Music & Culture

Music & Culture

Margo Price Sings About The Heartache And Beauty Of Small-Town America

2:27pm March 23, 2018

Growing up in Aledo, Ill., Price longed to live somewhere "more romantic." When she moved away, her outlook changed: "Now, when I go back, I see the beauty in it." Originally broadcast Nov. 22, 2017.

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Kanye West performs at The Meadows Music & Arts Festival October 2016 in Queens, New York.

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Are Kanye West And Michael Scott From 'The Office' The Same Person? Yes.

1:07pm March 23, 2018

by Joshua Bote

The Internet has a great way of merging pieces of pop culture that may seem disparate — to wit, one Kanye West fan is using scenes from the hit NBC comedy to review the Chicago rapper's discography.

WebsterX performing at SXSW as part of NPR Music's Slingshot Showcase

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Watch WebsterX Get The Crowd Jumping On "Until I"

12:49pm March 23, 2018

by Justin Barney

The Milwaukee rapper is an arts activist involved in community engagement. The NPR Slingshot artist's charisma and passion paints his high-energy performance.

Franz Schubert's Musical Moments

12:08pm March 23, 2018

Viennese composer Franz Schubert's music formed a kind of bridge between the majestic compositions of Beethoven and the deeply expressive Romanticism of Johannes Brahms.

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Watch Superorganism Perform 'Something For Your M.I.N.D.' At A Mini-Golf Course

12:00pm March 23, 2018

by Dane Walters

In between sets at SXSW, including our showcase at Stubb's BBQ, Superorganism stopped by Peter Pan Mini-Golf in Austin to perform their found-sound heavy hit.

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Watch Kansas City's Hembree Layer Up An All-Out Jam

11:59am March 23, 2018

by David Christensen

The relatively new band, selected for our Slingshot program, knows how to start small and end big. "Had It All" takes a looping pop riff and ramps it up to an all-out rock jam.

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Earma Thompson On Piano Jazz

10:46am March 23, 2018

She was a mainstay on the Chicago jazz scene for over 50 years before releasing an album as a bandleader herself. On this 2005 episode of Piano Jazz, the pianist performs tracks off Just In Time.

This week's episode of Jazz Night In America features music by Maqueque

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Jane Bunnett And Maqueque: The New Queens of Afro-Cuban Jazz

10:09am March 23, 2018

by Alex Ariff

Canadian saxophonist and flutist Jane Bunnett has dedicated her life to Cuban music. Her latest project is Maqueque, an all-female band of young Cuban artists blending folkloric grooves and jazz.

Jack White's Boarding House Reach is out today on Third Man.

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New Music Friday: March 23

10:08am March 23, 2018

All Songs Considered's Robin Hilton talks with NPR Music's Lars Gotrich, Ann Powers and Stephen Thompson about the essential albums out on March 23.

Claude Debussy, photographed ca. 1908. He died 100 years ago on March 25, 1918.

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Songs We Love: Debussy, 'La Plus Que Lente'

9:08am March 23, 2018

by Tom Huizenga

Marking the 100th anniversary of the visionary composer's death, hear Debussy play his own music on a 1913 piano roll.