Pop, jazz, and classical.

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• The Best Jazz Albums of 2007 Mingus, Hancock, Lovano, Friedlander …
  Fred Kaplan Dec. 18, 2007
  
• How Thriller Changed Pop Music Plus: Emo-Semitism, Richard Hawley, and Pimp C.
  Jody Rosen Dec. 5, 2007
  
• Stairway to Stardom If Led Zeppelin reunites, will they play the song that almost destroyed them?
  Andrew Goodwin Dec. 4, 2007
  
• Farewell, Quiet Riot Plus: Has Timbaland become a hack?
  Jody Rosen Nov. 28, 2007
  
• Rock Band vs. Real Band Sleater-Kinney's guitarist tests out the new video game Rock Band.
  Carrie Brownstein Nov. 27, 2007
  
• Deep Eco-Metal Delve far enough into heavy metal, and you'll find environmentalists.
  Erik Davis Nov. 13, 2007
  
• Haydn vs. Mozart A guide for listeners who can't tell the composers apart.
  Erik Tarloff Oct. 23, 2007
  
• German Emo Boys How Tokio Hotel conquered the 'tweens of Europe.
  Elisabeth Vincentelli Oct. 16, 2007
  
• The Enchantress Danielle de Niese, the diva who can bring a new generation to opera.
  Evan Eisenberg Oct. 12, 2007
  
• Electronica: The Sequel Has the music of the future finally arrived?
  Hua Hsu Sept. 18, 2007
  
• The Indie City Why Portland is America's indie rock Mecca.
  Taylor Clark Sept. 11, 2007
  
• The Great Hip-Hop Bake-Off! It's Kanye vs. 50—but is the era of rap superstardom over?
  Jonah Weiner Sept. 6, 2007
  
• The Goldberg Variations Made New Move over Glenn Gould, here's Simone Dinnerstein.
  Evan Eisenberg Aug. 27, 2007
  
• R. Kelly Gets the Joke Why Trapped in the Closet is a brilliant career move.
  Jody Rosen Aug. 22, 2007
  
• Max Roach Why he was jazz's greatest drummer.
  Fred Kaplan Aug. 22, 2007
  
• Mr. Manchester How Tony Wilson changed the face of pop culture.
  Jody Rosen Aug. 17, 2007
  
• I'd Like To Dedicate This Next Song to Jesus The freaky origins of Christian rock.
  Erik Davis July 31, 2007
  
• Sexbot Why T-Pain is the perfect Web 2.0 pop star.
  Jody Rosen July 26, 2007
  
• "All My Friends" The melancholy greatness of the LCD Soundsystem hit.
  Hua Hsu July 12, 2007
  
• Six Degrees of Aunt Jackie A Harlem dance goes viral.
  Jody Rosen June 22, 2007
  
• Room-Temperature Mama Why lost funk queen Betty Davis doesn't live up to the hype.
  Michaelangelo Matos June 14, 2007
  
• Everything You Know About Sgt. Pepper's Is Wrong Revisionist Beatles history.
  Jody Rosen June 8, 2007
  
• Enter Sandmen Is Tinariwen the greatest band on earth?
  Jody Rosen May 31, 2007
  
• Mean Grrrl Is Avril Lavigne a Heather?
  Jody Rosen May 9, 2007
  
• Lord of the Ringtones How Akon became a star.
  Jody Rosen April 10, 2007
  
• Timber! How did pop's most dazzling producer make such a dull album?
  Jonah Weiner April 3, 2007
  
• Devin the Dude The joys of rapping for a living.
  Hua Hsu March 27, 2007
  
• The Great Rock Hope Arcade Fire grabs the baton from Bruce Springsteen and U2.
  Jody Rosen March 13, 2007
  
• Go Dumb Why hyphy is the best hip-hop right now.
  Jody Rosen Feb. 13, 2007
  
• Brunch Goddess Listening to the new Norah Jones album.
  Jody Rosen Feb. 2, 2007
  
• A Pirate Looks at 60 Jimmy Buffett's midlife crises.
  Jody Rosen Jan. 9, 2007