Editor Pick: Music

The New Pornographers and Kate Nash were among the hundreds of artists and bands performing Thursday at SXSW Music Festival 2017 in Austin, Texas.

'True Sadness,' by the Avett Brothers, was nominated for a Grammy in the Americana category. What was the journey of its creation?

Sofi Tukker and Lo Moon helped lead Tuesday's full performance schedule at SXSW Music Festival 2017 in Austin, Texas.

Tethered by her witty, idiosyncratic lyrics and scratchy, sweet vocals, Macy Gray's "Sexual Revolution" may have been too frothy for American radio at the time of its release, but it remains one of the finest singles released from the 2000s.

Chieko Honda offers something new to the Brazilian samba spectrum that is both melodious and uniquely her own.

Garth Brooks and Zane Lowe are featured keynotes for SXSW Music Festival 2017 from March 13-19. 2017 in Austin, Texas.

Now, with time on its side, fans (and critics) have come to embrace the charm of 'Pop Life,' making it one of the group's essential albums. The LP's cheek and ability are recurring elements central to the enduring appeal of the Bananarama legend.

One-off or not, 'Crystal Fairy' should still go down as a late career highlight for The Melvins maestros (Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover) and a breakout performance for Teri Gender Bender.

Weitz writes moving narratives with his saxophone, varying the traits of each track and keeping the album progressing to another level with each arrangement.

If you are a fan of punk rock, then you more than likely have a copy of this album somewhere, so this might not be an essential purchase, you’d think. I think that the clarity on this album and the immediacy of the music despite the four decades since its recording makes it essential.