Before Max Martin’s hit factory ruled radio playlists, another Swedish pop phenomenon had its run: Abba, which is reuniting after nearly 40 years. A new album, “Voyage,” is due on Nov. 5 and quasi-concert dates are scheduled in London in May; the singers will be digitized images backed by a
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5 Songs to Listen to Right Now
5 Songs to Listen to Right Now Jon ParelesListening in New York City �� Selena Gomez and Camilo, ‘999’ On “999,” Selena Gomez vies with Camilo for who can whisper-sing more quietly. Their voices, harmonizing and dialoguing, share a duet about infatuation, distance and anticipation: “I don’t have photos with
Book Review: ‘The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois,’ by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
The historic ground of Georgia is where we meet the hero of “Love Songs,” Ailey Pearl Garfield. As a young Black woman in the late 20th century, Ailey feels that sense of double consciousness, not only as Du Bois imagined it in regard to race but also in terms of
Shawn Mendes and Tainy’s Summer Breeze, and 12 More New Songs
It’s amazing that more English-speaking pop songwriters haven’t latched on to Tainy, the Puerto Rican producer behind globe-spanning hits by Bad Bunny, Selena Gomez, J Balvin and many others. Tainy puts a reggaeton beat, bachata-tinged guitar syncopations and deep sustained bass lines behind Shawn Mendes as he croons short, breathy,
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Team Up Again, and 10 More New Songs
Robert Plant, Alison Krauss and the guitarist and producer T Bone Burnett, who released “Raising Sand” in 2007, have joined forces again for an album due in the fall called “Raise the Roof.” They’ve turned Lucinda Williams’s “Can’t Let Go” into a rockabilly rumba, singing close harmony and sharing the
5 Songs to Take heed to Proper Now
5 Songs to Take heed to Proper Now Lindsay ZoladzMonitoring what’s new in pop 🎧 Camila Cabello, ‘Don’t Go But’ Fifth Concord’s authentic defector Camila Cabello returns with the enjoyable, exuberant first single from her upcoming album, “Familia.” Cabello leans more durable than ever into her Latin-pop roots right here,