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March 6, 2024

A vinyl copy of Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue”

The Wonder Reader

Can Anyone Learn to Sing?

Isabel Fattal

March 2, 2024

Culture

Why the Best Singers Can’t Always Sing Their Own Songs

Marc Hogan

March 1, 2024

Culture

The Missing Piece of the Bob Marley Biopic

Hannah Giorgis

February 17, 2024

Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob Marley in “Bob Marley: One Love”

Culture

The Fabulous Desperation of Our Celebrities

Spencer Kornhaber

February 16, 2024

Close-up shot of Jennifer Lopez lying down and looking serious

Ideas

Taylor Swift Is Just the Latest Subject in a Long History of Pop Conspiracy Theories

Jesse Walker

February 9, 2024

Time-Travel Thursdays

How The Atlantic First Made Sense of Jazz

David A. Graham

February 8, 2024

An orange-tinted photo of Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet in front of a microphone

Culture

Toby Keith Had More to Talk About Than His Politics

Brad Shoup

February 8, 2024

Ideas

A Rare Moment Americans Could All Share

Peter Wehner

February 6, 2024

Tracy Chapman performing with a guitar at the Grammys, backdropped by stage lights

Culture

What Joni Mitchell Proved at the Grammys

Spencer Kornhaber

February 5, 2024

Culture

Justin Timberlake’s Air of Desperation

Esther Zuckerman

January 28, 2024

Still of Justin Timberlake and Dakota Johnson

Culture

Mary Weiss, the Flinty Voice of Heartbreak

Paula Mejía

January 27, 2024

The three members of the Shangri-Las standing in front of a wall

Culture

The Band That’s Been Charting America’s Burnout for Decades

Spencer Kornhaber

January 25, 2024

the three members of green day lying on white lawn chairs

Culture

A Dark Omen for the Future of Music

Spencer Kornhaber

January 18, 2024

An illustration of a pair of headphones, crying

The Atlantic Daily

The Secret Joys of Geriatric Rock

Tom Nichols

December 31, 2023

The Tubes vocalist Fee Waybill supporting Hollywood Vampires at Birmingham Utilita Arena, July 11th, 2023

Music

Madonna Dances With Death

Spencer Kornhaber

December 15, 2023

Madonna dressed in black robes with light beams framing her

Culture

The 10 Best Albums of 2023

Spencer Kornhaber

December 13, 2023

Newsletters

The Dark Side of Christmas Music

Lora Kelley

December 8, 2023

Vinyl record player next to a Christmas tree and lights

Culture

A Spiritual Manifesto for the Dispossessed

James Parker

December 4, 2023

Shane MacGowan standing against a cream and green wall wearing a Pogues black shirt and sunglasses

Culture

We’ve Never Seen Beyoncé Like This Before

Spencer Kornhaber

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

Sections

The Print Edition

A Kind of Timeless Jazz Masterpiece

Can Anyone Learn to Sing?

Why the Best Singers Can’t Always Sing Their Own Songs

The Missing Piece of the Bob Marley Biopic

The Fabulous Desperation of Our Celebrities

Taylor Swift Is Just the Latest Subject in a Long History of Pop Conspiracy Theories

How The Atlantic First Made Sense of Jazz

Toby Keith Had More to Talk About Than His Politics

A Rare Moment Americans Could All Share

What Joni Mitchell Proved at the Grammys

Justin Timberlake’s Air of Desperation

Mary Weiss, the Flinty Voice of Heartbreak

The Band That’s Been Charting America’s Burnout for Decades

A Dark Omen for the Future of Music

The Secret Joys of Geriatric Rock

Madonna Dances With Death

The 10 Best Albums of 2023

The Dark Side of Christmas Music

A Spiritual Manifesto for the Dispossessed

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