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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the jazz artist Christie Dashiell about her first-ever Grammy nomination, for Best Jazz Vocal Album.

She possesses a keen ear for jazz phrasing and its internal rhymes ... "It isn't always necessary - or even best - to know what the exact words of a foreign song actually literally mean in order to ...

He won both a Tony and Pulitzer for arguably the greatest of all Broadway plays, Guys and Dolls, an Emmy for the movie Hans Christian Andersen, and wrote hit songs such as "Baby ... with maybe a touch ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR SONGS RANKED BY SELF-REPORTED PLAYLISTS AND SMOOTH JAZZ RADIO AIRPLAY DETECTIONS, AS MEASURED BY AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE. FOR THE LATTER, STATIONS ARE ELECTRONICALLY ...

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...

From Aussies like Simone Young trailblazing on the world stage through to the improvisatory genius of Bill Bailey, 2024 was a great year for music.