Music & Culture

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Album Review: 'Beware The Fetish'

8:51pm August 11, 2014

by Banning Eyre

Fifteen different musicians from five different ethnic groups have gathered to create music under the name Kasai Allstars. Banning Eyre reviews Beware the Fetish, the latest album from the collective, which hails from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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At 74, Outlaw Billy Joe Shaver Is Still An Outlier

3:55pm August 11, 2014

by Ken Tucker

Billie Joe Shaver has just released his first new studio album in six years, called Long in the Tooth.

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The Premiers in 1964. From left: Tony Duran, John Perez, Lawrence Perez, Frank Zuniga and George Delgado.

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Fifty Years Of 'Farmer John': A Hit That Opened The Door For Chicano Rock

7:34pm August 10, 2014

by Becky Sullivan

Before the summer of 1964, major labels had little interest in Mexican-American bands. Then came The Premiers.

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'Soft Suicide' And Other Southern Troubles In 'Roses'

6:23pm August 10, 2014

Christopher Denny's music can be described as Arkansas soul. He talks with NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro about a new album that fuses rock, folk and gospel, called If the Roses Don't Kill Us.

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In Hip-Hop, Collaboration Can Lead To Greater Success

8:56pm August 09, 2014

More and more hip-hop artists are rising to fame with the support and mentorship of hip-hop collectives. Ozy.com's Melissa Pandika explains that if you want to be a brand, it helps to have a team.

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Jaki Byard, A Post-Bebop Pianist Who Was A Master Of Stride Piano

2:44pm August 08, 2014

by Kevin Whitehead

On The Late Show, a set of previously unheard solo music from 1979, the jazz pianist employs techniques like suspenseful dropouts. He had a rare ability to sound archaic — and way ahead of his time.

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A Label Paramount To Early Blues And Jazz

2:56pm August 06, 2014

by Ed Ward

Between 1917 and 1932, the label released thousands of records. Jack White's Third Man Records has joined with the reissue label Revenant to release the first of two packages documenting Paramount.

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A Lost Piece Of Soul History Appears

3:36pm August 05, 2014

by Milo Miles

In the early 1960s when soul star Sam Cooke had his own record label, SAR, he recorded songs by his younger brother, L.C. Cooke. Fifty years years, the complete set's finally issued.

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Spoon Wants Your Soul

3:52pm August 04, 2014

by Ken Tucker

They Want My Soul is another fine Spoon album in a career that has now come to display a remarkable consistency

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Making The Label Matter: A Record Company's Return From Obscurity

8:07pm July 31, 2014

by Christopher Werth

Harvest Records used to be known for having a strong link to the progressive rock sound of 1970s London. After laying dormant for years, the label is back, and looking for a new identity.

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