Many of those fans, accustomed to overpromised and underdelivered pipe dreams, scanned a lineup that included new material ...

The pop singer released her visual album on HBO. — -- Just as her much hyped HBO special came to an end on Saturday night, Beyonce released her latest musical offering -- a new visual album ...

A crop of artists on the verge of what’s next are returning with new releases, and Taylor Swift is reuniting with some of her poppiest collaborators. By Elena Bergeron Caryn GanzOlivia HornJon Pareles ...

The music industry tends to take the opposite approach from the film industry regarding new releases at the end of the year. While film studios usually save their most prestigious releases for the end ...

For years, people told Adam Duritz not to bother releasing full albums, that “nobody wants to listen to ’em anymore.” So he released Counting Crows‘ most ambitious music ever — an interlocked, ...

It’s taken a few months, since he lives in the Netherlands, but Eric Andersen finally found time to watch A Complete Unknown. And the troubadour legend, who haunted those same Village clubs during ...

I might be old-fashioned, but I like listening to albums. Spotify seems to always be fighting me on this. I like experiencing a collection of songs all at once, played in the order chosen by the ...

There is one interesting wrinkle that distinguishes “Tracks II” from the first set more than a quarter-century ago. This is not a random assemblage of loose ends that got left on the cutting room ...