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Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, New Orleans Rock ’n’ Roll Cornerstone, Dies at 89
With songs like “Don’t You Just Know It,” “Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” and “Sea Cruise,” he put a firm backbeat behind joyful...
Karol G’s Songs Conquered the World. On a New LP, She Reveals Herself.
“Mañana Será Bonito,” the Colombian pop superstar’s fourth album, traces her adventures in (and out) of love, with guests including Shakira and Romeo Santos.
Tom Verlaine’s 15 Essential Songs
From Television through his solo career, the songwriter created enigmatic tidings and cat’s-cradle guitar structures. He died on Saturday at 73.
David Crosby’s 15 Essential Songs
The singer and songwriter, who died on Wednesday, created music that helped define an era and stretched across generations. Listen to six decades of tracks...
Jeff Beck’s 10 Essential Songs
The guitarist, who died on Tuesday, could make his instrument slash, burn and sigh. Listen to tracks released from 1966 to 2010 that reveal his...
‘Revolver,’ Newly Expanded, Shows the Beatles at a Creative Peak
A five-disc set reveals a band awash with musical and sonic ideas, having fun and making breakthroughs.
Jerry Lee Lewis: Listen to 10 Songs From a Rock ’n’ Roll Pioneer
From “Great Balls of Fire” to “Over the Rainbow,” whether the songs were brash or tearful, Jerry Lee Lewis was indomitable.
Jerry Lee Lewis: Listen to 10 Songs From a Rock ’n’ Roll Pioneer
From “Great Balls of Fire” to “Over the Rainbow,” whether the songs were brash or tearful, Jerry Lee Lewis was indomitable.
Loretta Lynn Didn’t Pretty Things Up
The country star sang about desire, cheating, heartache and righteous revenge in three-minute vignettes that depicted lives she knew and understood.
On ‘Fossora,’ Björk Is a Daughter, a Mother and a Universe
The Icelandic visionary’s 10th studio album can be thorny and intense, but it finds hope across generations.
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