Today in Music History for Jan. 23: In 1893, Episcopal minister Phillips Brooks, bishop of Massachusetts and author of "O Little Town of Bethlehem," died. In 1940, country singer-songwriter Johnny ...

For the last few years I’ve been logging every movie I watched. In 2024 I watched 416 movies and in 2023 my tally was 234. In ...

In 2026 I am taking a measured approach to rereading Moby-Dick, flinging my harpoon at one chapter per day. This means being ...

In 1966, music took a bold turn with artists like The Beatles and Bob Dylan, forever changing the pop and rock scene.

The singer and songwriter who struck it big in the MTV era has a new take on the Great American Songbook — and a lot of ...

Lowell George died not long after his solo debut was released. "20 Million Things" displayed his singing and songwriting brilliance.

One Battle After Another was the big winner of the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Rapper and Rihanna partner A$AP Rocky returns from a nearly eight-year gap between albums to lead this week's batch of new music releases, which also includes titles by Zach Bryan, K-pop's Enhypen and ...

Wayne Bennett put a shine on beloved recordings by Otis Rush and Bobby “Blue” Bland, but he only cut one single under his own ...

PART 1 One of the most fascinating lectures I’ve attended is the one delivered by Gananath Obeysekere at the Royal Asiatic ...