“Arrangements in Blue” and “A Life of One’s Own” work through the puzzles of single life through art and music.

A writer of haunting, uncategorizable songs, she once seemed poised for runaway fame. But only decades after she disappeared has her music found an audience.

The musician turned representative says that a new visa plan will all but prevent non-rich foreign performing artists from being able to perform here.

“The Philosophy of Modern Song” was never going to offer a systematic analysis of great music.

In the most polarized Congress probably ever, there are still plenty of Taylor Swift fans, and the Senate will hold a hearing on the monopoly ticket-peddler Tuesday.

A Senate antitrust panel will hold a hearing on the lack of competition in the ticketing industry.

A new book exalts the heyday of music magazines, when electric prose reigned and egos collided.

Why Republicans are sticking with him, even after his antisemitic social media posts.

After years of the international song contest trying to stamp politics out of its broadcasts, Ukraine is the betting favorite to win.

Jim Ruland’s book on the legendary punk label helps explain why we lack a meaningful counterculture today.

It’s how the streaming service exploits musicians to pay podcasters like Rogan millions of dollars.

Neil Young’s threat to pull his catalog is only the latest predictable consequence of spending $100 million on the popular, controversial podcaster.

The best reason to listen to Johnny Cash is his music, not his political opinions.

TNR editor Michael Tomasky talks with the music-business impresario about the impact that artists have on politics.

The pop star is attempting to end her oppressive conservatorship, but it’s not just her father and a judge who robbed her of agency.

Everyone streams music. Musicians make pennies. Is Spotify to blame?

The fiercely competitive field of Dylanology pits expert against expert. No one is spared—not even Dylan himself.

The trip hop group’s “Unfinished Sympathy,” which turned 30 years old this pandemic winter, evokes the urban soundscape of a lost era.

The pandemic has only accelerated a years-long trend of cultural homogenization—and it is bound to get worse.

The curious appeal of the country legend in a divided nation