Music Review
A Cross-Dressing Tour Guide in White Tie and Tails
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Patti LuPone’s “Faraway Places Part Two,” at 54 Below, is the sequel to her show there in 2012.
The 48th Annual Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday featured pop stars like Ariana Grande but largely failed to reflect the current state of a genre in flux.
Ms. Swift has the best-selling new album of the year, and has taken center stage in the industry war over streaming services like Spotify.
Patti LuPone’s “Faraway Places Part Two,” at 54 Below, is the sequel to her show there in 2012.
Joyce DiDonato returned to Carnegie Hall on Tuesday for a solo recital of songs with a Venetian theme by Vivaldi, Fauré, Rossini and others.
A selected, critical guide to classical music performances in New York City.
A selected, critical guide to performances of rock, pop, cabaret and more in New York City.
Mr. Bilk’s “Stranger on the Shore” reached the top of the pop charts on both sides of the Atlantic in the early ’60s.
The completion of a wave of new construction, partially funded by the European Union, gives Poland several world-class venues for classical music.
The deal will guarantee that Warner artists will get paid when their music is played on SoundCloud.
The pianist Peter Serkin presented a centuries-spanning program at a Peoples’ Symphony Concert on Oct. 25.
The writer David Ritz reflects on his career of helping celebrities, often recording artists, put their lives on the page.
The Riverside Symphony, conducted by George Rothman, opened its new season at Alice Tully Hall on Saturday night with the pianist Hélène Tysman.
Mr. Sneddon was a district attorney who failed twice to convict Mr. Jackson on child molestation charges and became the target of a bitter song on one of the pop star’s albums.
The Portuguese ensemble Buraka Som Sistema shows the melting-pot side of this former colonial power.
The production of “Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers,” at Queens College on Sunday, encapsulated its composer, Leonard Bernstein.
Neil Young, Bette Midler and Miguel Zenón have all released new music.
The mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato is a leader in using digital media to change the worlds of opera and classical music.
The fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout led Juilliard students in a concert of orchestral works by Mozart and J. C. and W. F. Bach.
This is the world premiere of “Things I Forgot” by Son Little and the North American debut of “I’m In Your Mind Fuzz” by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Both are due out on Nov. 11.
Ben Ratliff and Jon Caramanica discuss Scott Walker and Sunn O)))’s “Soused.”
Ben Ratliff and Jon Caramanica discuss the singers Tinashe and FKA twigs, and whether they point toward a new conception of R&B.
The new Taylor Swift single, “Out of the Woods,” was released at midnight and quickly reached No. 1 on the iTunes chart.
The “Saturday Night Live” alumna in a scene from the comedy about political sex scandals.
Times critics share what they’ve been listening to lately.
How to wade through the crush of culture coming your way this season? Here’s a guide to 100 events that have us especially excited, in order of appearance.
Nicole Kidman in Roberto Cavalli, Faith Hill in Naeem Khan, and more at the Country Music Awards on Wednesday night.
Unseen film reels of Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and Robert F. Kennedy are locked away in a limestone mine called Iron Mountain. Filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus want to give them a new home.
James Levine’s 2,500th performance at the Metropolitan Opera on Saturday will the 77th time he has conducted “Le Nozze di Figaro” with the company. Here are scenes from 1985, 1998 and 2014.
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