This song feels like a shared coming-of-age story. Boomers often remember listening closely to the lyrics, trying to decode ...

Most hits come from established artists playing in the pocket, carving out increasingly scarce space in their chosen genre and perfecting it for mass appeal. Some of the biggest hits, however, come ...

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The soul singer, songwriter and producer, who died on Tuesday at 51, released three studio albums of meticulously constructed, vocally ambitious, genre-crossing music. By Jon Pareles In his music, ...