This year the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, the Chieftains and El Gran Combo become among the first living pop bands to turn 50.

A Brooklyn vagabond plugs in.

New albums by Kari Jobe, Mohombi, Kellie Pickler, Bhi Bhiman and Jason Boland & the Stragglers.

The chamber sextet yMusic specializes in breaking down barriers between genres, which keeps its members very busy, including an appearance at the Ecstatic Music Festival this week.

The story of Armida and Rinaldo was an operatic favorite of the 17th and 18th centuries. The Juilliard School will present a semi-staged version of Gluck’s telling, “Armide.”