Britney's Back: Spears Returns With Ninth Studio Album, 'Glory'
Tom Moon reviews the new album from Britney Spears, Glory. This is Spears' ninth studio album.
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Rudy Van Gelder, Definitive Jazz Recording Engineer, Has Died
The man who captured hundreds of jazz's greatest recordings — by Miles Davis and John Coltrane, Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock — died Thursday at his home studio. He was 91.
Across the Blue Ridge #35 - The Carter Family Songs Live On
This week we take some time with the repertoire of early country music superstars The Carter Family. From their rural home in far southwest Virginia, the Carters – A.P., his wife Sara,
Norah Jones On Piano Jazz
The smoky-voiced singer reinvents standards like "The Nearness Of You" in a 2003 session.
Hard Working Americans On World Cafe
Hear the Todd Snider-fronted supergroup perform songs from its new album, Rest In Chaos.
Songs We Love: Sarah Potenza, 'Monster'
The brassy roots-rocker's anthem conveys her determination to revel in her corporeality and flamboyant performance style. "That kind of flash is Americana," she says. "It is big."
Nina Diaz: Tiny Desk Concert
As a solo artist on leave from Girl In A Coma, the singer finds new ways to sound ferocious. Here, she performs three songs from an album due out in the fall.
Tracing The People's Republic Of Beethoven
The composer's music and life story are deeply woven into China's cultural, social and political fabric, inspiring revolution and providing comfort.
Latin Roots: Chicano Activism
Beat Latino's Catalina Maria Johnson discusses the music of the Chicano Power movement of the 1960s.
New Releases Capture 'Inimitable' Tenor Saxophonist In His Neglected '70s Prime
As one of the very first bebop tenor saxophonists, Teddy Edwards mixed awesome technique with irresistibly slinky phrases. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews two reissues, Inimitable and Feelin's.