Dua Lipa’s third album, featuring production from Danny L Harle and Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, is nonstop ear candy. Jon Pareles names “Radical Optimism” a Critic’s Pick. nyti.ms/3y6Zdas

Music copyright cases are wildly confusing. Ben Sisario walks us through a key issue at the heart of so many recent suits: What is a song?

(Bonus: Hear a robot singing 'Let's Get It On' like the jurors in the most recent Ed Sheeran courtroom did.) nytimes.com/2024/05/02/art…

#BandcampFriday reminder. Support working musicians.

Hear the Vampire Weekend Popcast, with guest host Jon Pareles. nytimes.com/2024/04/17/art…

Beyoncé’s Country Is America: Every Bit of It nytimes.com/2024/03/31/art…

Some of you asked, and a few of us answered. Here's our not-so-hot take on BEYONCÉ’s Act II, 'Cowboy Carter,' a roundtable/hoedown with me, and my New York Times Arts colleagues Wesley Morris, Ben Sisario, and Lindsay Zoladz.

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Great 32 across !

Like My Book Title? Thanks, I Borrowed It. nytimes.com/2024/03/28/boo…

.Jon Caramanica's list of 7 emerging artists he thinks have real potential, from a range of genres and styles: 'People you might want to pay attention to in order to get a taste of what this year, and probably the coming ones too, will sound like.' nytimes.com/2024/03/15/art…

i wrote about mr. justin timberlake nytimes.com/2024/03/15/art…

The clarity and elegance of Roberta Smith's writing hardly need mentioning. What I have always admired about Smith is her shoe-leather reporting. She sees everything, first. More than 4,500 reviews, essays: an astonishing run—that will thankfully continue. nytco.com/press/roberta-…

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Entertainment moguls could easily save this invaluable library of music -- or buy another yacht. Do the right thing.

Yes, it's #BandcampFriday again. A lot of music awaits.

i profiled Kim Gordon at 70, her eternal cool (even though she hates that word) contingent on nobody else nytimes.com/2024/02/29/art…

it was an honor to profile Alynda Segarra, aka Hurray for the Riff Raff, as they gear up to release what I think is their best album yet, “the Past Is Still Alive.” on grief, the trappings of “Americana,” and more. online today and in print this weekend: nytimes.com/2024/02/13/art…

lustened to vultures, then listened to dropout

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I profiled Kali Malone for New York Times Music nytimes.com/2024/02/12/art…

you'll probably never see a more granularly-detailed Super Bowl halftime performance than the one Usher just did

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wrote a little bit about that Tracy Chapman performance nytimes.com/2024/02/05/art…

Billy Joel's first full interview about his long-awaited return to pop.

(a.k.a. journalist from Syosset finally sits down with music icon from Hicksville) nytimes.com/2024/02/05/art…

It's still @BandcampFriday.