The New York Times – Music:
The British powerhouse’s new album will arrive in a vastly changed music business. But she’s proven to be the exception to almost every rule throughout her 13-year career.
Category: Pop and Rock Music
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Maureen Cleave, Pop Journalist and Beatles Confidante, Dies at 87
The New York Times – Music:
Ms. Cleave’s interview with John Lennon, in which he said the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus,” drew worldwide attention.
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Remembering the Velvet Underground Through the Mirror of Film
The New York Times – Music:
A conversation about how the band was experienced in its time, and how Todd Haynes’s new documentary explores the world that birthed it.
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Terence Wilson, of the Reggae Band UB40, Is Dead at 64
The New York Times – Music:
His rapped vocals added a distinctive touch to hits like “Red Red Wine” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love.”
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Summer Walker Beats Abba’s First Album in Decades to No. 1
The New York Times – Music:
The Atlanta R&B singer’s “Still Over It” becomes her first LP to top the Billboard 200, with the equivalent of 166,000 sales in the United States.
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Summer Walker Beats Abba’s First Album in Decades to No. 1
The New York Times – Music:
The Atlanta R&B singer’s “Still Over It” becomes her first LP to top the Billboard 200, with the equivalent of 166,000 sales in the United States.
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Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ and the Weaponization of Memory
The New York Times – Music:
The new 10-minute version of a bitter breakup song from 2012 luxuriates in its details and its supersize length, correcting a power imbalance in the relationship it describes.
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Graeme Edge, Drummer and Co-Founder of the Moody Blues, Dies at 80
The New York Times – Music:
Many of their songs incorporated his spoken-word poetry, making them pioneers in the prog-rock movement of the late-1960s and ’70s.
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Judge Ends Conservatorship Overseeing Britney Spears’s Life and Finances
The New York Times – Music:
The pop star had called the arrangement, which governed her life for nearly 14 years, exploitative. A judge ruled it was “no longer required.”