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Lana Del Rey, Phoebe Bridgers are competing against themselves at the 2024 Grammys.

New albums by Jon Batiste and Louis Cato arrive with high expectations. Both — as their experience leading led the band at Stephen Colbert's The Late Show has proved — are stellar live performers.

Proving he is a generational artist, Jon Batiste has followed his Grammy-winning We Are, with an absolute masterpiece. He spoke about his creative process.

Release Day Picks this week highlight new albums by Grace Potter, Karina Rykman, Rhiannon Giddens, Jon Batiste, Mapache, Gregory Alan Isakov, Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs, and DeYarmond Edison.

The Grammy winner has amassed an array of international guest stars – reggaeton rappers, Lana Del Rey, Kenny G – for his vision of global pop, but the bland effect is more amiable than eclectic

About three-quarters of the way through the 21 tracks on this album, Jon Batiste’s first since he won five Grammy Awards...

Batiste will also be headlining consecutive Saturdays at the Newport Folk Festival on July 29 and the Newport Jazz Festival on Aug. 5.

Photo: Emman Montalvan Jon Batiste has announced a new album....

Spanish rapper C. Tangana triumphantly delivers at hometown Madrid gig he called the "most important show of my fucking life."

In his new album, he collects some singles that he released during the last year, with others recorded in the Tiny Desk live.