SINGERSROOM

Sade makes time slow without ever losing the pulse. A saxophone curls like incense in a quiet room. Bass drifts...

Billy Joel can make a barroom feel like a theater and a city block feel like a diary. His piano...

Miley Cyrus can turn a hook into a headline and a diary page into a sing along. Her voice moves...

Edwin Starr sang like a fuse already lit. His voice was gravel and gold, a trumpet and a sermon, a...

Joni Mitchell writes like a cartographer of feeling. Her melodies find unmarked roads, then sketch the view with watercolor precision...