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Bossa Nova: The Genre That Arrived Fully Formed and Never Needed to Change
Bossa nova arrived fully formed in 1958 with Joao Gilberto’s recording of Chega de Saudade, and it has spent the decades since being studied, imitated, and borrowed from...
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Céline Dion Is Going Back on Stage. Paris. September. Ten Nights.
Céline Dion is going back on stage. On March 30th, she announced a 10-night residency at Paris La Défense Arena beginning September 12, 2026. These will be her...
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Emo: The Genre That Made Teenagers Feel Seen and Never Apologized For It
Emo did not have a clean origin story and it never developed one. That is one of the reasons it persisted when it should have been a footnote,...
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Metallica Is Adding Sphere Dates and the Demand Still Has Not Found a Ceiling
Metallica announced their Las Vegas Sphere residency in February, and by most measures, the demand was expected. They are Metallica. But what has happened since then tells a...
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Prog Rock: The Genre That Refused to Accept That Rock Music Had a Ceiling
Progressive rock has always had an image problem, and it has always been the wrong one. The caricature is musicians in capes playing twenty-minute songs about wizards and...
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David Byrne Plays Colbert, Explains Why He Is Using ICE Footage in His Live Shows
David Byrne performed “When We Are Singing” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Monday night, bringing his full theatrical ensemble to late-night television and using the moment...
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Afrobeats: The Genre That Rewrote the Rules of Global Pop
Afrobeats did not ask for permission to go global. It just went. Over the past decade, the music coming out of Lagos and Accra and London’s Nigerian diaspora...
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Paul McCartney Announces New Album and Intimate LA Shows
Paul McCartney announced yesterday that he is releasing his 18th solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, on May 29, 2026, and that he will play a handful...
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Grunge: The Genre That Was Embarrassed by Its Own Success and Never Got Over It
Grunge was always an uncomfortable genre even for the people who made it. The musicians most associated with it largely rejected the label, hated the word, and watched...
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Addison Rae Made an Album That Has No Business Being This Good
Addison Rae’s debut album Addison arrived last week with the kind of critical uncertainty that follows any pop record made by a TikTok star who has somehow outlasted...