Music

Bill Withers always sounded like he was strumming the guitar from a seat at his kitchen table — or maybe, at his most luxurious, an easy chair in the living...

The music of Bill Withers radiated a quality that’s rare in pop songs and, really, anywhere else: selflessness. It’s in the subjects that Withers, who died on Monday, chose to...

Bill Withers always sounded like he was strumming the guitar from a seat at his kitchen table — or maybe, at his most luxurious, an easy chair in the living...

Bill Withers, a onetime Navy aircraft mechanic who after teaching himself to play the guitar wrote some of the most memorable and often-covered songs of the 1970s, including “Lean on...

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new songs and videos. Just want the music? Listen to the Playlist on Spotify...

As I entered the Zoom session last Saturday, I recognized some faces. The flutist Claire Chase. The pianist Conrad Tao. The violinist Carla Kihlstedt. The vocalist Gelsey Bell. Over the...

Bill Withers, the soul singer behind 1970s hits like “Lean on Me,” “Lovely Day” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” died on Monday in Los Angeles, his family said. He was 81....

With arts organizations reeling from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and bracing for worse, the League of American Orchestras has chosen a new leader to help guide its field...