No exploration of Japanese music would be complete without a dive into the world of J-Pop. Short for Japanese popular music, J-Pop is hard to define. It encompasses a wide breadth of genres and ...

How Japanese ingenuity transformed Western music from within. Tina Weymouth and David Byrne of Talking Heads, performing in front of a Roland Jazz Chorus amplifier in 1980.Credit...Gie Knaeps/Getty ...

My interest in rock music never ventured much past the edge of the pop world. The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, or U2 never resonated with me on a personal level. Growing up I would hear them on the ...

Mitch is on vacation this week, so we're looking back at two conversations that we loved (and which just so happen to make up this month's radio version of North Words). The first is with playwright, ...

Believe it or not, Taylor Swift’s return isn’t the only musical event on the horizon this fall. Here’s what we’re most excited to see, read and listen to in the months ahead. The main pop girls have ...

The late Quincy Jones’ life spanned the entirety of modern American pop music — a tradition he absorbed, influenced and reinvented for generations. It’s remarkable to look back on the composer, ...