Pop and Rock Music

June 30, 2021

With ‘Summer of Soul,’ Questlove Wants to Fill a Cultural Void

The year 1969 was “pivotal,” says the Rev. Al Sharpton in “Summer of Soul,” a documentary about the Harlem Cultural Festival, a music extravaganza that took […]
June 24, 2021

The Britney Spears Transcript, Annotated: ‘Hear What I Have to Say’

In a 23-minute speech, the singer said she desperately wants to end her conservatorship, calling it an abusive system in which she was drugged and forced […]
June 22, 2021

Britney Spears Quietly Pushed for Years to End Her Conservatorship

Confidential court records obtained by The Times reveal that the singer has urged changes to the arrangement that controls her life, and her father’s role in […]
May 31, 2021

Lance Loud Was an Early Reality Star. He Was Also a Gay Punk Pioneer.

Loud was part of “An American Family” in 1973, but his wild band, Mumps, never signed a record deal. Now their songs are being released on […]
May 28, 2021

Model Shaun Ross Charts a Musical Path

Shaun Ross is fond of flouting public perceptions. In 2013, he appeared in the music video for Beyoncé’s “Pretty Hurts,” playing an imperious beauty pageant instructor […]
May 23, 2021

The Joy of Eurovision Fashion

For once, entertainers gather and judges bestow awards, but big-brand marketing is conspicuously absent. It is an uncomfortable reality of the modern communal spectacle that more […]
May 13, 2021

St. Vincent Flirts With Autobiography and the Sounds of the ’70s

On her sixth album, “Daddy’s Home,” the singer and songwriter Annie Clark turns her world-building and role-playing briefly inward. In the middle of St. Vincent’s last […]
February 28, 2021

Derek Khan, Onetime Stylist for Hip-Hop Stars, Dies at 63

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January 8, 2021

What's It Like to Inspire a Song?

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January 6, 2021

Pop Stars Like Cozy Stuff, Too

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