 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Christmas pop music can be an iffy, disingenuous genre—it’s not always motivated purely by the love of Christmas—yet sometimes we want to listen to it. Twelve Feel-Good Seasonal Pop Classics, with and Without Christmas 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z It’s not even great pop music or the best of Barry White. Review: William Forsythe Brings a New Playlist to Boston 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Swift says she named her album 1989 after the year of her birth because she was inspired by the decade’s pop music sounds. Hear the Full Version of Taylor Swift's 'Welcome to New York' 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Megan Thee Stallion has in short order become part of the pop music firmament, a potent blend of personality and power. The Perseverance of Megan Thee Stallion 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z But all things must pass in pop music, and Spector hit his peak nearly a half-century ago — as distant from today as Irving Berlin’s “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” was from 1963. Phil Spector’s Greatest Hit 2013-03-21T09:45:43Z Every few months, members of The New York Times pop music team gather for the ritual Popcast mailbag. Mailbag Madness: Adele, Jack Harlow, the State of Rock’s Return 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z That competition aimed to find new pop music in West Frisian, a language spoken by about 450,000 people in the north of the Netherlands. Catalan Pop? Corsican Rock? It’s Europe’s Other Song Contest. 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z “They had this naïve brilliance you want from a band making pop music with a punk approach,” he said. Alvvays, a Dreamy Indie-Rock Band, Cranks Up the Volume 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z It's pop music not just as private joy, but as a unifier, giving us something to share and bond over. Why I miss the monoculture 2011-09-29T00:01:00Z "Be wild, like the pop music," the 30-year-old music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic exhorts as he pantomimes a spirited sweep of a violin bow as the kids chuckle. LA takes baton as flagship for youth orchestras 2011-11-13T16:03:17Z Like the song or not, the entire presentation is mesmerizing, and unlike anything we’ve seen in pop music. The World's First Amputee Pop Star Is Here, And She's Incredible 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z It begins with him, long-haired and serious-faced, delivering a monologue about pop music. Are you ever too old for pop music? 2012-06-16T23:06:03Z “It’s really for adults,” he said in 2011, “and it’s really for people who enjoy humor and absurdity and good pop music.” Morgan Taylor, Inventive Children’s Performer, Dies at 52 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z I think pop music is in such an exciting place right now and I do kind of credit that to Lorde with “Royals.” Troye Sivan: "Pop Music Is In Such an Exciting Place Right Now" 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z She even confiscates the family’s magazines and pop music cassettes and sets them on fire. Memoirs Take the Wheel 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z At a time when very little live pop music was televised, most of the really interesting stuff inevitably happened off camera. The Beatles Awaken a New Sensation 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z This week, stories from six readers who work in pop music. Your First Crush 2013-07-31T15:50:07Z But in later years she announced a form of retirement from pop music, put out experiments in traditional Irish folk and reggae and learned bel canto. Music: Sinead O?Connor?s ?How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?? 2012-02-10T12:58:00Z Warming up, I indeed moved fluidly to the pop music echoing in the cavernous basement. Urban Athlete: Aqua Cycling Is an Underwater Spinning Workout 2013-06-06T18:43:08Z The duo’s intense performances were a highly choreographed whirlwind of unison dancing to pop music and brutal slapstick. The Whitney Embraces Dancenoise, a Brash ’80s Performance Duo 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Manson was influenced by a number of pop music bands, including the Beatles, whose song "Helter Skelter" provided him with his apocalyptic vision of the universe. Charles Manson musical opens in Hamburg, Germany 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Looking to catch up on the hits of vital Chicago hip-hop producer No I.D., who's work has helped transform pop music over the last two decades? Throwbacks: New old sounds from Devo, No ID, Who, Jesse Saunders, more 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The awards span an eclectic range of output, from new theatre plays, dance, classical music and opera, pop music, literature, film and visual arts. South Bank Show nominees unveiled 2010-12-01T14:11:00Z "There's never been anybody like him, harmonically, in pop music," Newman told The Times on Monday. Van Dyke Parks gives his 'final performance' on the piano 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Harris’s work collides contemporary art and pop music with critical theory. A Playwright Who Won’t Let Anyone Off the Hook 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Tributes have been paid to a photographer who snapped some of pop music's biggest names. Photographer of pop legends dies 2013-09-24T13:29:41Z What do you think: is there appeal within the pop music world for this CD? Ren?e Fleming, Opera Star, Tries a Rock Album. 2010-05-31T21:58:00Z It’s not difficult to argue that, as long as there has been pop music, its narratives have carried real political weight. Fight the Power, With a Supergroup? 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Together, the producer and band honed a shamelessly over-the-top sound that embraced extremes: hard rock’s heaviness, glam rock’s flamboyance and stacked arrangements, and pop music’s gigantic hooks. It’s time for the critical reappraisal of Def Leppard, whether you like it or not 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z At the same time Mr. Sullivan makes no serious effort in these pages to communicate or assess the artistry that first propelled Jackson to the pinnacle of pop music. Books of The Times: ‘Untouchable,’ Michael Jackson’s Life, by Randall Sullivan 2012-11-12T21:52:09Z In Lund, where it takes days to get through all the celebrations, they’re also driven around town on the back of open-topped trucks and tractors that pump out deafening Swedish pop music. Lund, Sweden: Viking roots, off the beaten track 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, they have been hailed variously as "Foster the People with the stylish pop perfection of Franz Ferdinand", "Manchester's most exciting export" and "the band that might just save pop music". New band of the day – Swiss Lips (No 1,400) 2012-11-21T16:33:32Z Bandstand was a showcase for musicians, definitely, but it also celebrated the idea of pop music as a conversation that you were part of. Dick Clark, America?s Party Chaperone, Dies at Age 82 2012-04-18T21:25:48Z Behold, pop music has found its latest superstar. Janelle Mon?e: The ArchAndroid 2010-07-08T23:30:00Z “I want to put the poetry back into pop music,” Sande says. Emeli Sande a neuroscientist with pop-star talent 2012-05-16T22:35:00Z "In pop music in general there's a focus on youth," she says. Colleen Green takes on mature outlook on album 'I Want to Grow Up' 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z It was still recognisably pop music, but substantially tougher and cooler than her former record label's project to market her as Sweden's answer to Christina Aguilera. Robyn: unchained melodies 2010-06-16T20:31:00Z Charli says her third album will be heavily inspired by Japanese pop music and will sound like both “another planet up in the clouds” and “intensely weird and childlike.” Riot Girl: Charli XCX Rages Against the Pop-Music Machine 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Rhea keeps the production buzzing by bridging scenes with some of pop music’s greatest misogynistic hits, from “Under My Thumb” to “Blurred Lines.” Office sexual politics is ‘What We’re Up Against’ 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z "Tchaikovsky wrote the pop music of the day," says De Frutos. De Frutos and Pet Shop Boys reach for the moon 2011-03-09T21:29:01Z The answers, implied in remarks about the need “to resist” and in Rettenberger’s blank stare while he listens to pop music in stolen cars, don’t seem all that interesting. | 'The Robber': A Thief With Less Need for a Getaway Car 2011-04-28T23:18:24Z In the world of pop music, women are enjoying a moment of dominance. ‘To Age Is a Sin’: In Blunt Speech, Madonna Confronts Bias in Various Forms 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Sometimes that means soundscapey stuff, but also, sometimes, in-your-face dance music and electronic music, or pop music, almost. David Mitchell: 'In a libretto you just write "storm"' 2013-03-25T20:40:00Z Though pop music is plentiful in this year's "Stars on Ice" — a big improvement from the rather lackluster 2009 edition — it was the increased quotient of old-school balletic skating that was most transporting. Skating stars heat up the ice at KeyArena 2010-05-31T05:16:00Z On a late-summer night, three choreographers greeted friends at the New York opening of their latest show, exchanging hugs and chatting through masks over the blare of pop music. A Dance Show on a Cruise Ship? It’s Not What You Think. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z It made me want to join a youth theatre, which I did a few years later, and it introduced the six-year-old me to the thrill of both pop music and theatre. The 30 best films about music, chosen by musicians 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Last year, President Barack Obama presented Wonder with the nation's highest award for pop music. Stevie Wonder, other stars to honor Paul McCartney 2010-05-24T18:43:00Z Anita Kerr, the prolific session singer and arranger who was an architect of the sumptuous Nashville Sound and later had a multifaceted career in pop music, died on Monday in Geneva. Anita Kerr, an Architect of the Nashville Sound, Dies at 94 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z But this is not just another superficial flashback to the ’60s, blending pop music and political turmoil into a thin broth of nostalgia. ‘Mangrove’ Review: A Restaurant’s Radicalism 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z The past year was an exceptionally active, unusually silly and indubitably worrying one for pop music lawsuits. It’s Got a Great Beat, and You Can File a Lawsuit to It 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z After dinner, take the Astroturf-carpeted elevator to the downstairs bar, where the city’s beautiful people dance to live Arabic pop music. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Marrakesh, Morocco 2010-12-23T21:08:40Z The auction is June 24 as part of Sotheby's rock and pop music sale. Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' heads to auction 2014-05-01T15:26:55Z But what made it stand out was a sophisticated understanding of how pop music functions as sensory overload and emotional release, culminating in a finale that was a gratuitous, indulgent, loud explosion of pure joy. The Pop Musical: Go Big (and Loud) or Go Home 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Toward the final third of a performance that had mixed ambient sound, classical cello, operatic vocals, pop music and more, Kelsey Lu emerged in a pink, floral costume and offered a proclamation: “Spring has sprung.” Performing Arts Make a Cautious Return in New York 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z Here, it doesn't sound like an experiment, partly because "808s" helped changed the pop music climate. Friday Favorites: Lace Cadence, Chocolate Chuck, Kanye West 2010-10-01T19:17:00Z No one quite understood that girls were drowning in a violent, misogynist culture where MTV, Hollywood and pop music determined the values and made the laws. Reviving today’s Ophelias: Mary Pipher on girls and mental health in the digital age 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z No. Women’s faces and women’s voices have been prominent since the beginning of pop music. How Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek and Christine and the Queens Navigate Pop 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Last weekend, producer Giorgio Moroder discussed his work with Donna Summer and contrasted the backlash against disco with the charts in 2012: "It's really funny because dance music now is pop music." Long live disco 2012-05-21T17:55:01Z Karaoke meets cosplay when celebrity contestants are styled to resemble pop music icons in the new reality series "Sing Your Face Off." TV This Week May 25-31: 'All-Star Comedy Tribute to Don Rickles' 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Each of these performers would grow out of the gospel world and into soul, blues and pop music, a transition Pops Staples would long resist. Books of The Times: ‘I’ll Take You There,’ by Greg Kot 2014-02-20T13:00:01Z In pop music, fraudulence is only offensive if you uphold freakiness as the most reliable measure of honesty. Lady Gaga’s ‘Joanne’: Where the freaks have no game 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Long before Thurston Moore had figured out that he liked black metal, the Melvins were making pop music as art music as hideous walls of sludge. The 12 greatest albums of the ’90s 2014-05-10T15:00:00Z Illustrative art inspired by movies, cartoons, pop music and comic books abounds. In the galleries: The free-for-all that is Artomatic 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Or is country really the pop music of our time? They're a little bit country ? and a little bit other stuff 2011-08-12T22:28:00Z “Jay Z is pop music but presents it in a different manner,” Ms. Moran said. Jay Z to Be the First Rapper in the Songwriters Hall of Fame 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The Indian mob saga “Gangs of Wasseypur” is a frequently spectacular achievement: five hours — and then some — of gliding camera moves, brutal action and dizzying revenge plotting, often set to a peppy pop music backbeat. ‘Gangs of Wasseypur,’ an Indian Saga, Echoes ‘The Godfather’ 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z He asked this in the early '70s, at a moment in pop music when a self-satisfied insistence on authenticity had settled into rock. 'David Bowie Is': How do you fit a rocker into an art museum? 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Parton has sold more than 100 million records and helped popularize country music outside the United States, often succeeding in crossing over into pop music. Country singer Dolly Parton raises laughs at charity awards gala 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z If there is one figure in pop music who has perfected the language of feel-good cultural affirmation, it is J Balvin. J Balvin Attempts to Reintroduce Himself on ‘Jose’ 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Many complain about the dross Big Hollywood produces, the dreck that major networks air, the vacuity of big-time industrial pop music — products that require mass audiences to pay back their investment. TV's new microaudiences are shaking up the business 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Part of accepting hip-hop’s growth into a pop music juggernaut is to accept that its edges are fuzzier than they once were. Critic’s Notebook: Finding His Place in the Hip-Hop Ecosystem 2014-01-27T13:03:34Z A lot of people who didn’t really like pop music but who liked electronic music liked her. Ellie Goulding’s Cordial Breakup With Electronic Dance Music 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z There was her turn to pop music, and her role as an advocate for people with mental illness and addiction, inspired by her own journey. Demi Lovato on Shrugging Off the Haters 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z She was popular in pop music and country and became the first singer to have television programmes on all three major networks, including The Patti Page Show on ABC. Patti Page – singer of Tennessee Waltz – dies at 85 2013-01-02T22:58:10Z Last year's Beatles special generated strong enough ratings that CBS set in motion an annual piggybacking of a TV special making use of so much pop music talent in town for the Grammys. Artists sing songs in the key of Stevie Wonder for tribute concert 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Paul Morley wanted to destroy the old consensus about pop music and the charts. We mean it, maaan!: the lost art of the pop manifesto 2010-04-29T20:30:00Z I wasn’t listening to pop music on the radio then. Bernie Taupin Tells the Story Behind 1972’s ‘Rocket Man’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z “LionHeart” is sweet pop music with an international bent, with inputs from West and North Africa and the Caribbean, as well as England and the United States. Grime Sets Today’s Music Agenda in Britain, and Tomorrow’s 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z In the early days of pop music, the microphone was still an instrument to be mastered. Diamanda Galás, Lounge Singer in a World on Fire 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The ensemble, which is touring with Mr. Albarn, will perform pop music as well as music from Syria. Pharrell in Poland and Degas in Melbourne: Global Arts Guide 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Each year, oodles of questions pour in from the Popcast faithful, and each year, the pop music staff of The New York Times tackles them with gusto. Year-End Listener Mailbag: Your 2022 Questions, Part 1 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z I used to listen to all of the pop music, trying to learn the guitar riffs: Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Kansas. A founding member of Rare Essence talks about the endless beat 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Noorderzon — a sprawling festival that brings together pop music, circus, cutting-edge theater and a smattering of other genres — refuses to limit itself to a single genre. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z "Their beautiful melodies, which changed forever pop music and still give us emotions, live on like precious jewels." Vatican makes peace with the Beatles 2010-04-12T14:54:00Z Or there’s her role as Eve in Belle & Sebastian musical God Help The Girl, whose obsession with pop music is coupled with a severe eating disorder. Emily Browning: ‘Hollywood movies are made for white men’ 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Young people should also know that this opera has unbelievable rhythm, like something from rock or pop music. Male soprano stars in "forgotten" Italian opera 2010-09-24T13:07:00Z It’s not just pop music transposed into the theater.” ArtsBeat Blog: Sting and Brian Yorkey Embark on a New Musical, 'The Last Ship' 2011-09-01T14:49:26Z The Womacks were raised to believe that hell awaited gospel singers who sang pop music, Bobby told interviewers, and at first they resisted Cooke’s summons. Bobby Womack, Songwriter and Musician, Dies at 70 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z In an unexpected intersection of celebrity pop music and ballet — that most refined of the performing arts — Paul McCartney has written a major orchestral work for the New York City Ballet. Paul McCartney Composes Work for City Ballet 2011-02-23T23:05:59Z In this way, the book goes behind another scene, and that’s the male-dominated industry in which pop music is created — and women’s contributions are often minimized as a matter of course. 'Nobody has any idea what you're really feeling': Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager talks about her candid new memoir 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Big Freedia is also scheduled to tour this summer with the electronic pop music group The Postal Service. Singer, dancer Big Freedia to star in TV show 2013-06-12T08:16:09Z I was then a young pop music critic at The Washington Post, so it fell to me to write a profile of the notoriously hard-drinking singer. ArtsBeat: An Appraisal: George Jones in Real Life and Real Time 2013-04-26T20:47:51Z Family photos and exclusive interviews from the legendary siblings who changed the face of pop music. Inspiring, transporting and just plain gorgeous coffee table books 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z But much of today’s pop music explicitly asks to be heard in a pharmacological context. Soft, smooth and steady: How Xanax turned American music into pill-pop 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z It's a far too common story in the pop music world. Dear John Fogerty: Here's why your new autobiography needs more music tales and less score settling 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z A versatile creator who has carved a labyrinthine path through pop music with little regard for sales figures, Beck has been a polarizing figure. Kanye West hit wrong note in latest Grammy diatribe 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z I have, in my previous musical incarnations, done pop music, which as a child was my fantasy. Jarvis Cocker Keeps Hearing That Voice 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z A Moroccan runner turned up the Algerian pop music, and a German and a Belgian sprinted out to catch a finish-line photo. Beyond the tourist circuit: Runners see the real Morocco during a mountain marathon 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z My solution was to try to understand why English and American pop music was so good and French pop music was so bad, and try to be different from my countrymen. Sébastien Tellier: 'In France we are very free with sex' 2012-05-30T14:51:48Z What's not to like? — but because Sasquatch!, the upstart pop-music festival at the Gorge now in its ninth year, happens the same weekend and is, for fans of pop music, a bigger draw. Look to NW Folklife Festival for a one-of-a-kind experience 2010-05-27T23:36:00Z Throughout my life," says Hegarty, "one of the only places I saw people truly expressing themselves was through pop music. When Antony met Marina 2010-10-10T20:29:00Z Pongo recently won the Music Moves Europe Talent Awards, a new prize for pop music in the European Union, which aims to celebrate “the European sound of today and tomorrow.” Pongo Turns Her Struggles Into Pop 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Metropopolitans like pop music, but also sort of wish they didn’t like it quite so much, so they qualify those pleasures as guilty. Stop trying to make “metropopolis” happen: How Spotify forged a dubious new musical genre 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z If his tunes can sometimes feel like a species of their own, it’s because they so confidently allow you to feel the blues while hearing jazz and listening like you would to pop music. Charles Lloyd Revels in the Flow on a Stellar Live Album 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z "Her dad was very scornful of pop music," Bragg says. Kirsty MacColl: the great British songwriter who never got her due 2012-09-29T23:05:11Z But if Mr. Fields’s contributions to pop music deserve more fame, the movie plays like an overcorrection, a spirited but repetitive testament to one man’s excellent taste. Review: ‘Danny Says,’ a Paean to a Rock Gadfly and Tastemaker 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Plenty of people may scoff at the notion of approaching modern pop music from an artistic perspective at all. Britney is capable of a cult hit. Hold It Against Me fails to deliver 2011-01-13T22:14:01Z Taylor Swift, the youthful music star who recently abandoned her country roots to focus on pop music full time, was this week named New York’s “global welcome ambassador” by NYC & Company, the city’s tourism group. Taylor Swift Welcomes You to New York 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z This five-piece from Zurich play impulsive pop music with a blend of country and rock. May's best music from across the MAP 2012-05-18T15:52:05Z “I’ve been getting into more pop music in the past few years,” she added, “but I like mostly moody, synthy stuff.” Jem and Gender Theory 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z “The 20/20 Experience” is aural Spielberg: entirely original yet drenched in five decades of dense pop music history. T Magazine: The Enduring, Multigenerational Appeal of Justin Timberlake 2013-09-12T11:35:19Z It's a pretty summer night, and pop music is wafting from the speakers. What you should see at Ravinia 2011-03-10T16:07:54Z Many of the repetitions here endure for longer than one might think necessary, at least if heard in a pop music context. DJ Dodger Stadium: House music and 'the hypnotic loneliness of L.A.' 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z "She's a pop music legend, and the industry would not be the same without her," Gaga said. Perry wins top award but Beyonce baby tops show 2011-08-29T14:01:11Z The main musical aesthetic was not like Britney Spears or teenage girl pop music. 'Kimmy Schmidt' composer Jeff Richmond on the show's viral-friendly songs 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z An eclectic assortment of additional series have come to include “New Writers at 54!” and “54 Sings …,” which mostly celebrates pop music. Broadway’s Beloved Basement Club, Feinstein’s/54 Below, Turns 10 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z With pop music on uncertain footing in the early '50s, between the show-tune era and the dawn of rock 'n' roll, Mr. David wrote songs in an old-school style with only scattered success. Hal David, 91, award-winning songwriter dies 2012-09-02T02:37:03Z "Jazz has become art, rather than entertainment, and I don't think it will be pop music again." Jazz moves to stay 'relevant' 2012-07-03T07:44:48Z The three pillars of 1960s pop music — Bob Dylan, the Beatles and the Motown hit — certainly didn’t rise to the occasion. In the turmoil of 1968, music failed to seize the moment 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z In a similar sense, you don’t necessarily get to choose which songs you fall in love with, especially when you’re young and impressionable, which is why pop music is one of the great cultural equalizers. Even Billy Joel Mocked ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire.’ I Loved It. 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Having always loved pop music, as well as soul and funk, she enjoys being able to "chameleon her way" into different genres. How "The Parent Trap" introduced "The Goldbergs" star Hayley Orrantia to the Beatles 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z Weaving together his personal and critical reflections, Hajdu tries to answer a vexing set of questions: When we talk about pop music, what precisely do we mean? Paperback Row 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Eccentricity is a valuable commodity in pop music. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: Before Today 2010-05-30T10:20:00Z Antonoff says a horrible bout with pneumonia two and a half years ago taught him a lot about the power of pop music. Why Jack Antonoff of Bleachers Loves Writing Pop Songs 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Related Topics: All-TIME 100, Music, , Populist Get this album For American pop music in the first half of the 20th century, the core collaboration was between Jewish songwriters and black singers and styles. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z There, a friend, the future rapper Azealia Banks, inculcated him into the world of pop music. The Man Behind the Music of ‘Broad City’ 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z After playing a mixed-race slave in this year's period film "Belle," British actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw found herself stepping outside of her comfort zone entering the glitz and glamour of the contemporary pop music industry. A Minute With: Gugu Mbatha-Raw on women in music, facade of fame 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Her cello-focussed pop music is influenced by the styles of those places, and by a certain wistfulness. Listen to Dom La Nena 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Where in Silver Columns and La Roux electronic music has enjoyed a distinctly hollow victory – moderately talented people rehashing 1980s synth-pop in inane ways – Bozz is gestating a far more complex pop music. Bozzwell ? the enlightenment 2010-12-27T12:32:54Z Lorde, who took pop music by storm with her debut album, is now proving herself as an arena headliner with a North American tour of her sophomore album "Melodrama." Lorde’s pop music coup hits Seattle’s KeyArena with exuberant ‘Melodrama’ tour stop 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z There's a lot of artists like me that love doing pop music and, even though we're Asian, pop music is what we grew up on because we're British as well. Talking Shop 2010-02-23T12:48:00Z New leaf turned, the Americana ace is also proving herself one of contemporary pop music’s great balladeers. Review: Brandi Carlile’s epic Gorge bash Echoes Through the Canyon punctuates incredible run 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z Is pop music alerting us to another social revolution? Macklemore’s ‘Same Love’ set the agenda at 2014 Grammys 2014-01-29T23:55:10Z Those in the South enjoy creative freedom in a society whose pop music has spread across the world; Seoul, the capital, is a major Asian art hub with a lively, diverse gallery scene. Korean Art Goes on Show, With Protests From North and South 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z As much as pop music relies on innovation, sometimes all it takes is a good idea or two to forge a subgenre. Beyoncé’s ‘Break My Soul’ and the Long Tail of ‘Show Me Love’ 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Jay Black, whose majestic voice on songs like “Cara, Mia” and “Only in America” made Jay and the Americans a potent force in pop music in the 1960s, died on Friday in Queens. Jay Black, Soaring Lead Singer of the Americans, Dies at 82 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z “There’s a huge amount of amount of opportunity, given that it’s relatively untapped,” said David Joseph, chief executive of Universal Music U.K., referring to South Asian pop music. Desi Hits! Universal, New Label for Indian Music 2010-07-18T21:28:00Z He explores the disappearance of his beloved mother, recounts the death of one of his own children and has a melancholy return to Tokyo, where, post “Death,” he had pop music stardom foisted on him. ‘The Most Beautiful Boy in the World’ Review: A Cautionary Tale 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z He's a pop music constant, with his undying stylishness, his unfading anger, his never-ending devotion to what he deems "proper" music, whether soul, rock, house, folk or R'n'B. Paul Weller: National treasure 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z Drake, one of the most popular and influential artists in pop music today, had two nominations for the 64th annual awards, which were announced two weeks ago. Drake Removes Himself From Competition for 2022 Grammy Awards 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z A sincere and hearty thanks to the baby boomers for creating some of the best pop music of the modern era. Tom Petty and Steve Miller: boomers with something to prove 2010-06-10T20:55:00Z In an unexpected intersection of celebrity pop music and ballet, that most refined of the performing arts, Paul McCartney has written a major orchestral work for New York City Ballet. ArtsBeat: Paul McCartney Collaborates With City Ballet 2011-02-23T19:28:55Z It has an ethereal placelessness that’s made him one of the most striking and distinctive young forces in pop music, even more noteworthy because he’s almost impossible to mimic. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Kiss Land’ is the Weeknd’s New Album 2013-09-08T21:45:10Z In “This Is Country Music,” the title track from Mr. Paisley’s forthcoming ninth studio album, he offers a theory: country is what other pop music isn’t. Arts & Leisure: Brad Paisley?s Country Underground 2011-05-14T04:00:07Z One brutal truth emerges from Nielsen SoundScan’s report on trends in the music industry for the first half of 2014: Today’s consumers are far more interested in seeing and hearing pop music than buying it. Music streaming up, sales down in first half of 2014 -- SoundScan 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Works such as Handel’s Harpsichord Suite in D minor, Schubert’s Piano Trio in E-flat Major and Bach’s Concerto for Two Harpsichords felt right at home — the pop music of Lyndon’s world. ‘Stanley Kubrick’s Sound Odyssey’ takes audience on an adventure through the auteur’s classical selections 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z If we like or don't like something it has little to do with the person singing, who she is dating, competing with, or anyone else in the little fabricated Mount Olympus of pop music. Taylor Swift Is a 2017 Pop Machine on ‘Reputation,’ but at What Cost? 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z One of the worst things about attending an English boarding school in the late 1960s — the so-called Swinging London era — was being deprived of pop music. Separated by 2 centuries and one wall: visiting Hendrix’s and Handel’s houses in London 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z When pop music is that age, we cringe. Benno, Proudly Out of Step With the Age 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z He is enthusiastic about the indie pop music of Capitol Hill trio Seapony. Seattle indie pop group Seapony: suddenly something 2011-01-19T16:59:06Z Their guitar-led music was in some ways very simple, the opposite of the pop music I was brought up with, like Michael Jackson. Corinne Bailey Rae: Soundtrack of my Life 2010-03-28T00:06:00Z “There’s transphobia in pop music. It’s never framed like that. It’s always, ‘Why is rap so homophobic?’ Lil Nas X and rap’s reckoning over Black manhood 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Our celebrity culture’s history of sex tapes and “leaked” photos aside, Minaj still had numerous reasons to make a video like this — just look at the past year in pop music. After Celebrity Photo Hack, Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' Video Looks Even More Provocative 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z An unabashed high modernist — no concessions to pop music here! — with a lyrical and even antic streak, Thomas writes uncompromising but engaging works with evocative titles drawn from her extensive reading of poetry. Perspective | The top 35 female composers in classical music 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z The world of pop music was represented by Tori Amos and Simon Le Bon "Great theatre really is one of this country's finest exports." Standard award for 'Queen' Mirren 2013-11-18T10:41:02Z In an industry that feeds on the new and demands a rapid return, you get the feeling she's not too far from falling foul of pop music fickleness. Sky Ferreira: Teen contender takes her time 2010-08-12T21:22:00Z Certainly pop music tends to cater to young teens, but this year’s record of the year category nominees range from ages 95 to 18, with names that multi-generational families will all recognize. Grammy facts: Blurred genre lines and a retiree revolution 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z There’s a nearly fixed structure in pop music, and a best-selling chord progression, I-V-vi-IV. “The Bestseller Code” Tells Us What We Already Know 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z "If as a Christian, you think we are reaching when we talk about the dominance and normalization of Satan worship in pop music, you need discernment," wrote Christian life coach Solomon Buchi. Sam Smith's "full-on Satan worship" Grammys number puts conservatives in an anti-vax Satanic panic 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z The roll call goes on - for Jewish names have played a significant role in shaping the world of showbusiness, from theatre and film to television and pop music. Star stories 2011-05-24T19:13:58Z Like Bobbie Gentry, with whom he recorded two Top 40 duets, and his friend Roger Miller, Mr. Campbell was a hybrid stylist, a crossover artist at home in both country and pop music. Glen Campbell, Whose Hit Songs Bridged Country and Pop, Dies at 81 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z One of the most devoted fan bases in pop music, Juggalos often emulate the band by wearing clown make-up and use a “hatchet man” symbol as their logo. Judge Dismisses Insane Clown Posse's Lawsuit Against F.B.I. 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Perry is certainly famous — for as widely-watched as the Super Bowl is, it’s hard to imagine a pop music fan tuning in who isn’t aware of at least one of her hits. What the Super Bowl Halftime Show Means for Katy Perry 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z These elements had titanic repercussions not only in jazz, big band and pop music of the time but also on through the birth of rock 'n' roll and the advent of funk and hip-hop. Dr. John infuses Louis Armstrong tribute album with 'Spirit of Satch' 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z And there, in the swirl of skaters and bad pop music, my heart cracked open. A chocolate cake that celebrates mothers — lost and found 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z SAT Easy swing lesson, 7 p.m., dance to rock, pop music with the Dancin’ DJ for ages 18 and older, 8 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-02-14T00:00:27Z But Wills ranges beyond classic silent comedy, using every means at his disposal – sound effects, costume, pop music and playful business with the audience – in pursuit of wordless fun. Review: The Boy With Tape On His Face 2010-08-10T14:38:00Z Of course, there’s a long history of surprising duets and collaborations within rock and pop music—some successful and others… well, not so much. When Jessica Simpson and Ozzy Osbourne shared a stage: The most surprising duets in history 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z “There’s only so many notes and very few chords used in pop music,” Sheeran said, in a video posted to Instagram. Ed Sheeran Trial: Did He Copy Marvin Gaye? Here’s What to Know. 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z We are accustomed to thinking about pop music in terms of its most familiar metadata: songs and albums, scenes and artists. How Video Games Changed Popular Music 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z I have to wonder whether much of today's pop music will be remembered. Michael Bublé, singer – portrait of the artist 2013-04-09T13:03:54Z This is the first evidence of Swift balking against the pop music machine that both made and restricts her. Isn't she delicate? "Miss Americana" spotlights Taylor Swift's eating disorder & loneliness 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z It also has a thriving pop music scene, adding electronic instruments and dance beats to more traditional rhythms. Under Taliban, thriving Afghan music scene heads to silence 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The energy of the streets – pop music, art, film, television – had to come together to shift attitudes. Talkin' 'bout my generation 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z Longtime rock, R&B and pop music manager Irving Azoff worried about a chilling effect in the creative community as a result of the verdict. Brian Wilson, Bonnie McKee and others react to 'Blurred Lines' verdict 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z Salon chatted with George about his involvement with the series and why funk musicians in general haven’t gotten their due in the same way that giants of other pop music genres have. Funk was the black answer to “Star Wars”: Take the trip with “Tales From the Tour Bus” 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z He slickly sets his makeup routine to pounding pop music, transforming from a regular dude into a sparkling vision of the fabulously strange. Those Lips! Those Eyes! That Stubble! The Transformative Power of Men in Makeup 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The exciting thing about pop music is that the secrets are open. The Superhero Franchise: Where Traditional Movie Stardom Goes to Die 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Longtime Grammy Awards executive producer Ken Ehrlich is next in line to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in recognition of his extensive history of bringing pop music and television together. Grammy telecast chief Ken Ehrlich to receive Walk of Fame star 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Indie, in popular use in the UK from the late-80s, became the label of choice for Americans – and an even greater worldwide audience – to talk about modern rock and pop music. Ask the indie professor: why do Americans think they invented indie? 2011-07-28T09:06:39Z While pop music is still used to lend a cutting edge to some teen-oriented releases, its main function in contemporary coming-of-age movies is more likely to have a retrospective edge. Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema – from Oscar-winning strategies to 007’s debt to Hitchcock 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z A pop music diva wins an Oscar for her big-screen breakthrough as a performer who overcomes doubts about her looks to become a superstar. Oscar Rewind: Pop Star Plays a Performer and Wins? It’s Happened Before 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z She was raised with four siblings — two brothers and two sisters — and the house was often filled with R&B, pop music or Nickelodeon playing in the living room. YungBBQ Can Be Almost Anyone. Just Watch. 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Much of the three-hour awards show, aired on ABC, was dedicated to performances dominated by the ladies of pop music, including a raunchy rendition of "Booty" by Azalea and Lopez, with lots of rump-shaking. Boy bands top American Music Awards, ladies lead performances 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z We look forward to reading about your pop music inspirations. ArtsBeat: What Inspired You to Work in Pop Music? 2013-07-26T16:37:45Z Many tone varietals run through pop music, some poisonously bitter and abrasive, others as sweet as honeysuckle. Caribou mesmerizes in the first of three sold-out Fonda concerts 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Michael once said that “Patience” captured his most confident songwriting since his rookie days in Wham!, and across these songs, the man sounds more “absolutely serious about pop music” than he ever did. ‘Faith’ proved George Michael was a superstar. ‘Patience’ proved he was a great. 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z The genres appear comfortable in a sonic rut – the raveish synthesisers that added an icy edge to Rihanna's Umbrella, Auto-Tuned vocals, arpeggios of 'rock' guitar – while the rest of pop music has caught up. Nicki Minaj: Pink Friday 2010-11-22T15:27:00Z That was a time when improvisation was actually a form of pop music. Trey Anastasio and the art of improvisation 2011-09-05T20:01:00Z Last year, David Remnick wrote about Dylan’s lyrics as being a through line from the earliest forms of American songwriting up through contemporary pop music: Bob Dylan in The New Yorker 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z “I grew up playing every kind of music in the world, and I know more pop music from the ’20s and ’30s, it’s because of where I grew up. Milton Babbitt, Composer, Dies at 94 2011-01-30T03:00:14Z “Serious cultural journalism about pop music was just emerging,” Wald added. Soul Told Black Musicians’ Stories. Its Archives Are Going Digital. 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Unannounced song drops are less surprising than inevitable in pop music these days, and not all of them stick the landing. Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next” Is the Breakup Song for the Social-Media Age 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z A couple songs on your EP, like “Dear Future Husband” and “Title,” seem to be rallying against hookup culture, which is rare in pop music. Even Meghan Trainor's Mom Is Tired of "All About That Bass" 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Here are 10 more artists our pop music critics will be keeping an eye on in 2019. 10 Artists to Watch in 2019 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Hindemith’s Suite “1922” is Neo-Classical in form but subversive in content: a group of fractured, propulsive dances thick with parodies of 1920s pop music, played dazzlingly here. ?Evgeny Starodubtsev: Piano Recital? ? Review 2011-12-04T16:37:56Z Oxman, Michael Jackson's one-time attorney, said the 83-year-old patriarch of the pop music family started experiencing weakness on Wednesday while walking in a park near his home and was later admitted to a hospital. Joe Jackson, father of Michael Jackson, suffers stroke 2012-11-30T00:43:53Z Audiences turn out for jazz because they want ti hear the challenges of the music, rather than the reputations inherent to pop music. For Women in Jazz, a Year of Reckoning and Recognition 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z In 2011, pop music star Tom Jones found his way to Celtic Connections. Celtic Connections at 20 2013-01-17T08:35:07Z The couch in question was the one Midler invoked while discussing what the Telegraph interviewer called the "pornification of pop music." Bette Midler, sexy-mermaid feminist? That's what Ariana Grande thought 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Katy B is the face of a new wave of British R&B. The album Victoria Beckham, meanwhile, is the pop music equivalent of an untouchable. Katy B is more Beckham than Peckham 2011-02-12T00:07:01Z What Nichols and Altman instinctively understood was pop music’s ability to convey a wealth of intangibles, from a character’s inner life to mood, social dynamics and even weather. Perspective | Filmmakers are making their soundtracks do all the work, and it’s getting a little lazy 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z As a multi-instrumentalist with classical sensibilities, pop music would seem to be a foreign genre for a songwriter of Bird's skill and mastery. Andrew Bird narrates the "Inside Problems" that plague our atomized age 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Urban music gave me a voice through the years when I struggled to “fit in” and find my place among social groups, but pop music is what truly made me want to become an entertainer. Your First Crush 2013-07-31T15:50:07Z Up till then, the ladies of pop music dominated as Cyrus became the rare artist to upstage Lady Gaga. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis capture top awards at VMAs 2013-08-26T04:09:04Z Heffington’s concept took a sharp left turn from the glitzier direction of most popular music videos: He bridged pop music with the symbolic, theatrical and expressive language of modern dance. The crazy, joyful, uninhibited moves of the choreographer who is changing how we see dance 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Yes, everyone knows that there is racism and misogyny in pop music. Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' Video: A Dance Critic's Take 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Jazz used to influence pop music a lot more - now it seems to be based on beats. Kiesza: From elite sniper to chart topper 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z “The Accidental,” like some other McIntyre works, employs pop music: in this case, four extended songs, close to folk in style, by the Canadian Patrick Watson. Dance Review: Pennsylvania Ballet’s Triple Bill 2014-05-11T21:31:32Z This week, the pop music staff of The New York Times released its contribution to the annual Arts and Leisure Fall Preview. Popcast: What Will We Be Listening to This Fall? 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z This time the narrative thread is looser, with pop music being the only real theme. This week's new live comedy 2012-11-10T00:06:18Z We see too few ballets making something both serious and passionate to the pop music of our time. Dance Review: BalletX’s ‘Last Glass,’ at the Joyce, Has Music by Beirut 2013-08-08T22:45:44Z In the sixties, pop music in West Germany was in a peculiar state. The Invention of Ambient Music 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z While Mr. Stambler was researching his pop music encyclopedia, he scheduled an interview with the songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen in Palm Springs, Calif., during time off from an aerospace meeting nearby. Irwin Stambler, 92, Reference Book Writer With Songs in His Heart, Dies 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z As a jumping off point, it’s a window into two and a half decades of high caliber pop music that’s only gotten better with age. Review: Mariah Carey's Collects All of Her Hits on '#1 to Infinity' 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z "Eternity: the Movie," a purposely cheesy sendup of mid-1980s pop music, offers committed performances and a few chuckles, but it's a largely one-note rendition. 'Eternity: The Movie' is fleeting fun 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Before him, the author writes, “pop music had been mainly about belonging.” Books of The Times: David Bowie, the Cool Chameleon From Mars 2011-07-21T22:10:17Z A 1986 Fortune magazine article called her "one of the true powerhouses of the pop music business." Former music royalties executive dies in Nashville 2012-06-13T14:39:14Z It's got wit, warmth, even some pseudo-homoerotica, and it generally reminds a person that, when it comes to pop music, this lot know exactly what they're doing. Top 10 albums of the autumn 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z Einstein recorded several Hebrew language songs regarded as Israeli anthems, bringing together folk and more modern pop music. Israeli singer Einstein dies aged 74 2013-11-27T09:45:22Z It’s not the same rules as pop music writing. The Boss on Broadway: Bruce Springsteen on His ‘First Real Job’ 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Yes, it was mainly because of the pop music scene, which just exploded. Old music: The Graham Collier Sextet – Lullaby for a Lonely Child 2012-06-18T08:37:56Z During this election, writing about theatre, pop music, television, and so on, has often felt futile, unserious, even as politics creep in here and there. Election Day in the East Village: Singing Helps 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z There’s a certain ecstatic toughness that flows through punk, metal, rap or any branch of pop music where young people strike threatening poses to express the joys of being alive. The best music of 2014: Young Thug, Aphex Twin, Charli XCX and more Mr. Perelman, who raised eyebrows with his call to stage more pop music at Carnegie Hall, said that he envisioned attracting a wide variety of artists. Ronald Perelman Donates $75 Million for Arts Complex at World Trade Center Site 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z “Embarrassingly, I’m making what I think is pop music, but people describe it as wonky,” Wood said. Issy Wood Met Power Players in Art and Music. She Went Her Own Way. 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z It turned one of the oldest ideas in pop music -- a girl denying him affection -- into something almost exultant and firework-worthy. Bruno Mars at the Hollywood Bowl: Playful, precise and pure fun 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z In terms of deaths caused by crushing at pop music events, Love Parade is second only to the 1999 Minsk beer festival in Belarus, where 53 people died while entering a nearby tube station. Danger in numbers ? can mega-gigs ever truly be safe? 2011-07-20T20:31:00Z Mr. Mac will perform the first 12-hour version of “A 24-Decade History of Popular Music,” his touring production that traces the history of American pop music from 1776 to the present. Vassar’s Powerhouse Season to Include Taylor Mac 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Hip-hop long ago reconciled with its pop ambitions, and then became the very core of pop music itself. How Do You Capture Four Decades of Hip-Hop? Very Broadly. 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z And that impact happens to be maximal, sending succeeding generations of composers into an obsession with patterns, repetition and tonality, as well as freeing them to absorb the influences of pop music. L.A. Phil explores Minimalism to maximal effect at Disney Hall 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z My parents steered me away from — I want to say secular music, but pop music. For Jesse Dee, soul never out of style 2013-09-26T15:49:01Z So the “Anthology” captures hip-hop in its period of birth, its myriad growth spurts, its tugs of war, and finally, its full expansion into pop music. How Do You Capture Four Decades of Hip-Hop? Very Broadly. 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z I grew up doing theater, but it's been 10 years because I've been lucky enough to be doing film and TV and pop music. Big Time Rush's James Maslow graduates from 'pretty boy' roles as Watson in stage version of 'Sherlock Holmes' 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z It’s one of the best films I’ve ever seen about the process of making pop music. The 30 best films about music, chosen by musicians 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Read more listings for art, dance, classical music, pop music, television and theater. Fall Movies 2018: Dive Into an Ocean’s Worth of Offerings 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z We want to hear from pop music professionals about what inspired their careers. ArtsBeat: What Inspired You to Work in Pop Music? 2013-07-26T16:37:45Z Historically, his approaches have been hard to argue with — he has fundamentally rewritten the template for pop music over the last decade. Drake, in Search of an Enemy Besides Himself 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z None of us listened to pop music growing up. "We never wanted to be teen heartthrobs": A-Ha lead singer on the band's longevity and "Take On Me" 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z AP: After doing "Wake Up," do you wish there was more political pop music today? Q&A: John Legend on music, wedding, Kanye, Syria 2013-09-10T13:25:37Z “I never knew what was going to happen in pop music, even when it was happening,” he told The Washington Post in 1970. Milt Okun, music impresario who spanned pop, folk and opera, dies at 92 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z It could be that Lady Gaga has lured a mainstream audience with some pretty straightforward pop music, but there's always the chance her success indicates a shift in the mainstream audience's perception of performance art. From Yoko Ono to Lady Gaga: how pop embraced performance art 2011-07-07T21:00:03Z Ms. Figueroa and Mr. Baker then salsa danced to a Marc Anthony tune before a D.J. took over, playing Latin and American pop music. Never Underestimate the Value of Crashing a Wedding 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Mikael Wood takes a deep look at Cohen’s most famous song, “Hallelujah,” and asks if the work that became “one of pop music’s most durable compositions” actually represents “a crucial misapprehension of his work.” Essential Arts & Culture: A breathtaking art exhibit, Noh now, farewell Leonard Cohen 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z This high-energy entertainment, which opened Sunday at the Nederlander Theatre, is part jukebox concert, part history lesson of '50s pop music and part cautionary tale about the ups and downs of show biz. Quartet of music legends rocks 'n' rolls on B'way 2010-04-12T00:14:00Z It's a great week for people who think pop music isn't repetitive enough. AlunaGeorge, Hot Chip, Breach: this week's new tracks 2013-07-19T12:00:00Z And “Head Over Heels,” a mash-up of Elizabethan romance and the pop music of the Go-Go’s, will be further developed after its premiere last summer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Vassar’s Powerhouse Season to Include Taylor Mac 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z In spite of western pop music finally becoming available in local shops, it was homegrown music that enjoyed the biggest success. Polish music now: from punk-folk to hip-hop 2012-06-07T11:02:00Z Mr. Rockwell was among those who waited with some interest: “Abba represents a healthy challenge to the two-decades-long dominance of Western pop music by Britain and the United States,” he wrote this time. Weekend Entertainments From the Archives of The New York Times 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z “People have the perception that if all you write is pop music, as opposed to something that reveals a far deeper character, it’s because that’s all you can do,” he told Rolling Stone in 1988. George Michael’s magical fluidity: Remembering the pop icon’s modern and progressive sound 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Is there a more beleaguered group in the world of pop music than songwriters? How “Songland” Tries and Fails to Honor the Songwriter 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z "For many it is a revelation that North Koreans open up and play Western pop music with such great joy," he said last month. A look at NKorea accordionists behind A-ha moment 2012-03-22T05:51:08Z No history of pop music is complete without a celebration of made-up drama. When Elvis Met Beyoncé: A History of Pop Music 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The paper - called New Musical Express in full - documented the rise of British pop music led by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in the 1960s, punk in the 1970s and Britpop in the 1990s. Pioneering UK music paper NME to close print edition 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The manuscript was sold as part of a dedicated pop music sale at Sotheby’s. Somebody Just Bought Bob Dylan's Handwritten Lyrics for Record $2M 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z It's a pitch-perfect parody of pop music with very little substance, as evidenced by its opening lyrics: A guide to "The Other Two" before jumping into the zany HBO Max comedy's new season 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Add in the success of homegrown R&B acts such as Taio Cruz, JLS and Roll Deep, and it's clear that pop music in Britain has taken on a new complexion. Tinie Tempah's rise puts grime front and centre in British music 2011-01-16T00:06:30Z West might be the biggest pop star in the world at the moment and Jay-Z might be President Obama's favorite rapper, but Prince has affected our thought patterns and pop music more. Three kings bearing gifts: Prince, Jay-Z and Kanye 2011-12-11T23:56:01Z Mum and Dad may not have wanted to talk about sex, but telly, film, literature, newspapers and pop music did. Caitlin Moran: my sex quest years 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z “Making pop music doesn’t mean that I just listen to pop music.” How Carly Rae Jepsen Got the Coolest People in Music to Work on Her New Album 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z The evening concluded with a joyful tribute to the music of Richie, a pop music superstar and Grammy and Academy Award winner who has sold more than 100 million albums. At the Kennedy Center Honors, plenty of politics make up for Trump’s playing hooky 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z Instead, she used one of pop music’s biggest stages to assert that despite all of that collective anticipation, she had other things to focus on: a private life to return to. At the Super Bowl, Rihanna Returns to Music, Briefly 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Classical music is always looking for a bigger, younger audience, by trying to be cool and associate itself with pop music. Howard Goodall's Story of Music; Being Human; Borgen – TV review 2013-02-04T07:00:06Z She later forged new territory for a black, female artist who brought R&B and gospel touches into pop music's mainstream. Family, fans, stars to mourn Houston 2012-02-18T13:23:00Z It's not often you hear the word gunwale referring to pop music. TV review: The Joy of the Single 2012-11-23T23:30:01Z I don't listen to much western pop music. Cornershop on their new album, six years in the making 2011-02-17T21:30:00Z If you look at the '40s, it was the last time when rock -- for lack of a better word -- and high art and pop music were all one thing. Trey Anastasio and the art of improvisation 2011-09-05T20:01:00Z Furthermore, its ideas and innovations have metastasised throughout pop music, inspiring new iterations every year. Long live disco 2012-05-21T17:55:01Z Their sophomore album furthers their oblique take on pop music and offers several unforgettable cuts. Top 10 pop-music albums of 2010 2011-01-01T21:54:16Z That shows you how wild the early days of rock `n' roll were and how important it was, breaking up the cookie cutter sort of clean-cut pop music that was out there at the time. Jack White hails Record Store Day, new releases 2011-04-16T22:21:08Z Country music is largely silly advertising jingles, pop music is fluff with autotunes edits, R&B is amazing, but largely ignored, and contemporary classical music seems depressingly narcissistic and disconnected. Kendrick Lamar Shakes Up the Pulitzer Game: Let’s Discuss 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z He works high and low, and is as interesting to read on pop music as he is on finance or sibling rivalry. Books of The Times: Tash Aw’s ‘Five Star Billionaire’ Captures China’s Changes 2013-08-01T20:48:21Z Bates – who used the question, "If you didn't have standard pop music as a reference, what would your pop music sound like?" New band of the day – Big Black Delta (No 1,332) 2012-08-16T15:21:42Z Well, obviously it makes people who can't sing in tune instantly pitch-perfect, which suits the dazzling audio wallpaper of modern pop music well. Hey, what's that sound: Auto-Tune 2010-04-06T15:38:00Z Rogers is remembered for “The Gambler” and other country hits like “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town,” but the 75-year-old repeatedly strayed into pop music over the years. Kenny Rogers Reflects on Long Shadow of His Legacy 2013-10-24T15:24:04Z The only exception: Italians singing in Italian were heard everywhere, just as today American pop music is enjoyed worldwide in English. ‘Don Carlo’ or ‘Don Carlos’? Verdi Comes to the Met in French 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z I'm looking forward to the time when there's more of us so it's not a niche thing or such a shock when someone like myself enters the pop music industry. Talking Shop 2010-02-23T12:48:00Z A roundup of opera openings, ballet performances, orchestral concerts and pop music taking place around the world this autumn season. Performance Guide for Autumn 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z As houses of worship shut down in droves while pop music fandom grows ever more extreme, it seems unfair anew that he got such a drubbing. She Dropped Everything to Meet the K-Pop Star of Her Fantasies 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z In view of that trajectory it seems incongruous that younger pop music fans probably know Mayfield best for the soundtrack he wrote for the 1972 blaxploitation film “Superfly,” a template for that entire genre. Recalling Curtis Mayfield, Soul’s ‘Genius of Gentleness’ 2012-07-19T21:57:14Z That perspective, combined with a voice that veered between street-smart surliness and wounded yearning, established her as a major new voice in pop music. Winehouse leaves behind unfulfilled promise 2011-07-23T18:55:00Z "Human voices in pop music are becoming more and more robotic," Bangalter said. Daft Punk goes outside comfort zone for new album 2013-05-20T15:44:10Z We'll miss Cowell's dark-lord presence on a show that otherwise concentrates into one package most things that are wrong with pop music, including the fact that it's hard to stop watching. Pop culture: Year of the earache 2010-12-29T22:17:00Z These songs index how pop music can mutate as it crosses borders, influenced, inevitably, by American and Canadian predecessors. A YouTube Journey Through Rap Tributes to Soccer Stars 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Pacino wore a dizzying array of wigs in his portrayal of the eccentric Spector, whose "Wall of Sound" style was an integral part of pop music in the early 1960s. Pacino says he didn't want to meet Spector 2013-01-05T02:46:04Z Through her performances and flashbacks, we find out more about Hedwig’s back story, and how her childhood in Communist East Germany led to her passion for American pop music. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Arrow’ and ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Last week on Popcast, The Times’s pop music critics discussed their favorite albums of the year. ArtsBeat Blog: Popcast: The Best Songs of 2011 2011-12-22T17:55:53Z It’s easy to forget just how much of the story of pop music is bracketed by Mr. Robinson’s music. Smokey Robinson Delights Montreal Jazz Festival 2010-06-29T16:40:00Z However, it employs a soundtrack of contemporary pop music, and a leading actress who often breaks the fourth wall by addressing the audience directly. ‘Vanity Fair’ TV Series Gets a Pop Soundtrack 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z Swift’s 2014 song reached No. 1 on the pop charts and marked her evolution from country to pop music. Taylor Swift shakes off copyright lawsuit over hit song 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z As hip-hop has become the dominant sound of pop music, its stars are going to become the elders of tomorrow. At the Grammys, the Young Succeed Most When They Seem Old 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Third World was known for fusing reggae with soul and pop music, and the group was occasionally criticized for that by reggae purists. William Clarke, Reggae Singer, Dies at 65 2014-02-05T06:36:11Z Michael Learns To Rock initially comprised a quartet of two high school friends and their acquaintances who grew up loving pop music. Danish pop band marks 20 years of fame in Asia 2011-04-26T08:01:04Z All four are true middle-masters of pop music — and while they don’t always crack the top 10, it’s not because their songs aren’t good enough. Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas, DNCE and the rise of the mid-level pop star 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z A roster of artists from South Korea, Japan and the West will visit this festival, one of South Korea’s most prominent pop music events. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Jazz and pop music flowed through the narrow halls, and well-known models and photographers, including Mr. Bailey and Mr. Duffy, were often there. Lens Blog: Terence Donovan's Fashion Photography 2013-05-14T09:00:14Z Artifice is inherent to pop music, but you still need actual talent to pull it off. Bass, sweat and cheers for Katy Perry at Tacoma Dome 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z This is a time when pop music on the BBC is restricted to a couple of hours on a Saturday morning – presumably a time at which it can't get in the way of homework. Richard Williams on France's brilliant early-60s pop radio 2010-08-26T20:59:00Z Her place in pop music held steady as she retreated from the spotlight, toward a more nourishing life that includes motherhood. Review: Adele Holds Firm on ‘25,’ Even as Pop Shifts 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Disputes over ownership of band names that are identical or even similar are not uncommon in pop music. ArtsBeat: One Direction Plus One Direction Equals One Lawsuit 2012-04-11T17:49:14Z Mr. Sheeran defended his “mash-up” technique, saying he frequently played such medleys in concert, which are made possible by the limited harmonic palette of mainstream pop music. Ed Sheeran Wins Copyright Case Over Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Times that MCA’s “gruff rasp remains one of pop music’s most distinctive, electrifying voices.” Donna Summer: Disco diva and rocker 2012-05-18T01:26:00Z He also had a car and a fondness for ’80s pop music, neither of which was typical among Glaswegian teenagers in 1993. ‘My Old School’ Review: An Impostor Makes the Honor Roll 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z In the 90s, one factor may have been the moral panic around pop music. Baby love: how pop stars embraced pregnancy 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z “Until then there won’t be any pop music or dancing with long hair,” a sentence reads, indicating a possible hiatus. The 1975 Have Deleted All Their Social-Media Accounts 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z The first is an old-fashioned romantic melodrama set in the world of contemporary pop music and the other is a faux-documentary following a group of vampires in Wellington, New Zealand. 'Lights' and 'Shadows': Movies Oscar forgot but you will remember 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z Within a year, she was one of the most famous women in pop music — and one of the most reviled. Perspective | ‘Tidal’ made Fiona Apple a star 25 years ago. Its success nearly overwhelmed her. 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z “Both the cancellation and the reversal,” she wrote, “reminded me of how vital these shows are in the middle of the vast sea of commercial and straight up pop music.” A Musical Revolt Succeeds: WNYC, in a Reversal, Keeps ‘New Sounds’ 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The festival, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, is building its reputation as a rival to the Ansan M Valley Rock Festival, South Korea’s leading pop music festival, which ended last Sunday. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z It will explore the interplay of new music, folk and pop music by up-and-coming composers from the Reykjavik music scene, and also will feature works by more established talents. A little Icelandic music plus a film series coming soon to the L.A. Phil 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Stylistic shifts this dramatic are rare at the top of the pop music heap but not unprecedented. For Mumford & Sons, dropping banjos for synths on next album is a natural move 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Do you think pop music has become too posh? Has pop gone posh? 2011-01-28T07:29:04Z Starnes’s sound design, full of propulsive pop music, ratchets up the suspense. Review | Two plays set at the intersection of race and violence in America 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z But I also think pop music helps that. Cheryl Cole: 'I hate this year' 2010-10-22T23:04:00Z Think of how we understand pop music titans like Dylan or Prince — over time, more demos and alternate versions and live versions get released — officially or not — and our understanding of their process deepens. Kanye West Is Fixing His Album in Public. You’ll Want to Read the Edits. 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z One personal result of this week's political shenanigans is that I can't stop thinking about pop music coalitions. An X-Factor castoff does the Sugarcubes? All part of pop's new politics 2010-05-14T14:03:00Z He guns for two men at the center of “Leaving Neverland,” who allege that late pop music idol Michael Jackson molested them when they were 7 and 10 years old. What happened to Dave Chappelle: The cruelty of "Sticks & Stones" is a sign of the times 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z As a child, Seymour took comfort and pleasure in pop music — listening to it as well as learning every detail he could about it. Seymour Stein, Record Industry Giant Who Signed Madonna, Dies at 80 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z I don't buy the canard that one language is any more or less suited to singing pop music than another. Readers recommend: foreign language versions ? the results 2011-03-10T17:26:30Z |
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