It’s how the streaming service exploits musicians to pay podcasters like Rogan millions of dollars.

Neil Young’s threat to pull his catalog is only the latest predictable consequence of spending $100 million on the popular, controversial podcaster.

The best reason to listen to Johnny Cash is his music, not his political opinions.

TNR editor Michael Tomasky talks with the music-business impresario about the impact that artists have on politics.

The pop star is attempting to end her oppressive conservatorship, but it’s not just her father and a judge who robbed her of agency.

Everyone streams music. Musicians make pennies. Is Spotify to blame?

The fiercely competitive field of Dylanology pits expert against expert. No one is spared—not even Dylan himself.

The trip hop group’s “Unfinished Sympathy,” which turned 30 years old this pandemic winter, evokes the urban soundscape of a lost era.

The pandemic has only accelerated a years-long trend of cultural homogenization—and it is bound to get worse.

The curious appeal of the country legend in a divided nation

What critics get wrong about the genre’s long-standing diversity problems

Alex Winter’s new documentary about the musician fails to capture his deeply conventional streak.

New books by Mariah Carey and Lana Del Rey report from inside the trap of celebrity.

After 50 years of living in rural obscurity, the now-legendary electronic musician has a message for the young.

Willa Cather, Thomas Mann, and WEB Du Bois all drew on his work. Hitler was his most fateful disciple. Has the composer’s legacy been misunderstood?

The movement has resisted an anthem. Instead, it has redefined protest music.

A new book about the free jazz pioneer illuminates the moral and political significance of the postwar avant-garde.

A new book about the legendary singer Odetta comes not a minute too soon.

In the past month, Bob and Bey have surprised fans with new music. Maybe a duet next?

Spike Jonze’s “Beastie Boys Story” tracks the band’s evolution from sexist hoodlums to beloved Gen X heroes.