Music & Culture

Music & Culture

Olympic Gold Medalist Usain Bolt Is Going For Gold In The Music Industry

5:58am September 16, 2021

Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt has released his first album: Country Yutes. It is a mixture of reggae, afrobeats and dancehall music. Plus some ballads. Is there a gold record in his future?

John Morrison, Patrick "Peuce" Quinn and Mike Béon teamed up to develop Culture Cypher Magazine, a music and culture publication with bold visuals and imaginative layouts.

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How Philadelphia Artists Are Celebrating The City's Black Music Legacy

3:45pm September 15, 2021

by John Vettese

Philly has historically been home to generations of forward-thinking, boundlessly creative Black artists. This year, the Black Music City program celebrated that legacy with a series of projects.

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Injury Reserve, 'Outside'

2:31pm September 15, 2021

by Reanna Cruz

"Outside" sets the tone for Injury Reserve's deeply claustrophobic, delightfully warped experimental hip-hop album.

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Snail Mail, 'Valentine'

1:38pm September 15, 2021

by Alex Ramos

"Valentine," the title track from Snail Mail's forthcoming sophomore album, finds a pair of lovers at circumstantial odds.

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Cynic, 'Mythical Serpents'

1:10pm September 15, 2021

by Lars Gotrich

In "Mythical Serpents," tremolo-picked riffs undulate with ambient synths and aerobic drumming, billowing but never blowing up the melody, as if to sit inside and meditate on the music.

In this courtroom artist's sketch made from a video screen monitor, R. Kelly (left) and lawyer Thomas Farinella listen during the opening day of his trial on Aug. 18, 2021 in Brooklyn, New York.

Notebook: A Month Into R. Kelly's Trial, Here's What It's Been Like In The Courtroom

12:10pm September 15, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Four weeks into testimony in the R&B superstar's New York federal trial, it's often been hard to hear testimony from the women and men he allegedly abused.

Tiny Desk celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with a "El Tiny" extravaganza.

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An 'El Tiny' Takeover During Hispanic Heritage Month

11:02am September 15, 2021

by Felix Contreras

Tiny Desk will devote its next month of programming to celebrating Latinx artists.

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Remembering George Wein, Founder Of The Newport Jazz Festival

5:12pm September 14, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Christian McBride, host of Jazz Night in America about the life of George Wein, who founded the Newport Jazz Festival.

Neffy is the winner of the 2021 Tiny Desk Contest.

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Meet Neffy, The Winner Of The 2021 Tiny Desk Contest

4:52pm September 14, 2021

After thousands of entries, the Tiny Desk Contest judges have landed on this year's winner.

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Cleo Sol, 'Spirit'

3:54pm September 14, 2021

by Brian Burns

Cleo Sol's immense and personal sophomore album, Mother, comes to a conclusion with "Spirit," a song that leans heavily and wonderfully on gospel instrumentation and '70s soul production.