Pop, jazz, and classical.

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• The Greatest Song Ever Filmed Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls.
  Jody Rosen Dec. 21, 2006
  
• The Best Jazz Albums of 2006 Time and tide wait for no man, except maybe jazz musicians.
  Fred Kaplan Dec. 20, 2006
  
• Slept-On in 2006 Great albums that you may have missed.
  Jody Rosen Dec. 15, 2006
  
• Die, Pitchfork, Die! The indie music site that everyone loves to hate.
  Matthew Shaer Nov. 28, 2006
  
• Don't Call It a Comeback Why the new Jay-Z album disappoints.
  Jody Rosen Nov. 21, 2006
  
• Thou Hast Made a Great Album The startling, anachronistic world of Joanna Newsom.
  Jody Rosen Nov. 17, 2006
  
• It Takes Two The duet has conquered the charts. Is that a good thing?
  Jody Rosen Nov. 14, 2006
  
• R.E.M. vs. U2 Who was the best rock band of the '80s?
  Dan Kois Nov. 9, 2006
  
• Borat Owes Me 97 Dollars How Sacha Baron Cohen is Jewish vaudeville.
  Jody Rosen Nov. 3, 2006
  
• Take the O Train The new Ornette Coleman album is incredibly good.
  Fred Kaplan Oct. 30, 2006
  
• Beck's Home Videos The Information is great conceptual art.
  Troy Patterson Oct. 24, 2006
  
• High Score Who's the greatest film composer of all time?
  Jan Swafford Oct. 17, 2006
  
• Rock 'n' Roll Schmuck The legendary New York club CBGB closes upon a legacy including the Ramones, Talking Heads, and Television. And then there's me.
  Paul Collins Oct. 13, 2006
  
• Embrace the Cliché In defense of the Killers' great—and greatly loathed—new album.
  Jonah Weiner Oct. 11, 2006
  
• Classic Put-Downs Was Brahms a wiseass?
  Jan Swafford Oct. 2, 2006
  
• Justin in Timbaland FutureSex/LoveSounds is a freaky, great, avant-garde pop record.
  Jody Rosen Sept. 21, 2006
  
• Actually, I Hate That Song The attempt to build a music recommender that doesn't suck.
  Matthew Shaer Sept. 19, 2006
  
• Clicking for Classics The top 10 classical music downloads on iTunes.
  Marc Geelhoed Sept. 12, 2006
  
• Crazy for "Crazy" Everyone is covering Gnarls Barkley's big hit.
  Jody Rosen Sept. 7, 2006
  
• X-ed Out The Village Voice fires a famous music critic.
  Jody Rosen Sept. 5, 2006
  
• Bob Dylan's Make-Out Album The romantic—and spectacular—Modern Times.
  Jody Rosen Aug. 30, 2006
  
• A Band Apart OutKast's multimedia swan song.
  Hua Hsu Aug. 25, 2006
  
• Johnny Cash, Cornball Can pop music be both great art and shameless kitsch?
  Jody Rosen Aug. 15, 2006
  
• Tangled Up in Keys Why does Bob Dylan namecheck Alicia Keys in his new song?
  David Yaffe Aug. 11, 2006
  
• Last Exit for Sleater-Kinney Notes on the break-up of an iconic band.
  Marisa Meltzer Aug. 4, 2006
  
• Various Artists Can Top 40 hit compilations save the music business?
  Jody Rosen July 28, 2006
  
• Blazin' Out Yo La Tengo What happens when Brits and hip-hop collide.
  Simon Reynolds July 25, 2006
  
• Alas, Poor Yorke A revealing solo album from Radiohead's lead singer.
  Hua Hsu July 19, 2006
  
• Paris Hilton, Anti-Hero She finds a niche in a crowded field of divas.
  Jody Rosen July 14, 2006
  
• Jack Is the Decider How a radio format is a lot like our president.
  Greg Milner June 27, 2006
  
• Nostalgic for Nothing The unstoppable Sonic Youth.
  Hua Hsu June 23, 2006
  
• Funky White Boys The improbable rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
  Jody Rosen June 2, 2006
  
• American Idol Why Taylor Hicks will take the crown.
  Jody Rosen May 23, 2006
  
• Making Fun of Drummers Listening to Roy Haynes will cure you of this habit.
  Stanley Crouch May 16, 2006
  
• The Perils of Poptimism Does hating rock make you a music critic?
  Jody Rosen May 9, 2006
  
• Blacklisted Is Stephin Merritt a racist because he doesn't like hip-hop?
  John Cook May 9, 2006
  
• Better Than Prozac Listening to New Order.
  Hua Hsu May 5, 2006
  
• The Politics of Morrissey Now is the time to listen to the bard of mopery.
  Armond White May 2, 2006
  
• The Fab 4 Million YouTube and the neglected art of lip-syncing.
  Sam Anderson April 28, 2006
  
• The Boss Shall Overcome Bruce Springsteen's new album of folk classics.
  Jody Rosen April 21, 2006
  
• Sour Note When will the Pulitzer Prize in music get it right?
  Fred Kaplan April 19, 2006
  
• Tila Tequila for President The bikini-clad singer who rules the musical democracy of MySpace.
  Jonah Weiner April 11, 2006
  
• Rap's Immovable Object The incredible longevity of LL Cool J.
  Jody Rosen April 4, 2006
  
• We're Soaring! We're Flying! For every generation, there is a musical.
  Marisa Meltzer March 31, 2006
  
• Who Is Morph the Cat? And other mysteries from Donald Fagen's new CD.
  Fred Kaplan March 23, 2006
  
• G-d's Reggae Star How Matisyahu became a pop phenomenon.
  Jody Rosen March 14, 2006
  
• Miles Davis, Romantic Hero Assessing the trumpeter's legacy as he enters the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
  Stanley Crouch March 13, 2006
  
• John Coltrane's Finest Hour Before he jumped into the aesthetic abyss.
  Stanley Crouch March 10, 2006
  
• Enjoy Coke! Two cold-blooded rappers who insist they deal drugs. A lot.
  Jonah Weiner Feb. 28, 2006
  
• Free Bob Marley! He's been hijacked by stoned suburban teenagers.
  Field Maloney Feb. 22, 2006
  
• When Cheeseballs Sing Standards Barry Manilow's got a No. 1 album. What gives?
  Jody Rosen Feb. 15, 2006
  
• The Grammy Paradox They're awful. But they're good for pop music.
  Jody Rosen Feb. 8, 2006
  
• A Thousand Little Melodies My unfortunate addiction to children's music.
  Sam Anderson Jan. 27, 2006
  
• The Sexiest Sex Machine Jamie Foxx's new album.
  Jody Rosen Jan. 17, 2006
  
• Slept-On in 2005 The overlooked albums of last year.
  Jody Rosen Jan. 5, 2006