The context for pop music has shifted to the Web. “It’s the pictures that got small,” Norma Desmond famously quipped in Sunset Boulevard, when faced with the inconvenient truth that Hollywood had ...

Joni Mitchell was onto something. You don't miss liner notes until you don't have them. I admit: Many liner notes leave me cold, for two reasons. First, they're way too detailed, especially in jazz.

Remember liner notes? They used to come with every record, tape, and CD, and detailed every composer, musician, and engineer who worked on an album (what, you think Beyonce does everything herself?).

Wise lyrics, dreamy vocals and personal reflection are key features of Kali Uchis’ latest studio album “Sincerely,.” Released on May 9, the 14-track LP explores the positive and negative aspects of ...

Dave Chappelle on Prince’s Legacy: ‘He Literally Was a Sign of the Times’Read an excerpt from Chappelle’s liner notes for the Sign o’ the Times reissue.