Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...

The filmmaker was celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive" and the TV ...

A radio DJ accidentally coined the title of Patty Loveless' "I Try to Think About Elvis" while discussing postage stamps.

Pattie Boyd, a woman with an undeniable allure, captivated the hearts of not one or two but three legendary rock … Continue ...

A selection of the best recorded examples of the otherwise mostly undocumented music heard in jazz clubs like Slugs’.

Let's take a look back on every album of the year Grammy Award winner, and see who got a nomination ahead of this year's ceremony.

Bob Dylan's songs are endlessly studied and interpreted. An exercise Dylan must enjoy following a lifetime throwing people off his tracks with mischievous deception and careful fiction. Though ...

The 19-year-old musician was drawn to New York by the promise of counterculture in a part of the city that's a-changin' ...

R18, R16, and R13 are labels you often see at the cinema, though rarely in your local bookstore or library. But just like ...

Sometimes, ridiculously named songs end up at number one on the top of the charts. Such as the case with these five.

Sunset Blvd., where in the late 1960s Wilson would regularly host cult leader Charles Manson and many of his followers, has ...

Hear songs from Ana Moura, the Orlons and Colin Hay that defined 2024 for readers.