Pop and Rock Music

December 1, 2020

Ray Davies on 50 Years of ‘Lola’

In 1970, homosexual acts were still outlawed in parts of the United Kingdom and would remain so for more than a decade. Yet two years before […]
December 1, 2020

How to Pretend You’re in Tokyo

While your travel plans may be on hold, you can pretend you’re somewhere new for the night. Around the World at Home invites you to channel […]
November 26, 2020

Can the Mainstream Catch Up to Rico Nasty?

When the rapper Rico Nasty talks about falling in love at first sight, she doesn’t mean with an individual, but with a feeling. She’s talking about […]
November 13, 2020

Mallory Merk’s Music Feels Different Now

Name: Mallory Merk Age: 20 Hometown: Born in Shreveport, La., she grew up in Harlem (where her mother lived) and Trenton, N.J. (where her father lived). […]
November 9, 2020

Dave Grohl, 10-Year-Old Nandi Bushell and One Very Epic Drum Battle

You didn’t need to know every note of Nirvana’s angst-rock classic “In Bloom” to marvel at the spectacle of a little girl drumming along to the […]
October 2, 2020

Rihanna Talks About Her Fenty Show

There are no real parties. Concerts? Canceled. Fashion shows are either digital or distanced. So who would dare throw a party-concert-fashion show in the middle — […]
September 28, 2020

“The Meaning of Mariah Carey”: 7 Takeaways From Her Memoir

“I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought I was a failure because I didn’t have a record deal yet,” Mariah Carey writes in her memoir, […]
September 19, 2020

Things to Do This Week

Here is a sampling of the week’s events and how to tune in (all times are Eastern). Note that events are subject to change after publication. […]
September 4, 2020

The Work Diary of 88rising’s Pan-Cultural Hitmaker

For this year’s Coachella festival, the music mogul Sean Miyashiro planned to produce a groundbreaking festival showcase for 88rising. His Los Angeles-based pan-Asian music company scheduled […]
August 31, 2020

VMAs Recap: Lady Gaga, The Weeknd, and More

As late as this month, the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards were still scheduled to be staged in person at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, though […]