All My Friends Came To See Me Last Night: LCD Soundsystem Returns
On Sunday, James Murphy's reformed dance-rock troupe performed its first concert in five years at New York City's Webster Hall.
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The Show-Stopping Singing Of Javier Camarena
The Mexican tenor has, for the third time, commanded such a tremendous response from the Metropolitan Opera audience that an encore had to be sung during a production.
Metropolis: 3/26/16
KCRW's Jason Bentley spins music by Shur-i-kan, Sofi Tukker, Anohni and more in a two-hour EDM mix.
Watch Wussy Perform 'My Parade' Live In The Studio
Wussy, which Robert Christgau once called "the best band in America," performs live for KEXP.
Songs We Love: Ryan Beaver, 'If I Had A Horse'
The singer-songwriter's sparse ballad pushes country music's fascination with cowboys into a more adult direction.
One Musician Says Bach's Music Has A Special Place In Easter
Guitarist Paul Galbraith makes the case that Johann Sebastian Bach's sonatas and partitas depict the life, death and resurrection of Christ with his eight-string guitar.
6 Miles Davis Albums That Changed Music
The jazz musician said he "changed music five or six times." Well, did he really? We check the claim with Sean Jones of the Berklee College of Music, digging into Miles' archives with ears wide open.
It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Senegalese Swing
As a teenager in Senegal, Amadou Koly Niang fell in love with jazz. Over 40 years later, he's started a jazz festival to bring the music to his countrymen — with a Senegalese twist, of course.
The Erroll Garner Jazz Project Restores A 'Profound Cultural Gift'
"We came together to invigorate Erroll's musical legacy," says Susan Greenberg, who inherited Garner's archive. The project will restore and release unheard material from the pianist and composer.
What Does Genius Look Like?
Cheadle wrote, directed and stars in the new film Miles Ahead, which sees a late-career Miles Davis struggles to reconnect with his muse. Read his extended conversation with Michel Martin.