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Music & Culture

Dream Wife's 'Somebody' Looks To Subvert Glam Rock's Dabbling Femininity

1:21pm March 29, 2017

by Bob Boilen

The band Dream Wife began as an art school project designed to explore feminine tropes in pop music — before it became a real band dedicated to doing the very same.

Andrew Bird performs on this week's episode of Mountain Stage.

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Andrew Bird On Mountain Stage

11:26am March 29, 2017

The classically-trained folk virtuoso returns to Mountain Stage, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va.

Bob Dylan speaks onstage at the MusiCares 2015 Person Of The Year Gala in Los Angeles. Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in October, though he has not yet accepted it. The Swedish Academy has announced he plans to do so this weekend in Stock

Bob Dylan Agrees To Accept His Nobel Prize During A Tour Stop In Stockholm

11:04am March 29, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Since the American musician won the Nobel Prize in literature last year, he has not yet picked up his award in person or delivered the customary lecture required for him to receive the prize money.

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Watch S***Kid's Laissez-Faire Video For The Warped, Garagey Doo-Wop Of 'Tropics'

10:46am March 29, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

S***Kid's lo-fi rock 'n' roll is the stuff of GarageBand boredom that sounds like GarageBand boredom, yet the young Swede's nonchalance is irresistibly charming.

Art School Jock's self-titled EP comes out June 2.

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Art School Jocks' Catchy 'Just A Gwen' Is Rolling Its Eyes At You

9:30am March 29, 2017

by Marissa Lorusso

The self-described "existential basement pop" band's new single, from a forthcoming EP, muses about the value of advice women are very sick of hearing.

Members of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus perform in Bryce Dessner's Black Mountain Songs at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

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In 'Childhood's Retreat,' A Boy Climbs A Tree To View The Man He's Become

9:00am March 29, 2017

by Tom Huizenga

The collaborative spirit of Black Mountain College — once home to the likes of John Cage and Willem de Kooning — lives on in a theatrical song cycle performed by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus.

Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips is World Cafe's guest for Tuesday, March 28.

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The Flaming Lips On World Cafe

5:57pm March 28, 2017

by David Dye

Frontman Wayne Coyne says he thrives in environments that combine art and chaos. Hear that conversation, plus live performances of songs from Oczy Mlody.

Tenor Scott Joiner and mezzo-soprano Viktoria Falcone try to find love via Tinder in a still from Connection Lost: The Tinder Opera.

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'The Tinder Opera' Creators Hope You Swipe Right On Online Opera

5:55pm March 28, 2017

by Naomi Lewin

"Connection Lost: The Tinder Opera" is an 11-minute video dramatizing a young man's quest for love via the popular dating app. It marks an effort to adapt a 400-year-old art form to modern media.

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Drake Beats Drake: How Rap's Sensitive Giant Smashed Records With 'More Life'

2:06pm March 28, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

Drake set streaming records last week, an album chart record on Monday and singles chart records today. How'd he do it?

Irma Thomas contributes "Crazy Love" to the Instant Love series, which features famous love songs that were originally sung by men about women, reimagined with female vocalists.

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Songs We Love: Irma Thomas, 'Crazy Love'

2:00pm March 28, 2017

by Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey

Thomas turns the Van Morrison classic into pure NOLA R&B, emphasizing the wonderful impracticality of unconditional love.