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As well as musicians' memoirs, there are also interesting insights on issues such as the rise of Spotify and Berlin's club ...

This guide, drawn from visits to dozens of new Portland restaurants between 2024 and 2025, runs the gamut from a tasting menu ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

Here are 40 Christmas music classics for your playlist, from Mariah Carey to Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell and more.

It’s that time of the year when PBS News Hour invites two of our regular literary critics, Ann Patchett and Maureen Corrigan, ...

Thoughtful remastering, well-chosen outtakes and archival material can make familiar albums feel newly essential.