Doja has a clear appreciation for ’80s touchstones — her Marc Jacobs pinstripe bodysuit and plume of hair on the Met Gala ...

The daughter of a white Jewish graphic designer and a South African actor and dancer, Doja has unwillingly become emblematic of the friction inherent to the entire pop music category. From the outset, ...

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A transitional, genre-blending album that thrives on her contradictions while questioning how seriously she takes her own artistry.

Despite being brought together by Island Records' Chris Blackwell to record one Grace Jones record, Compass Point All-Stars wound up becoming Bahamian folklore.

Doja Cat is taking it down a notch. 2023’s Scarlet was a volley of tabloid-grade intrigue that saw the singer, rapper, and producer field accusations of Satanism from observers who read a great deal ...

The artist born Prince Rogers Nelson was taking a nap in the back seat of a pink-and-white 1964 Mercury Montclair when the idea for the song that became Little Red Corvette first came to him. It was ...

Writing a column like this — a grab bag of new records that asks to be taken seriously — is a reminder that music is always ...

THU 09/25 Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sánchez Trio Banjo man Bela Fleck teams up with Edmar Castañeda, a harpist ...

Every catchy pop track hides possibilities. And once a metal band picks it up, the song shifts character—sometimes darker, ...

But Wang had been wanting to move in a more creative direction, and she dreamed of New York ever since seeing a documentary on the city’s music scene as a teenager. At 25, she enrolled at Columbia ...

As the holiday shopping season begins its long approach, here are some of vinyl treasures that have arrived recently, most of ...