Next Week in Music | Jan. 17-23 • The Short List: 11 Titles You...

Some weeks it's all about the big names. Other weeks it's all about the up-and-comers. Next week it's all about balancing the two. See (and hear) for yourself:   Billy Talent Crisis...

Next Week in Music | Jan. 17-23 • The Long List: 275 Releases On...

It's the middle of January. The holidays bills are coming due. The weather sucks. The sun sets before dinner. Omicron is raging. You're stuck inside the house. Again. But...

Next Week in Music | Jan. 17-23 • New Books

Merle Haggard, Mac Miller and Mozart. Avicii, Aphex Twin and American songswriting. Echo and The Bunnymen, Elephant 6 — and everything else on next week's reading list. Turn the page:   The...

Next Week in Music | Jan. 17-23 • On TV

Twenty One Pilots land on Kimmel, Teddy Swims into Seth's studio, T-Pain gets real, Ghost haunt the airwaves, Gunna has a shot on Fallon, LP and Duran Duran fill...

Coming Soon | Frank Zappa: The Mothers 1971

Being a prolific packrat has its advantages. At least, it seemed to work for Frank Zappa. More recently, it's definitely paid off for his fans, who have been treated...

RIP Ronnie Spector

Ronnie Spector, the iconic rock ’n’ roll siren who belted out 1960s hits like Be My Baby, Baby I Love You and Walking in the Rain with the girl...

Next Week in Music | Jan.10-16 • The Short List: 9 Titles You Want...

Elvis Costello and Cat Power, Broken Social Scene and Blood Red Shoes, FKA Twigs and BÖC covers, Punch Brothers and Earl Sweatshirt — there's something for everyone on next...

Next Week in Music | Jan.10-16 • The Long List: 220 Releases On The...

Led Zeppelin guitar god Jimmy Page turns 78 today (assuming you're reading this on Jan. 9). Sadly (but not surprisingly), he still hasn't released that new solo album he's...

Next Week in Music | Jan.10-16 • New Books

L enny Kaye lives in the moment, The Waterboys’ Mike Scott looks back, Harry Styles is celebrated, Billy Joe Shaver is remembered, Vince Staples and Ringo get animated — and...

Next Week in Music | Jan.10-16 • On TV

Geese finally land on late night, St. Vincent makes a return trip to ACL, Milky Chance double your odds, Robert Finley and Dan Auerbach team up, Fontaines D.C. unveil...

Sonic Reducers | Great Scott

Timing is everything. Especially with jazz. And today's Sonic Reducers topic couldn't come at a better time for me. I’ve spent the past few weeks re-reading several biographies of Miles...

Sonic Reducers | Much Ado About Dio

More than a decade after his untimely 2010 death, Ronnie James Dio is back in the spotlight. His memoir Rainbow in the Dark, published last year, was a surprisingly informative...

Jennifer Buchanan Knows The Power of a Playlist

Can music and a mindfully made playlist soothe and improve health and well-being? Award-winning Canadian music therapist Jennifer Buchanan knows the answer is yes, and shares both how (and...

Euterpe: Music Is The Key Expands Horizons

Abundant is the garden planted with musical seeds, says the charitable non-profit Euterpe: Music Is The Key — and that’s just the bountiful flower bed they’re sowing with their...

Next Week in Music | Jan. 3-9 • The Short List: 1 Title You...

Expect to hear a lot of David Bowie in the coming days — next Saturday would have been his 75th birthday. Of course, if you get tired of listening...

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