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The D.C. rapper celebrates the release of his new album at Songbyrd.
Pop music critic Chris Richards picks the 10 best pop albums of the year.
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK | For a pop song as real as “Thank U, Next” the video had to be fake.
Six decades of music — with Miles Davis, Weather Report and so many others — support his idea that “everything is connected.”
The pianist and composer performs at An die Musik Live and the Baltimore Museum of Art.
The District soul-jazz sextet headlines Sotto on Nov. 29.
How a “post-church boy” from Baltimore made the year’s most astonishing music.
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK | It’s time to celebrate one of the most celebrated names in music.
Contemplating the rapper’s latest tweets about space, time, money and existence.