Music & Culture
University of Florida is giving an honorary doctorate in music to the late Tom Petty
The school is based in Gainesville, where Petty was born and raised. His family also donated $100,000 to establish the Tom Petty Endowment for Guitars and Innovation.
Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band, 'People's Park'
Brian Blade's band makes jazz-inflected, gospel-rooted music suffused with a glowing consonance.
On 'Jackman,' Jack Harlow is aggrieved and ready to let everyone hear about it
The rapper's third album is a string of prickly songs that spend more time exposing his neuroses than truly analyzing them.
2023 Rock Hall inductees include Kate Bush, Willie Nelson and Missy Elliott
The seven performers going into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2023 class reflect the institution's widening definition of its namesake genre.
Compared with the rest of the band, lead vocalists are getting quieter
Lead vocalists have gotten quieter over the decades, compared with the rest of the band. That's the conclusion of a new study that analyzes chart-topping pop tunes from 1946 to 2020.
40 Songs From 40 Years Of 'Weird Al' Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic's self-titled debut came out 40 years ago, on May 3, 1983. So our resident super-fan listened to all of his songs and ranked the 40 best.
A forgotten opera premieres 280 years late
A Jean-Philippe Rameau opera, left unfinished at time of his death and recently completed by a musicologist, gets its premiere 280 years later, with extravagant costumes.
caroline: Tiny Desk Concert
The minimalist English octet stresses a communal spirit in its Tiny Desk performance.
PHOTOS: What we saw at Pharrell's Something in the Water festival
Despite the rain, highlights includes performances by Lil Wayne, Doechii, Latto, Kaytranada and more.