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It's been decades since one world event has dominated the news cycle so completely. We lost more than 1.75 million…

Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, called the mother of blues, helped expand the universe of American music. Director George C. Wolfe talks…

When writing "Severance," author Ling Ma drew inspiration from various sources, including several films.

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We asked our readers which songs helped them survive a strange and devastating year. Some tracks offered an escape. Some…

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Boba Fett was a fairly minor character when Bulloch first played him in 1980's "The Empire Strikes Back." But the…

The one and only Jerry Seinfeld has had a big year with a Netflix special and a new book. Jeffrey…

Fifteen artists and authors share the songs they played again and again.

"Billie," wants to go beyond the black-and-white -- and incomplete -- narrative of self-destructive jazz artists.