David Bowie is bigger than ever
His stature as rock music’s greatest iconoclast shows no sign of being threatened
Music
Monday
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
The underrated Kenny Dorham
On the fiftieth anniversary of his death, it’s well worth revisiting his remarkable career
Monday
Charles Mingus at 100
He isn’t for the faint of heart, but it’s worth confronting his life’s work
Thursday
Messenger service
First Flight to Tokyo by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers reviewed
Michael Jackson on Broadway
MJ: The Musical reviewed
Sunday
Sibelius speaks
A new recording of a rare piece by Jean Sibelius is out
Carnegie plus one
After 130 years, Carnegie Hall decided it could use a virtual stage
Monday
Returning to live gigs
When Covid rampaged through the world like a Viking raid of death-cult realtors, the world was suddenly shorn of live music
Thursday
Roy Hargrove doubles up
For anyone looking for a stocking stuffer for the aficionado — or merely the lover — of good music, here it is
Sounds of Christmas past
I tend to associate Christmas music with the records I received as gifts when I was a kid
Monday
Vital Morgan
Lee Morgan was searching for a new musical path forward, following but not retreading the bebop era
Thursday
The triumph of bedroom pop
From Joe Meek to Taylor Swift: a short history of lo-fi
Wednesday
The lost king of the blues
No one played the blues like Mike Bloomfield
Sunday
The legend of forgotten musical genius Mieczyslaw Weinberg
Dismissed as a dime-store Shostakovich, then praised as a major modern composer
Wednesday
Along came Bill Evans
No matter his personal woes, Evans almost always vouchsafed his listeners something not merely to dig but to cherish
