Music & Culture

Music & Culture

So It's Come To This: BTS Rapper RM Leads Lil Nas X Down 'Seoul Town Road'

10:14am July 25, 2019

by Stephen Thompson

Two powerhouses have teamed up for an inevitable remix, should you need a reminder that "Old Town Road" will remain at the top of the charts until the earth is a charred cinder.

Spotify CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek, photographed in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2016 on the occasion of his company's Japanese debut.

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The Green New Deal: Where Spotify Stands, And Where Artists Wish It Would

8:20am July 25, 2019

by Marissa R. Moss

Since launching stateside in 2011, the green logo of Spotify has come to be, almost like Kleenex, synonymous with the weird new world of streaming. So, dozens of billions of dollars later, what's up?

Adrian Quesada, photographed on June 3, 2014 in New York.

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The Many Threads And Generations Of Chicano Soul, All In One Place

7:11am July 25, 2019

by Joe Nick Patoski

This Saturday, a legendary group of musicians will converge on Lincoln Center to perform Look at My Soul, a project tying together the myriad musical influences that Chicano Soul has in its DNA.

After Long Legal Fight, Rapper Meek Mill Is Granted A Retrial

5:12am July 25, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

Since rapper Meek Mill was convicted of gun and drug-related charges in 2008, the case has drawn widespread attention. An appeals court in Pennsylvania has granted him a new trial.

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The halcyon days of Audiogalaxy, an unsanctioned peer-to-peer music sharing platform from the Wild West days of the Internet, were short-lived but deeply impactful, writes Sam Hockley-Smith.

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A Requiem For Audiogalaxy, The Digital Wild West's Best Outlaw Record Store

6:19pm July 24, 2019

by Sam Hockley-Smith

In the wake of Napster's downfall, but before the iTunes Store began to legitimize digital music, Audiogalaxy emerged from the darkness to (illegally) fill the void.

A Pennsylvania appeals court is ordering a new trial for musician Meek Mill, 10 years after he was convicted of drug and weapons crimes. Mill is seen here this week announcing the launch of the Dream Chasers record label, in a joint venture with Jay-Z.

Rapper Meek Mill Is Granted Retrial After Years-Long Legal Fight

4:49pm July 24, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

Evidence that arose after Meek's trial is "of such a strong nature and character that a different verdict will likely result at a retrial," a three-judge panel in Pennsylvania says.

Masego plays a Tiny Desk Concert on Jan. 8, 2019 (Claire Harbage/NPR).

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Masego: Tiny Desk Concert

4:42pm July 24, 2019

by Sidney Madden

The spirit of Cab Calloway lives on in Masego, the singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist who surprised NPR's Tiny Desk audience with a zany sense of showmanship.

Vocalist andcomposer Ani Cordero continues to use her music to confront injustice.

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Alt.Latino Playlist: Songs That Shout Protest

1:56pm July 24, 2019

Ani Cordero, Gaby Moreno and La Santa Cecilia take on societal ills through their music on this week's playlist.

"We wanted to do a record for the people who don't know the band as well," says Spoon singer Britt Daniel (center) of the reasoning behind its new greatest hits album, Everything Hits At Once.

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Everything Hits: Spoon Releases An Old School Greatest Hits Album Into A Digital Age

1:28pm July 24, 2019

by Matthew Perpetua

After nine albums, the veteran indie rock band Spoon is doing something that's become a rarity in the age of playlists: releasing a hand-picked collection of a dozen of its best-loved songs.

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Buddy And Julie Miller Create Their Own Genre On 'Breakdown On 20th Ave. South'

1:25pm July 24, 2019

by Ken Tucker

The married musicians offer their own synthesis of folk, country, rock and the blues on their new album. The music that results is unsettling, with a beauty that's both comforting and soothing.

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