Music Review

Beck’s Back, With Roots Rock the Les Paul Way

By JON PARELES

Chad Batka for The New York Times

The guitarist Jeff Beck and the singer Imelda May performing Monday night at the Beacon Theater on a tour honoring Les Paul’s music.

Jeff Beck, along with Imelda May and her rockabilly band, knocked out one three-minute hit after another at the Beacon Theater on Monday night.

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Wiz Khalifa Raps Beyond His Years

By JON CARAMANICA 12:06 PM ET

Celebrating the release of his first major-label album, “Rolling Papers,” Wiz Khalifa offers a performance one might expect from a much older rapper.

Living Legend Tries to Make a Living

By BEN SISARIO

Clyde Stubblefield, James Brown’s “Funky Drummer,” is hoping to finally get some royalties for his work.

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Chris Brown Tops the Pop Chart

His new offering, "F.A.M.E.," is his first No. 1 on the Billboard album chart.

March 30, 2011 1:17 PM ET

Metropolitan Opera Evaluating Planned Japan Trip

Peter Gelb, the Metropolitan Opera's general manager, issued a statement Wednesday assuring the company that the safety of the trip is being evaluated.

March 30, 2011 9:42 AM ET

Judge Says Willie Nelson Won't Have to Sing as Punishment for Pot Bust

A judge in West Texas said a prosecutor who suggested that Mr. Nelson perform in a courtroom was making a joke that "got out of hand."

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Music Review

Belcea Quartet with, clockwise from left, Corina Belcea, Axel Schacher,Antoine Lederlin and Krzysztof Chorzelski, at Alice Tully Hall.

Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Tully Hall

By STEVE SMITH

It came as a jolt to encounter music by Led Zeppelin — filtered through the composer Mark-Anthony Turnage’s imagination — in the Belcea Quartet’s performance on Sunday at Alice Tully Hall.

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Renée Fleming is the Countess, and Joseph Kaiser the composer, in “Capriccio” at the Met.

Words or Music: Why Choose?

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI

On Monday night at the Met, Renée Fleming sang the Countess in Strauss’s “Capriccio,” her first performance of the complete role at the house.

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Kathleen Supové, left, and Sato Moughalian performed at Symphony Space on Monday.

Soundtrack for Bird and Turtle, and Other New Music

By ALLAN KOZINN

Victoria Bond’s Cutting Edge Concerts series highlights recent works, and chats with their composers.

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JACK Quartet performing at Le Poisson Rouge on Sunday night.

Sounds of a New World, a Few Years On

By ALLAN KOZINN

The new-music JACK Quartet played works by Gyorgy Ligeti, Horatiu Radulescu and Steve Lehman at Le Poisson Rouge on Sunday night.

Lee Hoiby with the actress Jean Stapleton in 1989.

Lee Hoiby, 85; Composed Operas and Songs

By ZACHARY WOOLFE

Mr. Hoiby composed operas and songs that balance unabashed lyricism and careful craftsmanship.

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When Youthful Ambition Was Restrained by Prudence

By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER

At Alice Tully Hall on Friday evening, members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center performed fresh-faced works by Mahler, Berg, Shostakovich and Bartok.

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Lil Wayne performing at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., on Sunday night, part of his

Back From ‘Vacation,’ Lil Wayne Returns to Reclaim His Perch

By JON CARAMANICA

Lil Wayne, reasserting his dominance of the hip-hop world, brought his “I Am Still Music” tour to Nassau Coliseum on Sunday night.

Masahiro Nitta, left, and Yutaka Oyama on their shamisens at Zankel Hall in a performance “to cheer up Japan.”

Music in Review

By STEVE SMITH, ZACHARY WOOLFE, and ALLAN KOZINN

The orchestra performed pieces by Berg and Mahler at Avery Fisher Hall.

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Concert to Benefit Japan Earthquake Relief, at Miller Theater at Columbia University, featured Yoko Ono, with the keyboardist Yuka Honda and the trumpeter Michael Leonhart.

Allies in Improvisation and in a Cause

By JON PARELES

Sonic Youth and Yoko Ono headlined a benefit concert for Japan Society’s Earthquake Relief Fund at Miller Theater at Columbia University on Sunday.

Critics’ Choice: New CDs

By JON CARAMANICA and JON PARELES

New music from Britney Spears, If By Yes and Le Tout Puissant Orchestre Poly-Rythmo.

Music Review

Jeremy Denk performing at Carnegie Hall.

Fill-In Delivers a Muscular Pairing of Ives and Bach’s ‘Goldberg’ Variations

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI

Jeremy Denk, substituting for Maurizio Pollini, embraced the moment, played splendidly and won a standing ovation, and probably some new admirers, from the audience at Carnegie Hall on Sunday.

A court has ruled that Eminem's contract gives him 50 percent of the royalties for songs sold online.

Eminem Lawsuit May Raise Pay for Older Artists

By BEN SISARIO

Many artists whose contracts predate digital music stand to profit significantly from a recent court decision.

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Happy Birthday, Stephen Sondheim

An appreciation of some particularly ingenious passages.

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Counterpoint

Anthony Tommasini, the chief classical music critic of The New York Times, explains an important musical technique.

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