From Taylor Swift to Lil Wayne, beloved musical acts have been releasing albums way below their usual standard. As usual, it’s the big labels and streaming platforms to blame.

A brief history of our most rebellious musical genre, as seen through its DIY zines.

On the underappreciated radicalism of a hip-hop legend, and the danger of believing you can buy your way into a racist society’s elite.

The new Dylan biopic "A Complete Unknown" examines the singer’s shift away from the political folk scene and into rock-and-roll stardom. It underlines the difficult tension between using art for political force and individual expression.

Although opera has a reputation as an antiquated pastime for rich people, this thrilling art form ought to be enjoyed by all.

Outside of a church or karaoke room, singing is mostly left to the professionals. But anyone can—and should—partake in the joys of collective singing.

The rapper’s embrace of Nazi ideology is strange and awful, but it can teach us a lot about how far-right politics spread.

On my astonishing and somewhat alarming experiments with music generation software, and what AI technology means for music-making.