Melena Ryzik
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Kelsea Ballerini Is Ready for Lift Off
The country singer and songwriter has long tested Nashville’s boundaries while revealing herself to her listeners. Touring behind a recent album and a surprise EP,...
The Unstoppable, Unsinkable, Uninhibited Margo Price
Country songs are often filled with tragedy and hard times. Price has detailed her own catalog of traumas in a memoir and her music, but...
Alexandra Pelosi on Filming Her Mother, Nancy Pelosi, on Jan. 6
The documentary had long been in the works and was nearly finished before Paul Pelosi was assaulted at home. The events together have left the...
For Emma Corrin, Identity Is an Ever-Evolving Project
Onscreen and off, the nonbinary star of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” and “The Crown” has been exploring gender and the cost and responsibility of being heard.
Steve Keene Made 300,000 Paintings in a Home Full of Easels
The artist’s studio and living space, created with his wife, Starling Keene, an architect, houses a one-man assembly line of affordable art — enough to...
A Filmmaker Explores David Bowie’s Life and Gets Clarity on His Own
With the epic “Moonage Daydream,” Brett Morgen contended with a chameleonic star whose approach to living helped him refocus after a heart attack.
The Electrifying, Emotional Return of Yeah Yeah Yeahs
After a nearly decade-long break, the trio that helped spark New York’s early 2000s rock revival is back with “Cool It Down,” an expansive album...
Maggie Rogers’s Higher Calling
Musicians often talk about seeking the divine in their work. The 28-year-old singer-songwriter went to Harvard to study it as she made her second major-label...
Inside New York’s Throwback Roller-Skating Extravaganza
Music is the key to a summertime experience for pros and amateurs called DiscOasis in Central Park. Its curator: the funk-disco guru and lifelong skater...
Cate Blanchett and Cindy Sherman: Secrets of the Camera Chameleons
On the 45th anniversary of Sherman’s acclaimed series “Untitled Film Stills,” they toured her show, discussing what an image, or a smile, may reveal.