The New York Times – Music:
The influential rap trio’s catalog has long been absent from streaming services. Now its first six albums will be available, just weeks after the death of one of its members.
Category: Audio Recordings, Downloads and Streaming
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How Do You Measure a Season on Broadway? In Cast Albums.
The New York Times – Music:
From “A Strange Loop” to “Funny Girl,” most Broadway musicals of 2022 were recorded, offering listeners a chance to love or hate them again.
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Wax Cylinders Hold Audio From a Century Ago. The Library Is Listening.
The New York Times – Music:
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts acquired a machine that transfers recordings from the fragile format. Then a batch of cylinders from a Met Opera librarian arrived.
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Thom Bell, a Force Behind the Philadelphia Soul Sound, Dies at 79
The New York Times – Music:
As a songwriter, arranger and producer, he brought sophistication and melodic inventiveness to hits by the Delfonics, the Spinners and others.
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Notable Boxed Sets of 2022: Pop, Rap, Soul, Jazz and More
The New York Times – Music:
Anniversary editions (from Norah Jones and Neil Young), a dive into the hip-hop underground (via C.V.E.) and rediscovered live jazz (from Elvin Jones and Charles Mingus) arrived in 2022.
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Jim Stewart, Unlikely Entrepreneur of Soul Music, Dies at 92
The New York Times – Music:
His background was in country music. But Stax, the label he founded with his sister, achieved a level of success with Black artists that rivaled Motown’s.
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Sleigh Bells Ring, Everyone’s Streaming: Christmas Music Is Back
The New York Times – Music:
Grabbing a piece of the lucrative holiday market requires planning, luck and the occasional battle with a seasoned superstar like Mariah Carey.
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Ed Rudy, Chronicler of the Beatles’ First Trip to America, Dies at 93
The New York Times – Music:
He sent reports about the Fab Four’s travels to radio stations in February 1964. Then he turned the material into an album that rose to No. 20 on the Billboard chart.