Nate Chinen

Our series "Seven Sins: The Deadly Medley" concludes with a look at how pride has shaped music in a variety of genres. Considered the most serious of the "seven deadly sins," pride turns out to be a pretty versatile tool in songwriting. New York Times music critic Nate Chinen and ...

The image of the concert hall as a playground for the rich is planted deep in the cultural psyche but in fact you can get a ticket to the Metropolitan opera for as little as $15. Today on Soundcheck: New Yorker Critic Alex Ross and New York Times critic Nate ...

Ever since they completed their EMI record deal with 2003's "Hail to the Thief," Radiohead has been the world's biggest unsigned band. Now, singer Thom Yorke and his bandmates are releasing a new album, "In Rainbows," on the Internet and letting fans decide how much to pay for it. We ...