What Did We Learn From a Year in Live Shows?
Concerts paused during the height of the pandemic, and returned at full power in 2023. [+]
Alice Parker, Composer Who Heard Music in Poetry, Dies at 98
A master of American choral music, she wrote arrangements of hymns, folk songs and spirituals [+]
David Soul, a Star of the Hit Cop Show ‘Starsky & Hutch,’ Dies at 80
An actor and singer, he rose to fame in the 1970s as one half of [+]
Norby Walters, 91, Dies; Music and Sports Agent Who Ran Afoul of the Law
He ran a highly successful booking agency, but his secret contacts with college athletes led [+]
Klee Benally, Navajo Activist and Artist, Dies at 48
He helped found a punk-rock band when he was 14. That led to a long [+]
Overlooked No More: Cordell Jackson, Elder Stateswoman of Rock ’n’ Roll
A pioneering record-label owner and engineer, she played guitar in a raw and unapologetically abrasive [+]
Former Mr. Bungle Saxophonist, Theo Lengyel, Charged With Girlfriend’s Murder
Theobald Lengyel, a saxophonist, helped form the experimental rock band in Northern California in the [+]
The Best Songs Our Readers Discovered in 2023
Songs by Labi Siffre, Bessie Banks, the Brat and more that became invested with fresh [+]
Richard Gaddes, Opera Impresario Who Spotted Young Talent, Dies at 81
As leader of opera companies in Santa Fe and St. Louis, he welcomed new works [+]
Willa Cather and Yehudi Menuhin: An Unlikely, Unwavering Friendship
These two titans of 20th-century literature and music formed a profound, yearslong relationship across generations [+]