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News Articles: Music Reviews

A new Dusty Springfield anthology collects singles from her time with Atlantic Records.

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On A New Anthology, Dusty Springfield's Take On Southern Soul Gets Another Look

In 1968, the British singer flew to the U.S. after signing with Atlantic Records. Her acclaimed recordings from this period are collected in Dusty Springfield: The Complete Atlantic Singles 1968-1971.

January 21, 2021
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  • Oliver Wang
Dua Lipa performs onstage for the 2020 American Music Awards. Her album,<em> Future Nostalgia, </em>ranks second on Ken Tucker's list of his favorite albums of 2020.

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  • Music Reviews

A Year Like No Other: Ken Tucker Picks 10 Albums That Made An Art Of Escapism

The pandemic, along with unprecedented political and social upheaval, created a year in which listeners sought to be transported. Enter these 10 albums. At the top of the list: X's Alphabetland.

December 15, 2020
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  • Ken Tucker
Billy Joe Shaver, photographed onstage during Willie Nelson's 4th of July Concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on July 4, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas.

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  • Music Features

The Ballad Of Billy Joe Shaver And Jerry Jeff Walker, Country Outlaws

The deaths of Walker and Shaver this month prompted critic Charles Aaron to consider the impact of their work on the wider sound of American music.

November 08, 2020
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  • Charles Aaron
Sufjan Stevens, onstage during the Academy Awards on March 4, 2018 in Los Angeles.

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Sufjan Stevens' Fifty States Of Grey

On his new album, The Ascension, Stevens beautifully considers love, doom and the modern condition of our riven commons.

September 24, 2020
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  • Lindsay Zoladz
Every now and again, a young jazz musician turns up out of nowhere to take the whole scene by surprise, and then by storm. That's exactly what we're seeing right now from Micah Thomas.

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Micah Thomas Is A Jazz Pianist With A Lot Of Runway

A recent graduate of Juilliard, pianist Micah Thomas has made some serious waves this season with his debut album, Tide, and several prominent sideman gigs.

August 10, 2020
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  • Nate Chinen
Beyoncé, at the premiere of Disney's <em>The Lion King</em> on July 09, 2019 in LA.

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  • Music Features

Beyoncé's 'Black Is King' Is A Sumptuous Search For Divine Identity

The film project, released Friday on Disney's new streaming service, finds the star seeking out a shared history of Black excellence.

August 04, 2020
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  • Cate Young
Maria Schneider.

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  • Music Features

Composer Maria Schneider Returns, With A Reckoning, On 'Data Lords'

After collaborating with David Bowie in 2014, the multiple Grammy-winning composer found her artistic process had been recombobulated a bit — much like our ever-more digital world.

July 24, 2020
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  • Nate Chinen
From its brash title track to a denouement that begs to be set free, <em>Gaslighter</em> — The Chicks' first album in 14 years — is a story of painful awakening.

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The Chicks After The Fire

Long known as firebrands ready to take on abusers, country music and the president, the trio now known as The Chicks is finding – on its first album in 14 years – beauty in loss and lonesomeness.

July 16, 2020
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  • Ann Powers
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Drummer Chad Taylor Radiates Good Vibrations On 'The Daily Biological'

Taylor brings hi-hat funk to his new trio's album. It's a slightly odd line-up, with no bass instrument — which opens up possibilities for different ways to kick the rhythm along.

July 08, 2020
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  • Kevin Whitehead
Arthur Jafa, photographed in Milan, Italy on Jan. 14, 2020.

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Arthur Jafa's Glorious Vision And Kanye West's Gilded Faith

Arthur Jafa, the celebrated artist, translates a new song from West into his own film-visual language, both elevating and transcending it.

July 08, 2020
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  • Tavia Nyong'o

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