Music & Culture

Music & Culture

Latest 'Candyman' Movie Is Scored By Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe

7:26am August 31, 2021

by Tim Greiving

A Black avant-garde musician has successfully applied his visceral, voice-centered style to the films he has scored lately. His approach eerily suits the newest Candyman movie.

Historic Karnofsky Shop In New Orleans Collapses During Hurricane Ida

7:26am August 31, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

Among the buildings lost to Hurricane Ida was 427 South Rampart St., where Louis Armstrong spent much of his childhood with the Jewish family he worked for. They encouraged him to get into music.

Little Simz performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Little Simz: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

5:00am August 31, 2021

by Bobby Carter

The London rapper performs songs from her new album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert from a living room dropped inside a void.

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Remembering Jamaican Producer Lee 'Scratch' Perry

4:32pm August 30, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Jamaican producer Lee "Scratch" Perry has died at age 85. His idiosyncratic work in reggae and dub had an oversize impact on popular music around the globe.

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Chubby And The Gang, 'The Mutt's Nuts'

4:05pm August 30, 2021

by Kellen McGugan

The title track from this London group's second LP provides a perfect punch in the mouth, perhaps needed in a world flooded with oversexed modern pop.

Anna Thorvaldsdóttir's ENIGMA, as performed by the Spektral Quartet.

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Spektral Quartet, 'Enigma: III' (Anna Thorvaldsdottir)

3:32pm August 30, 2021

by Tom Huizenga

Imagine you're suspended in some primordial gas cloud where matter is transforming, regenerating, building toward the birth of a planet. That's what Enigma sounds like.

"It was one of the most beautiful experiences I've had, to be honest," Jennifer Koh says about creating Alone Together.

Isolated By Pandemic, Violinist Jennifer Koh Nurtured A New Community Online

10:22am August 30, 2021

by Jeff Lunden

Isolated by pandemic last year, violinist Jennifer Koh asked prominent composers to donate tiny pieces, and to nominate fellow up-and-coming composers to receive paid commissions.

Lee "Scratch" Perry performs in Australia in 2007.

Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Visionary Reggae Producer, Dies At 85

6:13pm August 29, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

Perry's brilliant and idiosyncratic career included helping to inspire the sounds of dub and rap as we know them today.

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Molly Lewis Takes Whistling To New Levels In Her Debut EP

8:54am August 29, 2021

Whistler extraordinaire Molly Lewis talks about her debut EP, The Forgotten Edge.

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The Halluci Nation Looks For Sweet Spot Between Lightness And Darkness In New Album

6:02pm August 28, 2021

Bear Witness from the music group The Halluci Nation talks about their latest album, One More Saturday Night.