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Jorge Drexler’s Music Connects Genres, Generations and Continents
A recent video chat with the songwriter Jorge Drexler quickly turned into a whirlwind music lesson as he demonstrated how a beat could travel ...
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Jenny Hval Makes Ideas Sing
For many artists, self-consciousness is almost an enemy: a barrier against free-flowing inspiration, a choke point for creativity. But the ...
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Kamasi Washington Blasts Into a Fresh Era, and 13 More New Songs
Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new songs and videos. Just want the music? Listen to the ...
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
‘Blueprint’: Piano Music by Nikolai Kapustin for Jazz Trio Frank Dupree, piano; Jakob Krupp, bass; Obi Jenne, drums (Capriccio) When I reported ...
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Aoife O’Donovan’s Songs Poured Out When Touring Shut Down
“I still, to this day, don’t even really think of myself as a songwriter,” Aoife O’Donovan said in a video interview from her home in Orlando. In ...
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The Endless Pop Shimmers of the Weeknd
There’s not a moment to breathe on the new album by the Weeknd, “Dawn FM” — no spaces for resolution and calm, no indications of a world outside ...
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Business
‘Encanto’ Soundtrack Ousts Adele From No. 1
The soundtrack to “Encanto,” the new Disney animated film, has reached No. 1 on the Billboard chart, displacing Adele’s “30” after a six-week run ...
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5 Classical Music Albums to Hear Right Now
Liza Lim: ‘Singing in Tongues’ Elision Ensemble (Huddersfield Contemporary Records) Over the last decade, the reputation of the Australian ...
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‘Christmas on Death Row’ and a Stormy Season for a Storied Rap Label
“Christmas on Death Row” broke the streak. Starting with Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic” in 1992, every album released by Death Row Records went at least ...
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Business
Adele Holds Off Juice WRLD for a Fourth Week at No. 1
Last week, songs from “Fighting Demons,” the second posthumous album by the melodic rapper Juice WRLD, were streamed three times more than those ...
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