Let’s start another war to stop Antony Blinken singing
The secretary of state wants to change the world one song at a time
Music
Thursday
Wednesday
Bernie Taupin is more than just ‘Elton John’s lyricist’
The songwriter’s book is free of sentimental clutter, but it would take a heart of stone not to be moved by the takeaway message
Sunday
The history of a Britney Spears masterpiece
Blackout laid the foundation for the EDM revolution, Lady Gaga’s self-referential debut album and the rest of the past fifteen years of pop
Wednesday
I’m a forty-year-old male Swiftie. No, I’m not ashamed
Taylor Swift is the finest tune crafter of the last generation — maybe even the last two
Thursday
Tina Turner was greater than a rock star
She was something much more universal: a survivor
Sunday
How Madonna turned pop culture Catholic
On the fortieth anniversary of her debut album, Madonna remains a good Catholic girl at heart
Thursday
Lana Del Rey’s new record: samey, stale, sterile
Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd could have been better
Tuesday
Listen: Kamala Harris’s Afrobeats playlist
Is the Veep trying to model herself after Obama?
Wednesday
A century of Bing Crosby
In the spring of 1923 in Spokane, Washington, you might have stumbled upon a young jug-eared drummer…
Wednesday
Playing God with Paramore
What happens when someone who was cool because they were hated is suddenly accepted?
Saturday
What’s the latest on the Madonna biopic?
What we know so far about the ‘nightmare’ production
Tuesday
The Whitney Houston biopic is a big, gay masterpiece
When Hollywood gets representation right
Tuesday
Bob Dylan’s tower of song
The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan reviewed
Friday
Bob Dylan’s curious book signing controversy
Can celebrities use an autopen? The times, they are a-changing
Monday
David Bowie is bigger than ever
His stature as rock music’s greatest iconoclast shows no sign of being threatened
Sunday
Nick Cave’s musings on life, death and creativity
Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave and Seán O’Hagan reviewed
Friday
What’s on Lana Del Rey’s stolen laptop?
She’s become the Hunter Biden of the music world
Tuesday
A visit to Louis Armstrong’s old home
In any assessment of jazz’s founding fathers, he has to stand as the most influential figure
Tuesday
Country music finds its independent streak
New singers are bucking bro-country and reconnecting with their roots
Monday
Arcade Fire: the last of the art-rockers?
The band’s return is not just welcome but overdue
