The Gospel According to Kanye
Chapter and verse on the rapper’s new verses.
Music
Kanye West’s Reactionary Turn Isn’t Just an Act
If his conversion is sincere, is there any doubt that he’s “free indeed”?
The Irresistible Beauty of Schubert
Two recent concerts in New York provided a rare opportunity for a back-to-back savoring of some of the composer’s greatest works.
Laughs in Store
In Little Shop of Horrors, what was once off-beat is now very much on-beat, and the show has become a musical-comedy staple.
Kanye West’s Faith Triumphs Over Political Bitterness
The pop star’s new album and film disrupt godless hedonism.
Scottish Nationalists Are Hijacking Music to Push an Independence Agenda
Culture should never be a mere tool for politics, and artists should not be mouthpieces for the government.
Kanye West’s Conversion Could Be a Cultural Wrecking Ball
Kanye West is just the figure to bring a needed message that our society should reconsider what it deems praiseworthy.
A British Choral Group, ‘Singing Joyfully’ on the Upper East Side
A review of Voces8 in concert.
The Titanic Sibling Rivalry that Propelled One of the Greatest Rock Bands of the 1990s
In Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes, former Crowes drummer Steve Gorman gives an insider’s history of the band.
A Critic’s Greatness
What made Martin Bernheimer great? Let me count the ways . . .