DETROIT — “When a man is lost,” sings Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X’s wife, “does the sky bleed for him, or…
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José Luis Cortés, a Cuban musician who with his popular band, NG La Banda, helped establish the lively genre of…
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In the early 1990s, I was in a chorus assigned to sing a contemporary classical piece that was, in a…
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The proliferation of documentaries on streaming services makes it difficult to choose what to watch. Each month, we’ll choose three…
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Sid Mark, a longtime disc jockey in Philadelphia who made Frank Sinatra’s songs the center of his musical universe for…
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The Russian invasion has devastated cultural life in Ukraine, forcing renowned musical ensembles to disband and leading to an exodus…
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There are a few indicators that Win Butler, the singer and guitarist who fronts the rock band Arcade Fire, might…
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The creator of “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” says the show’s producer has refused to fully compensate…
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Charles Mingus was everything all at once: jazz, folk, dance, theater, label owner, brave Black man. In an era where…
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When I heard the news that my mother had suffered a stroke, the feeling that surfaced wasn’t despair, but an…
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