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Fall Preview

A Trip Home With Moneybagg Yo, Trap’s New Ambassador

The 30-year-old artist, whose last album topped the Billboard album chart, has grown into the biggest rap star to emerge from Memphis in a generation. His fifth LP is due this fall.

By Jon Caramanica

Fall Preview

A Pair of Ahmad Jamal Live Albums Capture an Innovator in His Prime

The pianist, 92, has been hesitant to glance back: “I’m still evolving, whenever I sit down at the piano.”

By Giovanni Russonello

Venice: Noah Baumbach Finds the Music in ‘White Noise’

An end-credits dance scene, set to a new LCD Soundsystem song, is the talk of the fest. The director explains how it came together and what it means for “Barbie.”

By Kyle Buchanan

The Sound of the Vikings, With a Heavy Metal Twist

The band Heilung performs on replica instruments to recreate the sound world of pre-Christian Europe and bring it into the modern age.

Imogen West-Knights

Taylor Swift Announces ‘Midnights,’ a New Album Written After Dark

The LP, described by Swift as “the story of 13 sleepless nights,” is due Oct. 21. It will be her 10th studio album, and her fifth release in just over two years.

By Ben Sisario

The Charts

Bad Bunny’s Album Ties ‘Encanto’ for Most Weeks at No. 1 This Year

“Un Verano Sin Ti,” a streaming blockbuster, notches its ninth time at the top of Billboard’s chart. Rod Wave’s “Beautiful Mind,” last week’s No. 1, drops to second place.

By Ben Sisario

Jaimie Branch, Trumpeter Who Crossed Genre Lines, Dies at 39

One of the most dynamic trumpet players in contemporary music, she forged a direct emotional, and even spiritual, connection with her listeners.

By Mike Rubin

Joey DeFrancesco, Reigning King of the Jazz Organ, Dies at 51

A prodigy whose playing had drawn raves since he was a teenager, he helped bring the Hammond B3 back into the jazz lineup.

By Neil Genzlinger