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Jon Pareles
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· Dec 26
Find Your New Favorite Song from 2024
Catch up on the year’s most notable music: Listen to the 450-plus tracks we reviewed this year, save them to a playlist and share it with your friends.
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‘An Unbelievable Mess’: Artists Are Stymied by Trump Travel Bans
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January 19, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Required reeding from Jesse Green. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/a...
If You Think This Instrument Is Hard to Play, Try Building One
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January 14, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Required reeding from Jesse Green. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/a...
"I'll be knocking on the golden door..." RIP Bob Weir www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/a...
Bob Weir Was the Dead’s Invisible Thread
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January 11, 2026 at 3:11 PM
"I'll be knocking on the golden door..." RIP Bob Weir www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/a...
A deep dive from Ben Sisario. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
Tom Verlaine Was a Mystery. His Archives Reveal More of His Story.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:41 PM
A deep dive from Ben Sisario. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
Hey hey, my my....https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/arts/music/year-in-rock-geese-turnstile.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AVA.TQ1F.KSKW8W2wu5w7
Who Says Rock Is Dead?
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December 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hey hey, my my....https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/arts/music/year-in-rock-geese-turnstile.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AVA.TQ1F.KSKW8W2wu5w7
Zigging and zagging, RIP Joe Ely www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/o...
Joe Ely, Texas-Born Troubadour of the Open Road, Dies at 78
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December 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Zigging and zagging, RIP Joe Ely www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/o...
#BandcampFriday reminder. Musicians can use the support.
December 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
#BandcampFriday reminder. Musicians can use the support.
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JOHN TESH is somehow exactly who you think he is and completely not what you’d expect. I profiled another Long Island piano man as “Roundball Rock” returns to NBC. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
John Tesh Keeps Bouncing Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba Back
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December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
JOHN TESH is somehow exactly who you think he is and completely not what you’d expect. I profiled another Long Island piano man as “Roundball Rock” returns to NBC. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
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Breaking News: Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican reggae artist known for songs including “You Can Get It If You Really Want,” has died. He was 81.
Jimmy Cliff, Reggae Icon, Dies at 81
The Grammy Award-winning singer and star of the movie “The Harder They Come” died of pneumonia, his wife said.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Breaking News: Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican reggae artist known for songs including “You Can Get It If You Really Want,” has died. He was 81.
Read this. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/a...
What ‘The American Revolution’ Says About Our Cultural Battles
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November 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Bad Bunny won five trophies at the 26th annual Latin Grammys in Las Vegas on Thursday night. Karol G, Liniker, Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso and other artists also received awards. Here are eight of the most striking moments from this year's show.
Bad Bunny Tops the Latin Grammys: 8 Key Moments From the Show
The multicultural awards ceremony hinted at rediscovered roots and ways forward as Karol G, Paloma Morphy and Liniker also earned big wins.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Bad Bunny won five trophies at the 26th annual Latin Grammys in Las Vegas on Thursday night. Karol G, Liniker, Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso and other artists also received awards. Here are eight of the most striking moments from this year's show.
Ultimate New York City rock in the NYT. "Horses! Horses! Horses!"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/07/arts/music/patti-smith-horses-anniversary.html
50 Years of Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’
In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the album share their memories.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Ultimate New York City rock in the NYT. "Horses! Horses! Horses!"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/07/arts/music/patti-smith-horses-anniversary.html
Low-fi meets "primitive" E Street...https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/arts/music/bruce-springsteen-nebraska.html
Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ Was a Risk. He’s Proving It Paid Off.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Low-fi meets "primitive" E Street...https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/arts/music/bruce-springsteen-nebraska.html
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D’Angelo — the soul singer, songwriter and producer who died on Tuesday at 51 — released three studio albums of genre-crossing music. Here are 14 essential songs that show his extraordinary musical scope.
D’Angelo: 14 Essential Songs
The soul singer, songwriter and producer, who died on Tuesday at 51, released three studio albums of meticulously constructed, vocally ambitious, genre-crossing music.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
D’Angelo — the soul singer, songwriter and producer who died on Tuesday at 51 — released three studio albums of genre-crossing music. Here are 14 essential songs that show his extraordinary musical scope.
R.I.P. Hermeto -- definitive obit by Larry Rohter. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/a...
Hermeto Pascoal, Eccentric and Prolific Brazilian Composer, Dies at 89
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September 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
R.I.P. Hermeto -- definitive obit by Larry Rohter. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/a...
Another #BandcampFriday is here. Support musicians directly.
September 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Another #BandcampFriday is here. Support musicians directly.
50 Years Ago, Bruce Springsteen Made a Masterpiece. It Wasn’t Easy. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/b...
August 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
50 Years Ago, Bruce Springsteen Made a Masterpiece. It Wasn’t Easy. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/b...
A Critic's Notebook:
‘Fleetwood Mac’ at 50: A Marvel of Serendipity and Perfectionism www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/a...
‘Fleetwood Mac’ at 50: A Marvel of Serendipity and Perfectionism www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/a...
‘Fleetwood Mac’ at 50: A Marvel of Serendipity and Perfectionism
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August 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
A Critic's Notebook:
‘Fleetwood Mac’ at 50: A Marvel of Serendipity and Perfectionism www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/a...
‘Fleetwood Mac’ at 50: A Marvel of Serendipity and Perfectionism www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/a...
RIP to an ultimate NYC musician. Eddie Palmieri, Latin Music’s Dynamic Innovator, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/a...
Eddie Palmieri, Latin Music’s Dynamic Innovator, Dies at 88
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August 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
RIP to an ultimate NYC musician. Eddie Palmieri, Latin Music’s Dynamic Innovator, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/a...
Irreplaceable.
Robert Wilson Expanded Our Sense of Theatrical Possibility www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/a...
Robert Wilson Expanded Our Sense of Theatrical Possibility www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/a...
Robert Wilson Expanded Our Sense of Theatrical Possibility
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August 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Irreplaceable.
Robert Wilson Expanded Our Sense of Theatrical Possibility www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/a...
Robert Wilson Expanded Our Sense of Theatrical Possibility www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/a...
Another month, another #bandcampfriday Support musicians directly.
August 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Another month, another #bandcampfriday Support musicians directly.
Bruce Springsteen Reveals His Paths Not Taken www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/a...
July 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Bruce Springsteen Reveals His Paths Not Taken www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/a...
He’s Ringo. And Nobody Else Is. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/a...
July 7, 2025 at 4:28 AM
He’s Ringo. And Nobody Else Is. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/a...