Music & Culture

Music & Culture

All Songs +1: Electronic Artist Tim Hecker On How He Bends Sound

1:03pm April 29, 2016

The electronic musician has been turning traditional song structures inside out for nearly 20 years. On this +1 he explains how he breathes life into an artificial sonic world.

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An advertisement for Apple Music in New York City in 2015.

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With New Deals, Apple And SoundCloud Remix The Dance Music Marketplace

12:09pm April 29, 2016

by Michaelangelo Matos

Apple's agreement with Dubset could ease legal posting of DJ sets that contain copyrighted material. SoundCloud is unveiling a paid service. It's hard to say for sure who is going to benefit.

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Rose Murphy On Piano Jazz

11:24am April 29, 2016

The singer and pianist performs her legendary version of "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" in a 1988 session.

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Video: Horse Lords' Hypnotic 'Truthers' Will Blast Your Noodle

10:00am April 29, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

The Baltimore group makes body music influenced by Saharan desert blues, krautrock, jazz and the band Television. Watch a rhythmic cascade of glitchy shapes and letters in the video for "Truthers."

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Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

9:06am April 29, 2016

Hear new music by Big Thief, Sheer Mag, Seratones and more in April's mix of the songs taking over the left side of the dial.

Cyrille Aimée's new album is Let's Get Lost.

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3 Artists From Abroad, For International Jazz Day

6:59pm April 28, 2016

Bassist and Jazz Night In America host Christian McBride spotlights a vocalist from France, a drummer from Mexico and a trumpet-playing South African legend.

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Carlos Henriquez: The Bronx Pyramid

6:48pm April 28, 2016

The bassist spends a lot of time in midtown Manhattan for his day job with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. But his roots, and the music he's made about them, are uptown.