The Thistle & Shamrock: Combos
What goes with what? When it comes to Celtic music combos, almost anything goes, as long as it sounds good.
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Mothers Sing About The 'Blame Kit'
The band Mothers is back with new music that is sonically more challenging and lyrically intriguing. It imagines a device that that can shift or imply guilt onto a particular person, group, or idea.
The Messthetics: Tiny Desk Concert
The bassist and drummer from D.C.'s pioneering punk band Fugazi join guitarist Anthony Pirog for a set of thrilling, sometimes loud and frenetic instrumentals.
The Sound Of Silence: Female Composers At The Symphony
America's top orchestras are presenting little if any music written by women next season. Why is that?
Her Devotion Weighs A Ton: Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Celebration Of 'Love'
The collaboration between the married stars, the capstone of a trilogy of albums focused on their union, underlines the simultaneous centrality and marginalization of women in hip-hop.
Father John Misty Mixes Egotism And Humor On 'God's Favorite Customer'
Critic Ken Tucker says Father John Misty's new album offers a "roundabout, melancholy" acknowledgement of the artistic selfishness that often accompanies confessional songwriting.
With 'Frostbiter,' Saintseneca Swings Towards Bright, Beautiful New Places
For Saintseneca, fatalistic gloom blends seamlessly with a kind of playful sprightliness. Hear "Frostbiter," the first single from a forthcoming album called Pillar of Na.
World Cafe Nashville: Bermuda Triangle
Jesse Lafser, Brittany Howard and Becca Mancari all maintain their own brilliant careers. What brings them together as Bermuda Triangle is friendship, pure and simple.
Lin-Manuel Miranda Unearths New Mobb Deep Song For 'Hamildrop' Series
After the death of Prodigy — one-half of the the Queens duo — last year, they bring the posthumous noise on the new track "Boom Goes The Cannon..."