The Carpenters sold more than 30 million records with the irresistible combination of her soft-rock contralto and her brother’s lush arrangements.

Dick did eventually admit to having given Brynn cocaine, but claims he was not responsible for her relapse. “She was already ...

Amid the flurry of end-of-year reflections, lists wrapping up the albums and songs of the year nearly concluded, attention turns to what will be passing across the stages, large and small, across ...