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Vince Clarke, a Synth-Pop Mastermind, on His Unexpected Solo Album

He’s made irresistible hits with Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure. But going alone for the first time at 63, his…

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Back-to-Back Premieres Defy a Season of Leaner Offerings

Institutions are cutting back, but in corners of the city there is still new music to be found, like song…

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The Beatles’ ‘Now and Then,’ Billed as ‘Last Song,’ Due Nov. 2

“Now and Then,” an unfinished composition from the late 1970s, was completed using technology that separated John Lennon’s vocal from…

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‘Make Noise Enough’: Excavating Shakespeare’s Songs

In Shakespeare, music is an integral part of the action. But the First Folio, which turns 400 this year, failed…

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Bad Bunny’s Surprising Return and 13 More New Songs

Hear tracks by Ice Spice, Sleater-Kinney, Roy Hargrove and more.

Magazine

Can Usher Turn America On Again (to R.&B.)?

One Saturday evening in February, the night before the Grammys, Usher, Interscope Records and Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace repurposed the…

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Peso Pluma, Mexico’s Breakout Music Star, Finds New Spotlights

Backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards last month, at the Prudential Center in Newark, the out-of-nowhere Mexican superstar Peso…

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The Legend of Gram Parsons, in 12 Songs

A half-century after his death, listen to some of the singer-songwriter’s most soulful signature tunes, and some tributes and covers…

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Becky G’s Revenge Fantasy, and 11 More New Songs

Hear tracks by PinkPantheress, the Rolling Stones featuring Stevie Wonder and Lady Gaga, and others.

Sports

Japan’s Enduring ‘Sound of Summer’

Created 75 years ago for the country’s prestigious high school baseball tournament, Yuji Koseki’s “The Crown Will Shine on You”…

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