Super Bowl Reveals Beyonce to Be a Sweaty, Hard-Working Human Being
Halftime's inspirational message: Being fabulous isn't easy, but it's also not impossible.
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Halftime's inspirational message: Being fabulous isn't easy, but it's also not impossible.
Dawn Richard's excellent 'Goldenheart' follows in the unheralded tradition of black musicians using Tolkien tropes.
If Beyoncé lip synced, it's in part because America only wants perfection or train wrecks.
André 3000's highbrow ambitions have in the long run had less of an impact than Big Boi's entertaining genre jams.
'Good Kid' is the first album I've heard that drops the Batman pose, and yet remains trapped in Gotham.
Hip-hop is obsessed with soldiers, but 'Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City' is a great record from a civilian.
Laina Dawes never satisfyingly explains the origins of her musical tastes in her book, but then again, who ever can?
Reflections on a high-school talent show four decades ago
A danceable soccer chant, some "We No Speak Americano"-style re-ups, a track by Sweden's version of Ke$ha, and more
A brief history of artistic patronage
The "Sirvana" performance turned out to be simply a well-rehearsed show by seasoned performers.
Sit down with it, and 'Song Reader' will command your attention more fully than any recorded music could.
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Reading the scholarly literature on Dave Brubeck's funky time signatures
He reinvented jazz rhythms while also remaining true to tradition.
For the handlers of Junior Eurovision contestants, there's a lot more at stake than music. Andres Putting (EBU) Nurturing aspiring pop stars…
The fallacy that technology ruins music's soul may rule Dave Grohl's forthcoming documentary.
A new book traces the the song's strange rise to pop-cultural ubiquity.
She struts, scares parents, and on her new album, 'Warrior,' conveys genuine emotion.
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James Fallows on Jerry Brown's second chance. Plus: the mystery of the second skeleton, how gay couples are getting marriage right, the end of the retail salesperson, and more.
