Music & Culture

Ronald Clump in the video for BADBADNOTGOOD's "Lavender."

Music & Culture

Trump Says Snoop Dogg Video Would've Ended In Jail Time, Calls Career 'Failing'

12:12pm March 15, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

President Trump's lawyer also responded to the satirical music video from BADBADNOTGOOD, Snoop Dogg and Kaytranada, calling it "totally disgraceful. Snoop owes the president an apology."

Hear music from Goitse on this week's episode of The Thistle & Shamrock.

Music & Culture

The Thistle & Shamrock: New To ThistleRadio

10:16am March 15, 2017

Hear some of the tracks recently added to ThistleRadio, The Thistle & Shamrock's round-the-clock music channel.

Migos performs at a nightclub in Las Vegas in February, following the release of its album C U L T U R E, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart.

Music & Culture

Culture Wars

10:05am March 15, 2017

by Rodney Carmichael

Atlanta has been the center of innovation in hip-hop for at least two decades, but the city has failed to turn musical success into growth for the communities that create it.

Frank Turner performs on Mountain Stage this week.

Music & Culture

Frank Turner On Mountain Stage

10:02am March 15, 2017

The hardcore troubadour makes his Mountain Stage debut, recorded live on the campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.Va.

Madame Récamier recently released a collection of light, fanciful songs called Mi Corazón.

Music & Culture

Madame Récamier Makes A Regal Return With 'Jamás Pensé'

10:00am March 15, 2017

by Julyssa Lopez

In a sentimental indie-pop track, the Mexican singer-songwriter evokes both old-school Latin folklore and a baroque Renaissance spirit.

A still from Rose Cousins' "White Flag" video.

Music & Culture

Songs We Love: Rose Cousins, 'White Flag'

9:00am March 15, 2017

by Ann Powers

Cousins becomes of part of the vast, rocky coastline of Nova Scotia in an exquisite black and white video for the songwriter's meditation on loss and loneliness.

Jealous Of The Birds performs "Goji Berry Sunset" under the lights.

Music & Culture

South X Lullaby: Jealous Of The Birds

8:00pm March 14, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Naomi Hamilton's "Goji Berry Sunset" is a bedroom pop song with a softly whistled hook, played under a soft, glowing art installation.

Feist performs at the 2013 Newport Folk Festival.

Music & Culture

Feist To Release First Album In Six Years, 'Pleasure,' Next Month

5:04pm March 14, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Feist has been known to take her time between albums, but it has been quite a long stretch since 2011's Metals.

Victoria Ruiz of Downtown Boys performs during SXSW in 2016.

Music & Culture

Downtown Boys Share Ripping New Single 'Somos Chulas (No Somos Pendejas)'

3:14pm March 14, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

The Providence, R.I.-based punk band recently signed to Sub Pop. No word on a follow-up to 2015's Full Communism, but this new single should tide us over.

Mira Wang plays Roman Totenberg's long lost Ames Stradivarius violin in New York, on March 8, 2017. Wang, a former student of Totenberg's, played the instrument at a private concert in New York on March 13.

A Stolen, Then Recovered, Stradivarius Returns To The Stage

1:03pm March 14, 2017

by Nina Totenberg

Mira Wang, protege of the late virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg, this week debuted his Ames Stradivarius, stolen 37 years ago and reclaimed in 2015. "It's like meeting a new stranger," she says.