The Brooklyn band that is hyped as the future of rock is on it, as is the Spanish visionary who’s making outrageously ambitious classical-pop music that isn’t cringe, and a rising Philly band whose ...

Andrew Watt honors Lady Gaga for EW's Entertainers of the Year I grew up in New York City playing every bar, club, and ...

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Born JoAnne Deborah Byron in 1947 into a family of strivers in Queens, she split her time between her mother’s home in New ...

One of 2025’s most stunning records arrived without fanfare last May. QUIET, the latest full-length album from Munich-based, ...

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Few art forms are as burdened by canons as classical music and opera. That, perhaps, is why I love to be surprise ...

Listen to a playlist of the year's best songs as selected by The Times' August Brown, Cerys Davies and Mikael Wood.

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There is no denying that Billy Joel is one of the most successful musicians of the 21st century. Now, you may not like his stuff, but you can’t disagree with the man’s three No. 1 hits, four No. 1 ...

When one is beaten down, hard up, and down on their luck, there is no better place to find comfort than in music. Particularly melancholic piano ballads that sonically articulate the emotions that ...

Whether you’re a professional musician or you only sing show tunes in the shower, these funny music jokes will hit just the right note Who doesn’t love music? Who doesn’t love jokes? OK, so apparently ...