Editor Pick: Music

Members of The Cars, Blondie, The Romantics, and The Chesterfield Kings make up The Empty Hearts, a retro band with high spirits and good grooves.

I would not succumb to conversion. I was a justified aficionado—personally and professionally—of popular music culture and Beyoncé stood in opposition to the music I jammed to. Or did she?

Thompson Square's two big hits, “Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not” and “If I Didn't Have You”, set me up to expect an evening of melodic ballads and sweet romantic banter.

Cellist Maya Beiser takes a serious journey into the heart of serious rock, and we're the beneficiaries.

'The Lagos Music Salon' offers not only some beautiful music, but some important ideas as well.

The Grand Undoing takes listeners back into an era of psychedelic rock.

As 'CSNY 1974' proves over and over, the concerts the "American Beatles" performed in the summer of 1974 were something special indeed.

'Mandatory Fun' sounds demanding, but it is not hard work to enjoy the genius of Weird Al at his peak.

In this, their debut EP, The Healing bring together five songs that convey the nostalgia of one's childhood home.

Few Early Music groups have become as integral a part of the performance landscape as the British group Stile Antico.