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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters 'A Mediator or an Arbitrator or a Facilitator': Trump's Role in the Mideast Peace Process
The president met with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at the White House.
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Mark Allan / AP Gorillaz's Drab Doomsday Dance Party
Damon Albarn’s many contributors seemed boxed in for Humanz, which dubiously imagines a dystopian blow-out.
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Frederic Meylan / Getty David Bowie’s 1987 Slump Held Its Own Weird Magic
His much-maligned album Never Let Me Down and the dazzling Glass Spider Tour it spawned were the work of a veteran artist in the throes of metamorphosis.
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Mary Rozzi / Universal Feist's Pleasure Reworks the Passage of Time
The Canadian singer’s challenging but beautiful fifth album considers nostalgia, the future, and loneliness.
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Kathy Willens / AP / Bettmann / Getty … The United States of Billy Joel
The Piano Man hasn’t released a new pop album since 1993. How does he continue to sell out stadiums?
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SubPop Father John Misty's Pointlessness Blues
His album Pure Comedy often plays like a tedious brochure for nihilism, rescued only by a few flirtations with grace.
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Apple How Significant Is the Music Industry's Rebound?
Last year saw an upturn in profits thanks to gains in streaming—but many more users will have to sign up in order for growth to continue.
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Wikimedia Commons / National Archaeological Museum of Spain Hip-Hop Adds a Chapter to the Flute’s Epic History
The flutist and author Ardal Powell offers thoughts on the recent woodwind-laden beats of Drake, Future, and others.
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Tyler Golden / NBC The Voice’s Empty Promise of the American Dream
The NBC reality singing competition has been selling glittering visions of fame for 11 seasons, but has rarely delivered on them.
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Hilary Bronwyn Gayle / HBO The Soul of Big Little Lies Is in Its Music
The HBO miniseries takes a novel approach to its score: letting its characters’ listening habits dictate what the audience hears.
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Robb Cohen / AP More Life Is Another Smart Career Swerve for Drake
The latest music-category mindbender for the internet age: Why is the rapper’s new release a “playlist” instead of an “album”?
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Innovative Leisure Snoop Dogg's Anti-Trump Video Becomes a Pro-Trump Prop
Criticism of the rapper for firing a toy gun at a presidential lookalike fits a recent pattern of blowback to dark artistic expressions.
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Barry Brecheisen The Game of Thrones Live Experience Lets Fans Bask in the Highlights
The composer Ramin Djawadi leads a concert tour that’s less a musical showcase than a rewind through the HBO drama’s six seasons.
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Richard Shotwell / Invision / AP John Legend on Underground and the Importance of Empathy
The musician and executive producer of the WGN historical drama discusses the contemporary relevance of telling marginalized stories.
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Sony Music Frank Ocean's Surprising Slide Back to Pop
His team-up with Calvin Harris and Migos on "Slide" scrambles some expectations, but mostly just sounds like summer.
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Janos Marjai / MTI / AP How Hans Zimmer Became a Rock Star
The composer of films like Gladiator, Inception, and The Dark Knight has become so ubiquitous, he’s playing at Coachella.
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Ellika Henrikson Music to Celebrate the
30-Something BluesSweden’s Jens Lekman brings a writerly eye and disco uplift to a new decade on Life Will See You Now.
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Matt Sayles / Invision / AP The Sad State of Rock at the Grammys
How did the genre that once dominated popular music fall from such great heights? The year 1991 may have the answers.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Two Shades of #Resistance at the Grammys
Katy Perry tentatively tried out political messaging while A Tribe Called Quest loudly denounced the president.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Adele, Beyoncé, and the Grammys' Fear of Progress
The 25 singer broke her trophy in two for Lemonade, the latest black visionary work sidelined in favor of a white traditionalist one.
