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Omar Apollo's second album, “God Said No,” delves into a breakup with all its complications, transformed into pensive alt-R&B. Jon Pareles names it a Critic's Pick. nytimes.com/2024/07/01/art…

Why Donald Glover Is Saying Goodbye to Childish Gambino nytimes.com/2024/07/17/art…

Criticism meets reporting. A paradigm: 104 Shows. $260 Million. After 10 Years, Billy Joel Closes a Chapter. nytimes.com/2024/07/26/art…

All true. Meshell Ndegeocello Could Have Had Stardom but Chose Music Instead nytimes.com/2024/08/01/art…

MISSY ELLIOTT MOODBOARD very cool new feature from the team on the occasion of Missy’s first-ever headlining tour (!), breaking down her inspirations from across the decades nytimes.com/interactive/20…

A vital archive. A Jazz DJ’s Lifetime of Knowledge Leaves Queens for a New Nashville Home nytimes.com/2024/08/11/nyr…

“Like nearly the entire body of work that Anderson has created since the 1980s, 'Amelia,' is an uncontainable hybrid,” Jon Pareles writes in a @NYTimes feature on Laurie and her new album: nytimes.com/2024/08/28/art… 📷: OK McCausland

Definitive profile (of course) by melena ryzik LL Cool J Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop. (And Why Would He?) nytimes.com/2024/08/31/art…

Kris Kristofferson’s Stories Were Wonderfully Larger Than Life nytimes.com/2024/09/30/art…

Remember Kris Kristofferson with his music: listen to 12 essential songs, via Jon Pareles. nytimes.com/2024/09/30/art…

On her second album, Orla Gartland makes a complicated relationship sound “squonky.” Jon Pareles talks with the internet-native Irish songwriter. nyti.ms/4gQpaNi

#BandcampFriday is in season.

Grayson Currin, who is not on X, helped put together this amazing compilation to benefit North Carolina flood relief, featuring dozens of unreleased tracks from artists like R.E.M., War on Drugs, Waxahatchee, Angel Olsen, and many many more cardinalsatthewindow.bandcamp.com/album/cardinal…

Cissy Houston Saw Music’s Peaks and Life’s Valleys nytimes.com/2024/10/08/art…

An Artists’ Squat Fought New York City for Decades. Did It Just Win? nytimes.com/2024/10/08/nyr…

exactly : Quincy Jones Orchestrated the Sound of America nytimes.com/2024/11/04/art…

Full story: OffBeat to cease publication after 37 years nola.com/entertainment_… via @nolanews

Headed for Bluesky. [email protected]

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ME & JP & LZ on THE DAILY talking the biggest pop stories of the year! Jon Pareles Lindsay Zoladz Melissa Kirsch nytimes.com/2024/12/27/pod…