Pop, jazz, and classical.

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• The Faerie Queen The secret to Enya's success.
  Jody Rosen Dec. 27, 2005
  
• The Jazz A-List The best albums of the year.
  Fred Kaplan Dec. 20, 2005
  
• Johnny Cash Slept Here A dispiriting visit to the Man in Black's childhood home.
  Paul Reyes Dec. 13, 2005
  
• It's All Too Much Is there anything left to say about the Beatles?
  David Yaffe Dec. 8, 2005
  
• Notes on "Humps" A song so awful it hurts the mind.
  Hua Hsu Dec. 6, 2005
  
• Billy Joel Oh, the squandered genius!
  Jody Rosen Nov. 29, 2005
  
• Two Turntables and a Saxophone How jazz plays off hip-hop.
  David R. Adler Nov. 23, 2005
  
• Country Music Comes to Town Did anyone in New York care?
  Daniel Menaker Nov. 21, 2005
  
• David Brooks, Playa Hater The New York Times columnist grapples with "gangsta rap."
  Jody Rosen Nov. 10, 2005
  
• I'm Gonna Destroy That Boy A sharp new box set of girl-group songs.
  Charles Taylor Nov. 8, 2005
  
• Ashlee Simpson vs. t.A.T.u. Guess who made the better new album.
  Michael Idov Nov. 1, 2005
  
• Southern Rock Even with an electric guitar, the past is never past.
  Ethan Hauser Oct. 28, 2005
  
• Vashti's Children How a fringe 1960s singer sparked a folk revival.
  Martin Edlund Oct. 25, 2005
  
• In the American Grain Neil Young's legendary inconsistencies.
  Hua Hsu Oct. 21, 2005
  
• Fresh Tracks Jazz in the studio vs. jazz recorded live.
  Fred Kaplan Oct. 18, 2005
  
• Liz Phair Is her new album a return to form?
  Douglas Wolk Oct. 14, 2005
  
• Seize the Time Gang of Four and the eternal returns of retro rock.
  Simon Reynolds Oct. 5, 2005
  
• Fading Star Big Star returns to its own party, 30 years too late.
  Douglas Wolk Sept. 28, 2005
  
• The Last Temptation of Dylan Watching the new documentary.
  David Yaffe Sept. 23, 2005
  
• The Pussycat Dolls The biggest tease in pop music.
  Troy Patterson Sept. 21, 2005
  
• Hip-Hop's Hamlet The fascinating contradictions of Kanye West.
  Hua Hsu Sept. 8, 2005
  
• Heavy Metal It's alive and flourishing.
  Brandon Stosuy Aug. 19, 2005
  
• Originality, Inc. The songwriting factories of Europe.
  Elisabeth Vincentelli Aug. 9, 2005
  
• Sweet Streams How to listen to new music for free.
  Bidisha Banerjee Aug. 2, 2005
  
• The Insanity Plea R. Kelly's amazing comeback.
  Hua Hsu July 20, 2005
  
• Classically Lame The most bogus claim in the music business.
  Tony Green July 12, 2005
  
• The Madonna Code Searching for the perfect music recommendation system.
  Martin Edlund July 5, 2005
  
• Copycats The cover album makes a comeback.
  Franklin Bruno June 23, 2005
  
• Melancholy Arena Rock Why is Coldplay still depressed?
  Hua Hsu June 14, 2005
  
• The Musical Genre That Will Save the World Plus, you can fold laundry to it.
  Jody Rosen June 7, 2005
  
• The World Is Phat Reggaeton, grime, baile funk, and the globalization of hip-hop.
  Martin Edlund May 25, 2005
  
• Faux Americana Why I still love Bruce Springsteen.
  Stephen Metcalf May 2, 2005
  
• The Fiona Apple Fiasco The executives at Epic won't release her new album, but they may be right not to.
  Martin Edlund April 19, 2005
  
• Refugee Chic The new album from the Sri Lankan sensation M.I.A.
  Jon Caramanica March 31, 2005
  
• The Genius of Beef 50 Cent stirs up trouble on The Massacre.
  Jody Rosen March 24, 2005
  
• Goodbye, Papa, It's Hard To Die The enduring appeal of an abominable pop song.
  James Sullivan March 16, 2005
  
• Debunking Punk What the Clash meant to rock 'n' roll.
  Stephen Metcalf Feb. 22, 2005
  
• The God-Awful Grammys Once again, the awards show is campy, patronizing, and charmingly gauche.
  Jody Rosen Feb. 15, 2005
  
• The Late Show Why Duke Ellington's late work deserves our attention.
  Stanley Crouch Jan. 12, 2005