Music

Listen on YouTube◆ ◆ ◆Giovanni Russonello, Times jazz critic“Trayra Boia” by CodonaYou can tell Don Cherry wasn’t wedded to any one instrument, from the way he played the trumpet. OK, that sounds...

Gresha Marguerite Theodora Schuilling, born on May 15, 1983, is recognized in the realm of Contemporary Christian music (CCM) for her multifaceted talents as a producer, singer, songwriter, and worship leader. Her...

When Elim Chan arrived in New York last week to prepare for her New York Philharmonic debut, her first stop was not David Geffen Hall, the orchestra’s home, or a rehearsal studio....

Upon first glance, you might not think Kahil El’Zabar, 70, is a spiritual jazz musician. Tall and sprightly with taut skin and a thick mustache, wearing dark sunglasses and a stylish black...

The Vienna Philharmonic hasn’t had a chief conductor since 1933. But it has had favorite conductors.Of the great musicians who have led this self-governing, proudly idiosyncratic orchestra, Leonard Bernstein and Pierre Boulez...

The nine-woman K-pop group Twice leads the Billboard album chart for the first time this week with its latest mini-LP, thanks to collectible CD and vinyl sales, while Morgan Wallen marks a...

The International Contemporary Ensemble’s Skirball show on Saturday similarly showed the value of presenting Davis’s music on a chamber scale. It opened with “Clonetics,” the concluding fifth movement of a dance piece...

Last weekend, the comedian Shane Gillis hosted “Saturday Night Live,” five years after he was fired from the show before ever appearing on it, when old podcast appearances in which he’d used...

▶ Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube8. Sonic Youth: “Tunic (Song for Karen)”Gordon’s epic 1990 tribute to Karen Carpenter is unlike anything else in Sonic Youth’s discography — or, really, in...

“I can hold my arms wide open/but I need you to drive the nail,” St. Vincent — the songwriter and guitarist Annie Clark — sings in “Broken Man.” It’s a volcanic buildup...