Music
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Books
An A.I. Hit of Fake ‘Drake’ and ‘The Weeknd’ Rattles the Music World
A track like “Heart on My Sleeve,” which went viral before being taken down by streaming services this week, may…
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams
We asked a dozen musicians, scholars and critics to help take us on a tour of the music and mind…
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Opinion
A School Shooting Came to Nashville. Country Music Can Help Stop the Next One.
They say we love our guns down South, and it’s true they are part of the pageantry of our beloved…
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Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Reveals Himself: As a Composer
After more than two decades at the forefront of electronic dance music (while in a robot-style helmet), the French artist…
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Opinion
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Oscar-Winning Japanese Composer, Dies at 71
Mr. Sakamoto, whose work with Yellow Magic Orchestra influenced electronic music, composed scores for “The Last Emperor” and “The Revenant.”
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Review: In Fosse’s ‘Dancin’,’ a Wiggle Is Worth a Thousand Words
A revival of the 1978 dancical has been substantially revamped to argue for Bob Fosse’s pure dance cred. It’s a…
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Gustavo Dudamel, Superstar Maestro, Meets New York
On his first visit to the city since being named the New York Philharmonic’s next music director, he eagerly played…
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Opinion
Sandra Trehub, Pioneer in the Psychology of Music, Dies at 84
She showed that basic musical ability is present in infants across cultures, laying a foundation for a growing field of…
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Books
Amiri Baraka’s ‘Blues People’ Comes Home to the Apollo
The trumpeter and composer Russell Gunn will premiere “The Blues and Its People,” a suite inspired by Baraka’s influential text,…
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Opinion
De La Soul’s David Jolicoeur, Who Rapped as Trugoy the Dove, Dies at 54
The trio expanded the stylistic vocabulary of hip-hop in the 1980s and ’90s, but its early experiments with sampling led…