Lady Gaga just gave a Twitter dissertation about what her latest single “Applause” really means to her as both an artist and a celebrity. The theatrical singer, real name Stefani Germanotta, released ...

Unprecedented in my multi-decade experience of Handel Messiah concerts, the Dallas Bach Society audience last month started applauding after every aria and chorus. Two weeks later, there was applause ...

Listen at the audio link to Ann Powers' conversation with NPR's Rachel Martin about the pair of singles that jump-started the fall 2013 pop season. How do you know autumn is on its way? Turning leaves ...

Aziz Ansari is a man built for an arena act, a master of crowd control. The night’s opening act was a Michael Jackson impersonator with his own backing applause soundtrack. It seemed fitting with the ...