NYC Music News

Tate McRae Dances in and Out of Love, and 10 More New Songs

Hear tracks by Ledisi, Perfume Genius featuring Aldous Harding, Smerz and others.

Published on: February 21, 2025, 7:49 pm

Seong-Jin Cho Tackles a Ravel Piano Marathon in New York

Performing in New York, Seong-Jin Cho presented a marathon survey of Ravel’s solo piano works and appeared in Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto.

Published on: February 21, 2025, 3:30 pm

A Playlist Packed With Crossword Clues

Sia! Abba! ELO! Let us help you solve some puzzles with this compilation of songs by crossword-famous musicians.

Published on: February 21, 2025, 7:00 pm

Voletta Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother, Dies at 78

She played the rapper music as a child, stood by his side during his meteoric career and navigated the legal and artistic questions that arose after his killing.

Published on: February 22, 2025, 5:44 am

Celebrating Jonathan Larson, Creator of ‘Rent,’ in a New Show Off Broadway

“The Jonathan Larson Project,” a years-in-the-making musical collage of Larson’s life, features songs he wrote before he died. Now it’s onstage at the Orpheum.

Published on: February 22, 2025, 7:25 pm

Cover Bob Mould in a Weighted Blanket, and Turn on Vintage Wrestling

The veteran rocker, who’s releasing his 15th album, discusses the thrills of an exclusive techno club and loving “Only Murders in the Building.”

Published on: February 22, 2025, 10:00 am

Coming Soon to Trump’s Kennedy Center: A Celebration of Christ

Richard Grenell, the center’s new president, told a conservative gathering that the “big change” at the center would be a “huge celebration of the birth of Christ at Christmas.”

Published on: February 21, 2025, 11:21 pm

Olga James, a Star of ‘Carmen Jones’ and ‘Mr. Wonderful,’ Dies at 95

An operatic soprano, she had high-profile roles on film and stage in the 1950s. But after that, she mostly spent her career away from the limelight.

Published on: February 21, 2025, 6:31 pm

Jerry Butler, Hitmaking Singer Known as the Iceman, Dies at 85

With his resounding baritone and courtly manner, he led the Impressions before beginning a solo career, recording songs like “Only the Strong Survive.”

Published on: February 22, 2025, 7:42 am

‘Safe House’ Review: Singing a Song of Loneliness

Enda Walsh’s formal experiment, at St. Ann’s Warehouse, finds him in pared-back mode.

Published on: February 21, 2025, 12:37 pm

Nick Jonas, Sadie Sink and More Had Broadway Debuts as Kids. Now They’re Back.

Nick Jonas, Sadie Sink and Christian Slater are among this year’s unusually large cohort of stars who first appeared onstage as tweens or even younger.

Published on: February 21, 2025, 10:00 am

Review: Vikingur Olafsson and Yuja Wang, Side by Side

Vikingur Olafsson and Yuja Wang appeared at Carnegie Hall with a unified approach to works by Schubert, John Adams, Rachmaninoff and more.

Published on: February 20, 2025, 4:38 pm

Drake’s Tentative Comeback, Plus: New Music From the Weeknd and More

On Popcast, a survey of the biggest and best albums released recently, including Drake with PartyNextDoor, the Weeknd, Central Cee, Oklou and others.

Published on: February 20, 2025, 2:20 pm

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Files to Dismiss Sex-Trafficking Charge Due to ‘Racist Origins’

The music mogul’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss a sex-trafficking charge, saying that the law involved has “racist origins.”

Published on: February 19, 2025, 6:45 pm

Drawing From Bob Dylan’s Songbook, Learning Lessons in Mortality

Todd Almond wrote an oral history on Conor McPherson’s “Girl From the North Country” and its passage through Broadway’s pandemic shutdown.

Published on: February 20, 2025, 4:08 pm

The Met Opera Announces Its 2025-26 Season

Our critics choose highlights from a lineup that includes six new productions and modern works by Mason Bates, Kaija Saariaho and Gabriela Lena Frank.

Published on: February 20, 2025, 4:41 pm

At Kennedy Center, Trump Inherits a Tough Job: Fund-Raising

For the arts institution, which receives only a small portion of its budget from federal funding, the perennial challenge is to raise additional revenue through ticket sales and private donations.

Published on: February 20, 2025, 5:57 pm

A New Documentary Uncovers One of Pop’s Tragic Mysteries: Q Lazzarus

Her haunting song “Goodbye Horses” had a star turn in “The Silence of the Lambs,” but the enigmatic artist behind it seemingly vanished for decades after.

Published on: February 19, 2025, 10:00 am

ASAP Rocky Found Not Guilty of Shooting Former Friend in Assault Trial

The rapper had faced two felony counts of assault with a firearm in connection with a 2021 altercation in Los Angeles.

Published on: February 19, 2025, 2:30 pm

A Soundtrack to a Fabulous Memoir Crackling With Music

Hear songs from Lucy Sante’s “I Heard Her Call My Name” by ESG Public Image Ltd., the Floaters and more.

Published on: February 18, 2025, 7:00 pm

Hundreds of Artists Call on N.E.A. to Roll Back Trump’s Restrictions

A letter signed by 463 playwrights, poets, dancers, visual artists and others pushes back against new grant requirements that bar the promotion of diversity or “gender ideology.”

Published on: February 19, 2025, 1:00 am

Barrie Kosky Is the Director New York Has Been Waiting For

One of the busiest stage directors in Europe is fully arriving, at last, with “The Threepenny Opera” this spring.

Published on: February 18, 2025, 10:01 am

9 Songs That Define R&B’s New Era

A playlist of recent tracks by women singer-songwriters, from Jazmine Sullivan to Raye, who are changing the music industry.

Published on: February 18, 2025, 10:01 am

Hear How a ‘Smash’ Song Got a Broadway Makeover

“Let Me Be Your Star,” which evokes an actor’s longing to shine, has come a long way from its TV days. Here’s how the song evolved on its way to the stage.

Published on: February 18, 2025, 2:58 pm

Muni Long, Kehlani and Other Women Reinventing R&B

A group of young singer-songwriters have transformed the genre by looking backward, without getting stuck in the past.

Published on: February 18, 2025, 10:00 am

Paquita la del Barrio, Whose Songs Empowered Women, Dies at 77

In unflinching ballads that spoke of the pain men can cause women, the Mexican singer often relied on what she learned in her own relationships.

Published on: February 20, 2025, 10:24 pm

Live Performance in New York City: Here’s What to See This Spring

Onstage, Denzel Washington is Othello, and Paul Mescal is Stanley Kowalski as stars illuminate the theater marquees. Plus: FKA twigs takes “Eusexua” on tour. Bang on a Can, Twyla Tharp, and much more.

Published on: February 18, 2025, 5:46 pm

Why Is an Entire Age of American Opera Missing at the Met?

A concert performance of “Vanessa” freshly argued for the vitality of a work that deserves to be staged but languishes with its midcentury peers.

Published on: February 17, 2025, 10:02 am

At 30, the Jazz Gallery Remains a Force. Rio Sakairi Is Its Heart.

The nonprofit venue’s artistic director has long booked and guided artists from her gut.

Published on: February 17, 2025, 10:01 am

Lea Salonga Is Never Getting Tired of Sondheim

The Tony-winning actress co-stars with Bernadette Peters in “Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends,” a show that is letting her surprise audiences with her comedy chops.

Published on: February 16, 2025, 10:01 am