Music

Listen to new music from Japanese Breakfast, Central Cee and Lucy Dacus.

For more than a decade, On Site Opera, a small but nimble performing arts group, brought opera to unexpected places: the Bronx Zoo, Madame Tussauds, cafes and soup kitchens. The company won...

Your life was shaped by World War II. You were born in Poland in 1939 and moved to Germany as a child. Your father disappeared in Poland.I grew up in Wuppertal, a...

On Thursday, three days before the Grammys, will come another major fund-raising event: FireAid, a benefit concert at the Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum, two arenas in Inglewood, Calif., with a...

In fall 2000, Cox and Danielson traveled to Peyrotte’s house outside Paris, where they chatted over wine and cheese. Then Danielson spent a few hours there reviewing Peyrotte’s scores and quickly made...

The protracted delay mirrors the many obstacles the musicians faced as migrants to the U.K. decades ago. While the pair now live in Anguilla, for the interview, conducted by video, Scipio spoke...

If you’re “Saturday Night Live” and you need someone to play Alexander Hamilton in an opening sketch about the Founding Fathers, there’s only one person you can turn to: Lin-Manuel Miranda.And then...

Feb. 14, 1981Funky 4 + 1Invited by the host and “Rapture” hitmaker Debbie Harry of Blondie, the Funky 4 + 1 became the first hip-hop group to perform on national network TV,...

Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX and Shakira will be among the performers at the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 2.Details about this year’s Grammy ceremony have been scant...

In the classical music business, the pianist Yuja Wang is one of the few safe bets. Her glamorous sound, fiery technique and sharp musicality, served up with impish charm and slinky couture,...