Books
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Strata-East Records
This label founded in 1971 gave Afrocentric and psychedelic jazz a home, and found a breakout hit with Gil Scott-Heron…
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They Can’t All Be Nominated for Best Picture, Can They?
It’s a very competitive year for the top Oscar. With precursor awards like the Golden Globes coming soon, here’s what…
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‘The Color Purple’ Tips Its Hat to Classic Black Musicals
The new movie has so many references to Hollywood gems like “Stormy Weather” and early jazz shorts, it can be…
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Tales of the Black Underworld Fuel Hip-Hop. His Feed Recounts Them.
ValTown, an account on X and other social media platforms, spotlights gangs and drug kingpins of the 1980s and 1990s…
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‘Ferrari’ and ‘The Killer’: 1 Cinematographer, 2 Very Different Looks
Erik Messerschmidt worked with the directors Michael Mann and David Fincher to create cohesive worlds that feel nothing alike.
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Watch Taraji P. Henson Sing in ‘The Color Purple’
The director Blitz Bazawule narrates a scene from the musical, featuring the star performing as the dynamo Shug Avery.
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New Year, New Show: An Original ‘& Juliet’ Star Heads Home
Melanie La Barrie thought she would make it through her last performance of “& Juliet” without succumbing to tears. She…
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Taylor Swift Breaks a Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on the LP Chart
The latest success of “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” gives Swift 68 weeks atop the Billboard 200, surpassing Elvis Presley’s record.
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Jelly Roll, an Unlikely New Star, on the Grammys and His Rap Past
An interview with one of the year’s surprise success stories in the music industry, who’s become known as much for…
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What’s in a Name? The Battle of Baby T. Rex and Nanotyrannus.
A dinosaur fossil for sale in London embodies one of the most heated debates in paleontology.