The Metropolitan Opera Guild Will Wind Down Amid Financial Woes
The Metropolitan Opera Guild, a nonprofit that supports the storied opera house and publishes the magazine Opera News, will wind down its operations and...
Clarence Avant, Mighty Engine Behind Black Superstars, Dies at 92
Clarence Avant, a record executive who shaped the careers not only of Bill Withers, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson and other Black singers, but also...
Fans Celebrate Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary
The start of hip-hop dates to Aug. 11, 1973, when DJ Kool Herc created continuous break-beats by working two turntables during a party in...
Too Short’s Long (and Very Raunchy) Life in Rap
The imagery on these records would echo across rap’s landscape. “I could hear what other artists were doing when they were talking about this...
Hear Robbie Robertson’s Essential Songs
The Band, “Chest Fever” (1968)Robertson’s cackling guitar counters the pomp of Garth Hudson’s organ intro and the hefty chords in the verses. Richard Manuel...
