Evelyn McDonnell

What Did Stephen Sondheim Really Think of ‘Rent’?

The composer served as something of a mentor to Jonathan Larson and spoke frankly about the show after the younger man’s death.

Critic’s Notebook

Bikini Kill, Then and Now: A Front-Row View of a Punk Revolution

Twenty-seven years have passed between a critic’s first Bikini Kill show and the band’s return. The songs, and the politics, are still vital and loud.

Riot Grrrl United Feminism and Punk. Here’s an Essential Listening Guide.

Bikini Kill, Heavens to Betsy, Tribe 8 and more: Hear 25 songs that fueled a rock revolution.

Nonfiction

Rock-Your-World Moments Fill New Music Memoirs From Tina Turner and a Disillusioned Hit Maker

Both Turner’s “My Story,” a sequel to 1986’s “I, Tina,” and “Anything for a Hit,” from the music scout Dorothy Carvello, expose the sleazy power dynamics of the rock ’n’ roll business.

The Go-Go’s Gave Us the Beat and So Much More

The new wave band, whose music is being celebrated in a Broadway musical, provided a blueprint for girl-powered groups. But the Go-Go’s weren’t always taken seriously.

Roundup

Rock ’n’ Roll, Between the Covers

From Lou Reed to Gucci Mane to Stevie Nicks, a look at the season’s music biographies.

Ellen Willis’s Pioneering Rock Criticism

Now out of the vault, the collected work of a New Yorker critic who bore eloquent witness to the heyday of rock.

A rising profile for Miami's indie music scene

Music

In South Florida, Tropical Bohemia in the Makings

Miami’s reputation as a dead zone for live local music is changing, and record labels are starting to pay attention.

POP/JAZZ

POP/JAZZ; Why Aren't More Geeks With the Gizmos Girls?

Article by Evelyn McDonnell questions scarcity of female programmers in electronica, name given to emergent genres like techno, drum-and-bass, trip-hop and illbient, all of which substitute state-of-the-art technology for traditional instruments; says more women need to move from dance floor to disc jockey booth; contends scarcity of female progammers in electronica parallels shortage of female electricians and computer programmers elsewhere; drawing (L)