22 stories by "Jon Pareles"
The movie reflects a battle that's played out in her own career, between the perceived ephemerality of pop and the assumed durability of "real" music.
It's not a small rock show or a theatrical event. Inspired by a White House concert, one of rock's celebrated storytellers is bringing his tales to a new stage.
The musical, at La MaMa, uses songs from Kid Creole and the Coconuts and tells an old-fashioned tale.
The hall's latest inductees include Tom Waits, Dr. John, Neil Diamond, Darlene Love and Alice Cooper.
Courtney Love's latest and thoroughly unexpected gig is the music-theater piece "Kansas City Choir Boy."
Today's lineups of the Temptations and the Four Tops share a seven-night stand on Broadway.
The first performance in 40 years of "Hommy: A Latin Opera," a 1973 album by Larry Harlow's group Orchestra Harlow meant as a salsa rejoinder to the Who's "Tommy," was stopped halfway throug…
Sting broke his songwriter's block by focusing on a show, "The Last Ship," which he hopes will reach Broadway.
More than 1,300 musical acts will hit the stage in New York. Times critics will try to keep up.
Roger Waters projected his message stadium-wide, literally, when he brought his new production of "The Wall" to Yankee Stadium on Friday, starting a two-night stand.
Bono and the Edge have been hard at work, with both U2 and last-minute preparations for the opening of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."
Latin America loves smart, tough women rappers: Anita Tijoux on Saturday and, on Sunday afternoon, Mala RodrÃguez from Spain.
Chico Trujillo, a local favorite, relies on cumbia, the beat heard in countless variations across Latin America.
Lollapalooza Chile has some parallels with its Chicago predecessor.
The headliners for Lollapalooza Chile include Kanye West, the Killers, the Deftones and Jane's Addiction, of course.
Kanye West and corporate sponsors staged a gargantuan late-night event on Saturday, which for most was the final show of South by Southwest.
Three SXSW performances, with three different personalities.
Such performances offer a sense of discovery for listeners and musicians.
OFWGKTA's performance at South by Southwest was one more instance of outsiders' music burnishing a corporate image--a big part of SXSW's recent history.
In the keynote address at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Tex., Bob Geldof dismissed the idea of "hyperdemocracy" by way of the Internet so long as music today is absent of a wide…
Even on its anniversary, the festival faces forward. There are new bands to hear, new gambits to observe. I'll be blogging and Tweeting here.
Thanksgiving night brought successive specials by Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, both featuring billowing golden hair, live performances and pop image-polishing.
