A huge, gloriously silly and brutally effective amalgam of abandoned styles ripe for reinvigorating — rap-metal, dream-prog, ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Marcus Brown, the musician who records as Nourished By Time. His new album takes inspiration from the working class sounds of Baltimore house music. SUMMERS: This is ...

Few art forms are as burdened by canons as classical music and opera. That, perhaps, is why I love to be surprise ...

D’Angelo asks that question — worries it, caresses it, plumbs its unseen depths — no fewer than two dozen times in what might have been his signature hit. A meticulous, slow-to-boil ballad from the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The USC Thornton School of Music appoints Solange Knowles as the school’s first scholar in residence. Through her ...

You’re reading Critic’s Notebook, our weekend column looking at the most interesting moments in the cultural Zeitgeist. Marcus Brown’s voice is a crooner’s voice, a baritone, emanating notes from some ...