music

December 2, 2023

Books Briefing

What a Classical-Music Critic Reads

Gal Beckerman

December 1, 2023

A record player and notes strewn across the floor

Culture

She Made the Pop Album of the Year. But Is She a Pop Star?

Spencer Kornhaber

December 1, 2023

Amaarae in a white crop tank and blue pants, lying on a bed with blue satin sheets in a blue room

Technology

Spotify Doesn’t Know Who You Are

Nancy Walecki

November 30, 2023

Culture

Hipsters Were Always Hypocrites. Ask Frank Zappa.

Daniel Felsenthal

November 27, 2023

Books

The Case for Challenging Music

Anthony Tommasini

November 27, 2023

Culture

What André 3000’s Flutes Album Is Trying to Tell Us

Spencer Kornhaber

November 22, 2023

André 3000 crouching in a neon yellow-green shirt holding a flute

Culture

How the Negro Spiritual Changed American Popular Music—And America Itself

Vann R. Newkirk II

December 2023 Issue

illustration with archival black-and-white photo of 3 men and 5 women in formal 19th-century clothing gathered around a piano, with hand-drawn musical symbols and illustrated blocks of red, gray, pink

Culture

The Musicians Who Sound Like Machines

Spencer Kornhaber

November 10, 2023

PinkPantheress in a white dress lying sideways on a couch with a white bird flying above her

Ideas

The Songs That Shaped My Life

Jeff Tweedy

November 8, 2023

Culture

Jungkook of BTS Is Chasing His Pop-Star Dream

Lenika Cruz

November 3, 2023

Close-up photo of Jungkook with orange light on his face and blue and white light in the background

Culture

Taylor Swift’s Tinder Masterpiece

Spencer Kornhaber

October 31, 2023

Culture

An Elegy for a Late, Great American Composer

David A. Graham

October 19, 2023

Books

The Least-Known Rock God

John Hendrickson

October 8, 2023

The Atlantic Daily

It’s Okay to Like Barry Manilow

Tom Nichols

September 29, 2023

Culture

The Weirdos Living Inside Our Phones

Spencer Kornhaber

September 27, 2023

Poem

More Schubert

Carl Dennis

September 24, 2023

a collage of fragments of a painting of Schubert

Culture

Some Good News About Your Malaise

Spencer Kornhaber

September 21, 2023

The Atlantic Daily

Mozart’s Most Metal Moment

Isabel Fattal

September 17, 2023

Books

The Undoing of a Great American Band

James Parker

October 2023 Issue

An illustration of four different Sly Stones

Culture

Political Art Isn’t Always Better Art

Spencer Kornhaber

September 15, 2023

Culture

The Problem Olivia Rodrigo Can’t Solve

Spencer Kornhaber

September 8, 2023

Culture

The Album That Made Me a Music Critic

Spencer Kornhaber

September 7, 2023

A photo of the band Smash Mouth in the 1990s

Culture

The Real Men South of Richmond

Spencer Kornhaber

August 31, 2023

Black-and-white images of Oliver Anthony and Zach Bryan playing guitar and singing, collaged with abstract red, white, and blue graphic elements

Newsletters

Opening Up the Hip-Hop Vault

Imani Perry

August 27, 2023

Culture

The ‘Transcendent Tastelessness’ of MySpace

Spencer Kornhaber

August 27, 2023

Up for Debate

Readers Weigh In on ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’

Conor Friedersdorf

August 22, 2023

A black-and-white image of Oliver Anthony singing.

The Atlantic Daily

Rocking Out on the Campaign Trail

Lora Kelley

August 18, 2023

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy raps to Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” at the Iowa State Fair on August 12, 2023.

Up for Debate

The Misguided Debate Over ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’

Conor Friedersdorf

August 18, 2023

Singer-songwriter Oliver Anthony playing guitar and singing

The Atlantic Daily

A Quieter, Gentler Music Festival

Elaine Godfrey

August 11, 2023

Culture

When Small-Town Pride Sounds Like Anger

Spencer Kornhaber

August 8, 2023

A collage of the country singers Morgan Wallen (left), Jason Aldean (center), and Luke Combs

Culture

The Song That First Captured Sinéad O’Connor’s Power

Jason Heller

July 27, 2023

The singer Sinéad O’Connor, performing in concert

Up for Debate

Why Is Tracy Chapman at the Center of a Country-Music Controversy?

Conor Friedersdorf

July 23, 2023

A black-and-white photo of Tracy Chapman playing the guitar and singing.

Culture

The Song That Made Tony Bennett a Star

Jason Heller

July 22, 2023

Tony Bennett performing in the mid-1970s

Books

The Secret to Mozart’s Lasting Appeal

Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim

July 17, 2023

Ideas

Behold the Demon Scream

Morgan Ome

July 14, 2023

Sections

The Print Edition

We’ve Never Seen Beyoncé Like This Before

What a Classical-Music Critic Reads

She Made the Pop Album of the Year. But Is She a Pop Star?

Spotify Doesn’t Know Who You Are

Hipsters Were Always Hypocrites. Ask Frank Zappa.

The Case for Challenging Music

What André 3000’s Flutes Album Is Trying to Tell Us

How the Negro Spiritual Changed American Popular Music—And America Itself

The Musicians Who Sound Like Machines

The Songs That Shaped My Life

Jungkook of BTS Is Chasing His Pop-Star Dream

Taylor Swift’s Tinder Masterpiece

An Elegy for a Late, Great American Composer

The Least-Known Rock God

It’s Okay to Like Barry Manilow

The Weirdos Living Inside Our Phones

More Schubert

Some Good News About Your Malaise

Mozart’s Most Metal Moment

The Undoing of a Great American Band

Political Art Isn’t Always Better Art

The Problem Olivia Rodrigo Can’t Solve

The Album That Made Me a Music Critic

The Real Men South of Richmond

Opening Up the Hip-Hop Vault

The ‘Transcendent Tastelessness’ of MySpace

Readers Weigh In on ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’

Rocking Out on the Campaign Trail

The Misguided Debate Over ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’

A Quieter, Gentler Music Festival

When Small-Town Pride Sounds Like Anger

The Song That First Captured Sinéad O’Connor’s Power

Why Is Tracy Chapman at the Center of a Country-Music Controversy?

The Song That Made Tony Bennett a Star

The Secret to Mozart’s Lasting Appeal

Behold the Demon Scream