Music

When the musicians of the San Antonio Philharmonic gathered on a recent night to rehearse Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the mood was celebratory.The Philharmonic, which was formed after the demise in 2022 of...

Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear were big fans of “Moana” — and its earworm-y songs — when they saw the film as teenagers in 2016.So when Disney floated the idea, eight years...

TikTok faces a possible ban in the coming days, but that did not stop one notable new user from joining the app this week: Bob Dylan.A verified account for the legendary singer-songwriter,...

One morning, when she was about 7 years old, Neko Case stood on her front porch, closed her eyes and wished with all her might to see a horse.It was a tall...

A water cooler. An electric guitar. A sash.Even if you know beforehand that the Target Margin production you’re attending will be an experimental reboot of “Show Boat,” the great-grandfather of American musicals,...

The long-simmering tension between Drake and Lamar, who had collaborated early in their careers, exploded into full-on musical beef last spring across eight rapidly released songs that included escalating personal attacks.On one...

The music producer David Mansfield flew down to Austin in May 2023 to record with Kinky Friedman, the satirical country singer, mystery novelist and twice-failed candidate for Texas governor. “I don’t think...

▶ Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube5. Devo: “Gates of Steel”“I had never heard the song before this year and it has stuck with me for two reasons. First, it’s absolutely...

He has now joined a surprisingly robust list of well-known basketball players who rap, mostly mediocrely: Allen Iverson, Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, Damian Lillard, the stars on the often awkward 1994 compilation...

On the cover of his latest album, Alexandre Kantorow’s left arm falls back behind a piano bench. A wave builds slowly from his dangled palm, up through the straight line of his...