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The Playlist

Taylor Swift Rejoins Her ‘Folklore’ Crew, and 8 More New Songs

Hear tracks by Brent Faiyaz featuring Drake, J. Balvin and Skrillex, Chicano Batman and others.

By Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica and Isabelia Herrera

Springsteen on Broadway: Showing Us How Many Lives We Contain

Two critics on the show’s return — a turning point in live theater and another stage in the rock star’s lifelong evolution.

By Jesse Green and Lindsay Zoladz

Critic’s Pick

‘Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over’ Review: A Punk Provocateur Endures

Beth B’s documentary tells the story of an iconic underground New York City misfit and her durable career.

By Glenn Kenny

Touring American Pop Music by Way of the Writers Who Have Addressed It

In “Songbooks,” the scholar and critic Eric Weisbard surveys music writing from the 1700s to today, with special attention to voices on the margins.

By Dwight Garner

‘It Taunts the Eye’: Footwork’s Fast Moves Loom Over Chicago

Projected onto the Merchandise Mart, “Footnotes” honors a style that’s become popular around the world but isn’t always given recognition in its hometown.

By Brian Seibert

The Boss Is Back on Broadway. The Workers Are Coming Back, Too.

Broadway took its first steps back with the return of Bruce Springsteen’s show, and no one is happier than Jim Barry, an usher at the St. James Theater for 20 years.

By Michael Paulson

Britney Spears Takes On Her Conservatorship

An exploration of how the arrangement has intersected with her work, the latest legal updates and what might come next.

Company Set to Manage Britney Spears’s Estate Asks to Withdraw

Bessemer Trust, a professional wealth management firm, said in its filing that it had not known of Ms. Spears’s objection to the conservatorship that governs her life.

By Liz Day, Samantha Stark and Joe Coscarelli

Britney Spears’s Father Calls for Inquiry Into Singer’s Control Claims

A week after the singer’s impassioned courtroom speech, the man who has long overseen her conservatorship called for an investigation into her claims that she had been abused under it.

By Joe Coscarelli, Liz Day and Samantha Stark

Britney Spears’s case leads 2 senators to question the country’s conservatorship systems.

The move could signal the beginning of a legislative effort to overhaul the system.

By Chris Cameron

50 Years Later, ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ Still Charms and Challenges

The long-running variety show went off the air a half-century ago this month. But much of it is officially available on YouTube. Here’s a look at some of the most interesting moments.

By Elisabeth Vincentelli

‘We the People’ Updates the Sound of Schoolhouse Rock With Rap and R&B

The new animated Netflix series, which counts the Obamas as executive producers, fuses civics lessons with musical contributions from Cordae, Adam Lambert, H.E.R., Lin-Manuel Miranda and many others.

By Robert Ito

Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson Set for Central Park ‘Homecoming’

Paul Simon will also perform at this summer’s concert on the Great Lawn as part of a weeklong celebration of the city’s reopening.

By Ben Sisario

The Charts

Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ Returns to No. 1, Four Weeks Later

The Disney star’s debut album circles back to the top of the Billboard 200 with the equivalent of 105,000 sales in the United States.

By Ben Sisario

Bruce Springsteen Reopens Broadway, Ushering In Theater’s Return

On Saturday, “Springsteen on Broadway” became the first full-length show to take the stage since the Covid-19 pandemic forced performances to shut down in March 2020.

By Nick Corasaniti

Ellen McIlwaine, Slide Guitarist With a Power Voice, Dies at 75

Early in her career she played with Jimi Hendrix. She went on to record several well-regarded albums. But she remained under the radar.

By Neil Genzlinger

Jon Hassell, Trumpeter and ‘Fourth World’ Composer, Dies at 84

Blending modern technology with traditional instruments, Mr. Hassell created a genre he described as “coffee-colored classical music of the future.”

By Jon Pareles

What Is Going on With Olivia Rodrigo and Courtney Love?

It’s a great time to learn about copyright law!

By Anna P. Kambhampaty