Louder: Eminem's 'The Marshall Mathers LP' at 20

Woods Became David Berman’s Band. Then They Picked Up the Pieces.

The leaders of the psych-rock group helped Berman make his first album in a decade. After his suicide, they tried to get lost in finishing their own LP, “Strange to Explain.”

By Grayson Haver Currin

Breland Is Country. Breland Is Hip-Hop. Can Breland Go Pop?

The 24-year-old’s single “My Truck” is the most viable fusion of rural and urban since “Old Town Road,” and his new EP pushes the sound even further.

By Jon Caramanica

A Philip Glass Score Was Lost. 50 Years Later, Here It Is.

“Music in Eight Parts” has finally been reconstructed and recorded.

By Joshua Barone

the playlist

Carly Rae Jepsen’s Summery Throwback, and 11 More New Songs

Hear tracks by Phoebe Bridgers, Polo G, Neil Young and others.

By Jon Pareles, Lindsay Zoladz and Giovanni Russonello

The Many Lives of Doja Cat

The pop star took an extremely nonlinear path to No. 1, and continues to push the boundaries of online behavior.

news analysis

Coronavirus Shut Down the ‘Experience Economy.’ Can It Come Back?

Large-scale gatherings are on hold for the foreseeable future. That is taking a toll on the live events industry and society at large.

By David Gelles

America’s First Concert in Months Rocks an Arkansas Stage

Fans who had to have their temperatures taken and wear masks for the Travis McCready show said it was worth it for the experience of hearing live music again.

By Bret Schulte

Bard College Music Student Sues School, Citing Instructor’s Conduct

The teacher was fired, but the suit says he should not have been on staff because of prior complaints by other students.

By Melena Ryzik

A No. 1 Hit Vanished From Poland’s Charts. It’s Not Going Quietly.

In a furor over censorship, prominent broadcasters resigned and artists asked for the state-run radio station at the center of the controversy to stop playing their music.

By Joanna Berendt

the charts

With Help From 100 Bundles, Nav Lands Another No. 1 Album

The Canadian rapper’s “Good Intentions” reached the top of the Billboard 200 with the equivalent of 135,000 album sales.

By Ben Sisario

Astrid Kirchherr, Who Helped Create the Beatles’ Image, Dies at 81

The stark black-and-white photographs she took of the group in Hamburg, Germany, before the musicians were famous captured both their toughness and their sensitivity.

By Allan Kozinn

Lucky Peterson, a Bluesman Since He Was a Boy, Dies at 55

He cut a record at 5 and went on to a steady if somewhat under-the-radar career as a backing musician and solo artist.

By Neil Genzlinger

Jorge Santana, Latin-Rock Guitarist, Is Dead at 68

He played guitar with the band Malo, whose Top 20 hit “Suavecito” became a staple of the genre. He also recorded and toured with his brother Carlos Santana.

By The Associated Press

Else Blangsted, Who Fled the Nazis and Found a Hollywood Ending, Dies at 99

A top movie music editor who worked with Dave Grusin and Michel Legrand, she was haunted by the fate of her first child.

By Richard Sandomir

The Climate ‘Hot 10 Songs’

A keen ear could hear the theme of global warming starting to swell in popular music all across the dial in the last two decades as global temperatures started to rise.

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

Learn Guitar with Laura Marling

The folk singer-songwriter demystifies her various tuning techniques, taking followers step-by-step through some of her most popular songs.

By Adriana Balsamo

‘Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl’ Review: A Star Who Fell to Earth

A new documentary, about the British singer-songwriter’s struggle to reassemble her pop career, is a frank depiction of the life of a workaday musician.

By Teo Bugbee