Jazz pianist Fred Hersch creates subdued, lovely colors on ‘Silent, Listening’

Jazz pianist Fred Hersch fully embraces the freedom that comes with improvisation on his solo album “Silent, Listening,” spontaneously composing and performing tunes that are often without melody,

NCT Dream try to pin down a vibe in latest EP

When is a good dream not a great dream? When you don’t remember it in the morning. When is a good album not a great album?

MGMT’s ‘Loss of Life’ is a nostalgic return full of hope and heart

They say trends make a cyclical comeback every 20 years. MGMT, an American rock band formed by singers Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser in 2002,

Swedish pop singer Zara Larsson imparts wise and caring lessons of love

The month of February, with its overload of flowers, candy and everything heart-shaped, is an annual celebration of that warm, fuzzy feeling we call love.

Giorgi Mikadze Trio builds engaging musical bridge linking jazz to Eastern Europe

The Giorgi Mikadze Trio’s new jazz album ends with a bit of studio conversation before Mikadze finally says, “Let’s start,” as if the group is just getting

Rolling Stones live album will give you serious party FOMO

How ya doing?” Mick Jagger asks the crowd, arriving for a club gig in Manhattan. You read that right: A club gig. And how would YOU

Chinese boy band WayV prove their mettle with second album ‘On My Youth’

SM Entertainment’s Chinese boy band WayV have come out with guns blazing on their sophomore album, “On My Youth.” It’s no small feat for the six-piece

Ed Sheeran’s beautifully honest exploration of adult despondency

I’ve been up all night, thinking about dying,” Ed Sheeran opens “When Will I Be Alright”, one of his new album’s final tracks. “I’ve just

Allow Jorja Smith to reintroduce herself on her sophomore release, ‘Falling or Flying’

Breaks are privileges awarded veteran acts, most often an effect of long-lasting relevancy. The opposite is also true: New acts are rarely given permission to take

Big Thief’s Buck Meek delivers from high on the ear-friendly album

Buck Meek, the stellar guitarist of Big Thief, is out with his third studio album, “Haunted Mountain.” It is a lovely fusion of twang and rock

On ‘My Love of Country,’ Teddy Thompson shows affection for Nashville classics

Teddy Thompson began a recent concert by singing George Jones ‘ 1972 hit “A Picture of Me (Without You),” and smiled as the crowd applauded.

Neil Young caught in his 1970s prime with yet another ‘lost’ album

Neil Young is captured in his mid-1970s prime with “Chrome Dreams,” yet another “lost” — or “unreleased” — album officially seeing the light of day as

Indie-folk quartet Darlingside sings the blues with a lovely, inviting intimacy

Even the percussion is pretty. Darlingside’s “Everything Is Alive” achieves a melancholy-inducing beauty from the sum of its parts. That includes the quartet’s vocals, whether

On ‘Playa Saturno,’ Rauw Alejando’s futuristic reggaeton reaches new heights

Puerto Rican musician Rauw Alejandro has always had his eye on the future — taking familiar genres and contorting them into something novel. At the

Jason Isbell’s writing flair sings in latest with 400 Unit, ‘Weathervanes’

Further cementing his credentials as a songwriting force, Jason Isbell and his band have created another Alabama-accented earworm of an album that flaunts the power of

Jonas Brothers’ ‘The Album’ is a summer hit for incurable romantics

“The Album” by Jonas Brothers (Republic Records) If, like many of us, you got burned trying to get tickets to the Jonas Brothers recent tour, their latest

K-pop’s Le Sserafim offer a diabolically good time

It doesn’t hurt that the legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame producer, songwriter and guitarist Nile Rodgers lends a funky guitar riff to the spine-tingly

Lous and the Yakuza moves into love on ‘IOTA’

Lous and the Yakuza has peeled back the pain and drama of her debut autobiographical album, “Gore,’’ to reveal a space of love and playfulness on

Carly Rae Jepsen’s latest album is pop perfection

Dating in the 21st century might be a lonely time, but Carly Rae Jepsen has found a way to make an album around those experiences that’s

Taylor Swift gets dark, electric on ‘Midnights’

All of me changed like midnight,” Taylor Swift confesses halfway through her latest album, the aptly named and moody “Midnights.” It’s a moment on the electric

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