Metropolis: 1/7/17
Hear tracks by The xx, Burial, TOKiMONSTA and more in this week's mix from KCRW's Jason Bentley.
Music & Culture
World Cafe Next: New Year, New Music
Hosts David Dye and Talia Schlanger share their most anticipated upcoming releases of 2017.
Dawg Yawp On World Cafe
With the help of a local producer, this Cincinnati sitar-rock duo went from its hometown creperie straight into the studio.
Jazz Historian And Writer Nat Hentoff Dies At 91
The American historian, critic and columnist Nat Hentoff fell in love with jazz as a kid in Boston — primarily because of the freedom and emotion it expressed. For 50 years, he wrote about jazz and social justice issues for The Village Voice. He died at home on Saturday while listening to Billie Holiday. He was 91.
Donny McCaslin: Tiny Desk Concert
Hear McCaslin, the saxophonist and bandleader whose group backed David Bowie on Blackstar, near the anniversary of that album's release. Selections include an instrumental take on Bowie's "Lazarus."
In Café Tacvba's New Video, The 'Futuro' Is Not Black And White
Café Tacvba looks beyond binaries to see time and the universe through an optimistic lens in this electronica-tinged Latin folk song.
Hear 'Preludes,' The First Single From Craig Finn's New Solo Album
Finn, who's sung in The Hold Steady and Lifter Puller, has a new record called We All Want The Same Things, due out March 24.
'The Joshua Tree' Turns 30, U2 To Celebrate With Special Tour
The album that made U2 global megastars turns 30 this year. To mark the milestone, the band will perform The Joshua Tree in its entirety at several live performances.
Songs We Love: Keyon Harrold, 'Stay This Way (Feat. Bilal & Big K.R.I.T.)'
The jazz trumpeter asks if euphoric moments are meant to last, or if they're naturally fleeting.
The Voice Of Lukas Graham, On Small-Town Life In A Big City
Lukas Forchhammer, leader of the Danish band, grew up in a commune-like section of Copenhagen. "It was more of a rural upbringing," he says, "even though it was in the center of our capital city."