The New York Times – Music:
The 20-year-old N.Y.U. student’s debut album, “Aperture,” aims for emotions and earworms.
Author: Jon Pareles
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Ed Sheeran Lets His Tears Flow on ‘-’
The New York Times – Music:
Mortality and sorrow bring new depth on the superstar British songwriter’s sixth studio album, pronounced “Subtract.”
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Karl Berger, 88, Who Opened Minds of Generations of Musicians, Is Dead
The New York Times – Music:
A vibraphonist, pianist, educator and musical thinker, he co-founded the Creative Music Studio to bring all kinds of musicians together to foster cross-pollination and improvisation.
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Harry Belafonte’s Songs: Hear 10 Essential Tracks
The New York Times – Music:
He began his career during the 1950s folk revival and continued to record — and helped orchestrate “We Are the World” — while pursing his many other artistic and political interests.
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Baby Rose Writes Music With Intention, ‘Not to Fit Into a Box’
The New York Times – Music:
With an arresting voice and a haunted sound, the 28-year-old songwriter carries vintage soul intensity into the 21st century on “Through and Through.”
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Book Review: ‘Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You,' by Lucinda Williams
The New York Times – Music:
In “Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You,” the raw-voiced singer looks back on a contentious artistic life.
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Kali Uchis Is a Complicated Musician. She Plans to Stay That Way.
The New York Times – Music:
As she begins a headlining tour, the Colombian American songwriter is determined to remain “transparent” and never water down the mix of aesthetics and languages in her genre-crossing music.
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On Feist’s ‘Multitudes,’ Tranquillity Is Shadowed by Disquiet
The New York Times – Music:
The Canadian songwriter’s most intimate-sounding album is also her most ambitious statement.
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boygenius Returns, Confident and Connected on ‘The Record’
The New York Times – Music:
Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus reunite to take new chances on their first full album together, “The Record.”