Music
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World
No, ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Is Not ‘the Worst’
A couple of weeks ago in The Times, a seasoned musician and composer proposed that George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”…
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World
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love John Coltrane
Coltrane changed the game in American music a few times over. Here’s a guided tour to his career, courtesy of…
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World
Robert Spano to Lead Washington National Opera as Music Director
The veteran conductor, who won acclaim as a champion of new music at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, will begin a…
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World
Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ Is Being Developed as a Stage Musical
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is lined up to write the book, and Lileana Blain-Cruz will direct.
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Obituaries
Klee Benally, Navajo Activist and Artist, Dies at 48
He helped found a punk-rock band when he was 14. That led to a long career as an advocate for…
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World
Ani DiFranco Learned (and Cried) a Lot During Her First Year in N.Y.C.
“The lessons that New York has for you around every corner — it was a big part of my young…
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World
‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Will End Its Broadway Run in April
The Tony winner for best musical, about a high school girl with a rare genetic disorder and a criminally dysfunctional…
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Obituaries
Restaurant Review: Last Night a D.J. Saved My Dinner
When I read about the opening of Port Sa’id on Hudson Street, I saw the words “D.J.” and “4,000 square…
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World
Jelly Roll, an Unlikely New Star, on the Grammys and His Rap Past
An interview with one of the year’s surprise success stories in the music industry, who’s become known as much for…
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Newyork
Willie Nelson’s Sense of Style
“Roll me up and smoke me when I die,” Willie Nelson sang from the stage of the Hollywood Bowl during…