Maura Johnston
What Will We Continue to Learn from Prince's Legacy?
The music of Prince will from now on live as refracted by others, at karaoke bars or in ersatz jukebox sets or in cover form.
The 2016 Grammys Sucked: Is Pop Music Stuck in Neutral?
How do you create a show that scores cultural-relevancy points yet also honors those musicians who helped lay the groundwork for the form?
How Punk Rock Infected Every Form of Art
The four-letter word has impressed itself across all of creativity, despite its excess use since the days of the Dolls and the Pistols.
Let's Dance: David Bowie's Everlasting Influence on Pop Music
Talking about how Bowie influenced pop music is like talking about how oxygen affects the breathing process.
Lana Del Rey's Doomed, Weary 'Honeymoon' Is the Perfect Album for Her to Have Made Right Now
On her latest album, Lana Del Rey is doubling down on the morose and digging deeper into her arsenal of depicting a certain type of feminine sadness.
Why Is Madonna, the Grown-Ass Grammy-Winning Queen of Pop, Still Looking for Ideas to Steal?
Any cringeworthy moment Madonna serves up isn't the result of age, or of the length of her career, or even a dulled instinct as far as picking songs—so why does she keep trying to prove herself?
Zombie Michael Jackson Was Really Effing Weird and Also Sad
You don't exactly make up dance moves on the fly if you're a hologram.
American Idol: Everything Is Fate, or Something Like That
Which contestant are the producers pulling for?
American Idol: In Which Everything Goes Haywire
It may have been the most suspenseful "Idol" in four or five years.
American Idol: The Singers Choose Each Other's Songs, and There's a Rumor Ryan Seacrest Might Choose Another Job
Rumors and tweets flew after this week's episode.