Actor Joe Keery "studies" Pavement singer Stephen Malkmus in Alex Ross Perry's film Pavements. Utopia hide caption
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Morgan Wallen's fourth album, I'm the Problem, continues his run of commercial success following a string of controversies. Spidey Smith hide caption
Sufjan Stevens in the Carrie & Lowell era. The singer-songwriter has revisited his 2015 album about his late mother, surfacing old demos and some complicated new feelings. Emmanuel Afolabi hide caption
10 years later, Sufjan Stevens offers a startling reevaluation of 'Carrie & Lowell'
Common and Kanye West on the set of the music video for "The Corner," a single from Common's 2005 album, Be, which West executive produced. Raymond Boyd/Getty Images/Michael Ochs Archives hide caption
Taylor Swift fans in Melbourne, Australia take photos of tickets to a concert during the singer's record-breaking Eras Tour in 2024. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images hide caption
Rapper and producer Dezzy Hollow at Maximum Fun Daniel Speer hide caption
Bells Larsen (middle) was forced to cancel his U.S. tour because of the Trump administration's gender policy. Other artists like Alex Bernath (right) are reconsidering the benefits of touring the U.S., while some, like Trupa Trupa (left), are determined to perform stateside despite a challenging visa process and increased immigration enforcement. Brian Kramer; Lawrence Fafard; Alex Bernath; hide caption
International musicians rethink touring the U.S. amid aggressive immigration policies
Justin Hopkins (from left), Nathan Granner, David Morgans, Markel Reed and Chaz'men Williams-Ali rehearse a scene for the Detroit Opera's performances of Anthony Davis' opera The Central Park Five on May 10, 16 and 18. Austin T. Richey/Detroit Opera hide caption
This opera tells the story of 'The Central Park Five,' Donald Trump's role included
Soprano Barbara Hannigan takes the spotlight on Electric Fields, a new collaborative album inspired by the 12th-century abbess and composer Hildegard von Bingen. Marco Borggreve hide caption
Tirzah's Devotion is one of our picks for a perfect Sunday morning album. Spike Lynch-Koch hide caption
Miles Caton as aspiring bluesman Sammie Moore in a pivotal scene from Sinners. Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
Singer-songwriter Willie Nelson performs onstage with Willie Nelson & Family during the 46th annual Willie Nelson 4th of July Picnic at the Austin360 Amphitheater on July 4, 2019, in Austin, Texas. Rick Kern/WireImage for Shock Ink hide caption
Between founding the string and jug band Carolina Chocolate Drops and winning a Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur grant, Rhiannon Giddens has become one of folk music's foremost advocates for understanding the crucial role of Black musicians in the history of American roots music. This weekend, a North Carolina-based festival that she curated, Biscuits & Banjos, will feature dozens of Black artists performing and speaking on panels about their experiences in the genre. Karen Cox hide caption
Yola's simple, radical act of walking through her life
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Composer Jennifer Higdon during rehearsal at the OK Mozart Festival in Oklahoma. Her music receives over 250 performances each year. OK Mozart Festival/OK Mozart Festival hide caption
Jane Remover, a 21-year-old musician whose youthful interest in online gaming transformed into a music career, is a central figure of digicore, an emerging offshoot of the hyperpop culture that took off in the 2010s. Brendon Burton hide caption
The Madi Diaz song "God Person" is just one of the tracks that hit us hard. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
PlaqueBoyMax attends ComplexCon in Las Vegas in November 2024. Already an online celebrity for his livestreams, he released his debut EP, LONDON, on March 20. Sara Jaye/Getty Images for Complex hide caption
Thought he spent time around the folk revival scene of the 1960s, Michael Hurley quickly cut a unique path for his career, with an extremely independent approach to recording and releasing music. Sarah Taft hide caption