The New York Times – Music:
The country singer and songwriter has long tested Nashville’s boundaries while revealing herself to her listeners. Touring behind a recent album and a surprise EP, she’s finding new heights.
Author: Melena Ryzik
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The Unstoppable, Unsinkable, Uninhibited Margo Price
The New York Times – Music:
Country songs are often filled with tragedy and hard times. Price has detailed her own catalog of traumas in a memoir and her music, but also turns her lens outward on a new LP, “Strays.”
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Alexandra Pelosi on Filming Her Mother, Nancy Pelosi, on Jan. 6
The New York Times – Film:
The documentary had long been in the works and was nearly finished before Paul Pelosi was assaulted at home. The events together have left the director shaken.
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For Emma Corrin, Identity Is an Ever-Evolving Project
The New York Times – Film:
Onscreen and off, the nonbinary star of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” and “The Crown” has been exploring gender and the cost and responsibility of being heard.
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Steve Keene Made 300,000 Paintings in a Home Full of Easels
The New York Times – Music:
The artist’s studio and living space, created with his wife, Starling Keene, an architect, houses a one-man assembly line of affordable art — enough to fill a new book.
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A Filmmaker Explores David Bowie’s Life and Gets Clarity on His Own
The New York Times – Music:
With the epic “Moonage Daydream,” Brett Morgen contended with a chameleonic star whose approach to living helped him refocus after a heart attack.
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The Electrifying, Emotional Return of Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The New York Times – Music:
After a nearly decade-long break, the trio that helped spark New York’s early 2000s rock revival is back with “Cool It Down,” an expansive album that dares to imagine a bold, fresh future.
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Maggie Rogers’s Higher Calling
The New York Times – Music:
Musicians often talk about seeking the divine in their work. The 28-year-old singer-songwriter went to Harvard to study it as she made her second major-label album, “Surrender.”
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Inside New York’s Throwback Roller-Skating Extravaganza
The New York Times – Music:
Music is the key to a summertime experience for pros and amateurs called DiscOasis in Central Park. Its curator: the funk-disco guru and lifelong skater Nile Rodgers.