Remember when Will Smith was the fun rapper? The enormously affable, uncomplicated rapper? The giddily cheerful Fresh Prince behind “Parents Just Don’t Understand,” the Big Willie Styling hunk of “Jiggy Wit...
So, you say you like melodies? Putting your priorities there may consign you to minority status among 2025’s wider bloc of pop fans. But for the sonorously starved among us, a...
Larry Tamblyn, who co-founded the garage-rock cult-favorite band the Standells, famous for the 1965 single “Dirty Water,” died Friday, the group announced on social media. The keyboard player and sometimes lead...
Las Vegas is filled with even-better-off Deadheads, now that Dead & Company has played the second night of its second Sphere residency, and captivated multi-night attendees with a show that added...
Miranda Lambert keeps referring to the version of her that was captured on her 2005 debut album, “Kerosene,” as “baby me.” Fortunately, as an artistic toddler, Lambert was a pyromaniac. The...
Are we in a golden age for acoustic music? You’d just about have to think so, if you are privy to a couple of significant tours coming through California right now,...
When Ingrid Andress sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” before a pro hockey game in Denver earlier this month, it certainly counted as one of the most fraught renditions of the national anthem...
Speaking of “Abracadabra,” Lady Gaga may have pulled off the ultimate “Saturday Night Live” magic trick during her two musical numbers in this week’s episode: dancing furiously and singing live. ...
