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News Articles: Music Reviews

Paul McCartney performed Beatles classics and solo hits in his first show in Atlanta since 2017. He performs a second show on Nov. 3, 2025 Atlanta.

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  • Music Reviews

Paul McCartney's triumphant return to Atlanta revs generations of fans, old and new

With two back-to-back sold-out nights underway at State Farm Arena, the 83-year-old Beatle's first shows in Atlanta since 2017 are drawing generations of fans from near and far. See our slideshow and setlist.

November 03, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
<em>The Boy Who Played the Harp</em> is the third album from ascendant British rapper Dave.

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  • Music Reviews

Dave, British rap's warrior-king, confronts the perils of power

On his story-of-the-year album The Boy Who Played the Harp, the gifted Londoner puts an eye on the human casualties of fame and success.

October 30, 2025
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Cellist and composer Clarice Jensen channels Bach's cello suites in the new album <em>In holiday clothing, out of the great darkness</em>.

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  • Music

Experimental cellist Clarice Jensen finds inspiration in Bach, and a few electronics

The restless musician, sporting less electronic gear than usual, spotlights the acoustic warmth of her instrument in pieces stimulated by Bach's cello suites.

October 17, 2025
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  • Tom Huizenga
Mick Jenkins' <em>A MURDER OF CROWS</em>, a collaboration with the producer Emil, is one of a handful of recent rap releases that prize concision and focus over algorithmic strategizing.

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  • Music Reviews

In an age of streaming excess, cult rappers master the mini-album

Three new hip-hop releases show a way forward for mid-level artists: albums the length of a network sitcom, and committing to the audience you already have.

October 09, 2025
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Laufey

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  • Music Reviews

Laufey was an 'odd fish' in native Iceland. Now she's a jazz-pop star

The Grammy Award-winning singer and musician had rigorous classical training. Now she's making music that crosses genres: "I've been inspired by Golden Age films, the va-va-voom of it all," she says.

October 08, 2025
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  • Terry Gross
Taylor Swift sounds like she's having fun all over her twelfth album, <em>The Life of a Showgirl</em>, even as her lyrics paint a picture of a star chasing the spotlight and trapped by it.

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  • Music

On 'The Life of a Showgirl,' Taylor Swift feels love's glow and the spotlight's glare

On her 12th album, the most dominant pop star of our era makes a spectacle of herself in full flower, in love and holding the music industry in the palm of her hand.

October 03, 2025
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  • Ann Powers
<em>Am I The Drama?</em>, Cardi B's second album, arrives seven years after her Grammy-winning debut.

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  • Music Reviews

Cardi B confronts 7 years of expectation, with quantity her weapon of choice

On her sophomore release, Am I the Drama?, the trash-talking Bronx rapper still has no filter — but could, perhaps, have used an editor.

September 27, 2025
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Shaky Knees 2025

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  • Music Interviews

Atlanta's Shaky Knees Music Festival draws sold-out crowds to Piedmont Park

View GPB's ultimate Shaky Knees slideshow featuring Public Enemy, Alabama Shakes, Blink-182, Lenny Kravitz, the Linda Lindas and more. Plus: an interview with Irish band Inhaler, who say Atlanta is a favorite tour stop.

September 23, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Wednesday's lead singer and main songwriter, Karly Hartzman (second from right), is fiercely loyal to her home state of North Carolina. The songs on the band's sixth album, <em>Bleeds</em>, are filled with richly detailed lyrics about characters living on the edge.

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  • Music

Wednesday's 'Bleeds' might be the rock album of the year

The sixth album by the North Carolina band, made over the course of a breakup between two of its members, is a masterpiece about life spent clinging to the edge of the abyss. 

September 22, 2025
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  • Ann Powers
<em>That's Showbiz Baby!</em> is the solo debut by Jade, who rose in the 2010s with the blockbuster U.K. girl group Little Mix.

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  • Music Reviews

For a girl-group veteran, love and fame are the same battlefield

Jade conquered the world with Little Mix, then watched the quartet burn out. On a kinetic solo debut, she puts romance in the ring with her first love: performance.

September 18, 2025
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  • Sheldon Pearce
The 21-year-old South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim plays like an old soul. On a new album, he puts his own stamp on lesser-known music by Tchaikovsky.

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  • Music

How Yunchan Lim changed my mind about Tchaikovsky's 'Seasons'

In a new album, the youngest ever Van Cliburn winner puts his own stamp on Tchaikovsky's undervalued set of piano pieces called The Seasons.

August 22, 2025
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  • Tom Huizenga
On Chappell Roan's new song "The Subway," she captures New York City's unique hardships with a broken heart.

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  • Music

Chappell Roan's thick-skinned 'The Subway' captures a survivalist New York mood

Her latest single has a new sound (wistful '90s acoustic pop), and a new vibe (toughing out whatever NYC public transportation throws at you, from rats to trash to unexpected encounters with your ex).

August 04, 2025
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  • Hazel Cills
Lorde's fourth album, and first in four years, is titled <em>Virgin</em>.

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  • Music Reviews

On the ecstatic 'Virgin,' Lorde knows she doesn't have it all figured out

The pop star's fourth album, her first since 2021's polarizing Solar Power, finds the 28-year-old shedding the stoic self-possession that defined her early career.

June 27, 2025
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  • Hazel Cills
Morgan Wallen's fourth album, <em>I'm the Problem</em>, continues his run of commercial success following a string of controversies.

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  • Music

Morgan Wallen is the elephant in the room

In 2021, Wallen was caught on video uttering a racial slur. Since then he's become the most commercially successful musician in country and popular music. How? By remaining committed to ambivalence.

May 29, 2025
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  • Ann Powers
Cassie Ventura (left) and Sean Combs at the Met Gala in New York City in 2017. Ventura testified for the prosecution in the criminal trial of Combs, who is charged with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transporting to engage in prostitution. Combs has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

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  • Music

Sean Combs trial: Cassie concludes four days of testimony

On Friday, Sean Combs' defense lawyers questioned Cassie Ventura about how much of the former couple's activities she willingly participated in. "I had to fight my way out," she said.

May 19, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
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