Tag: Pop and Rock Music
Issy Wood Met Power Players in Art and Music. She Went Her Own Way.
For the last three years, through art fairs, auctions, a global pandemic and an album release, the British…
Olivia Newton-John, Pop Singer and ‘Grease’ Star, Dies at 73
Olivia Newton-John, who sang some of the biggest hits of the 1970s and ’80s while recasting her image…
The Stories of Teen Punks That Ruled New York In the Late ’70s
The year was 1977, and the first generation of New York City punk and alternative bands had moved…
Beyoncé Will Change ‘Heated’ Lyrics After ‘Ableist Slur’ Criticism
Days after the release of her latest album, “Renaissance,” Beyoncé will modify the lyrics of one of its…
‘Renaissance’ Review: America Has a Problem and Beyoncé Ain’t It
It’s too much, this being alive. Too heavy, too uncertain, too chronically cataclysmic, too bellicose, too unwell, too…
Beyoncé’ Unveils ‘Renaissance,’ the First of Three New Projects
Since “Lemonade” (2016), her last solo studio LP and accompanying film, Beyoncé has tided fans over with a…
Is Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Rollout (Gasp!) Conventional?
An upbeat lead single ready for radio. An album title and release date with plenty of notice. A…
What Is Beyoncé’s Definitive Album?
Much is made of pop star “eras” these days, but the term is deployed as a tool of…
Maggie Rogers’s Higher Calling
Like a lot of artists during the early days of the pandemic, Maggie Rogers was living a sequestered,…
Lizzo’s Empowerment Pop Gets Stuck in the Same Groove
Since her charismatic breakout hit “Truth Hurts” dominated the Hot 100 in 2019, the music of the Houston-raised…
Lizzo Conquers Self-Doubt With an ’80s Jam, and 7 More New Songs
“2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)” — from Lizzo’s new album, “Special” — is a self-questioning self-help pop…
The 1975’s Chamber-Pop Confessions, and 8 More New Songs
Matty Healy, the proudly enigmatic singer-songwriter of the 1975, leads his group into chamber-pop with “Part of the…