Music Features

(From left) Philadelphia's Max Swan, Kingsley Ibeneche and Ellen Siberian Tiger bring their music to life in breathtaking videos.

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Slingshot Scenes: 10 Must-Watch Music Videos From Philadelphia

6:00am March 20, 2019

Philadelphia's musicians wouldn't be able to take center stage without an equally robust community of directors and videographers to imaginatively document the work.

Nat King Cole plays with his jazz orchestra on the stage of The Apollo Theater, in Harlem, N.Y. in the 1950s.

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Nat King Cole Still Remains 'One Of The Great Gifts Of Nature' 100 Years Later

8:45am March 17, 2019

by Tom Vitale

The jazz legend and barrier breaker was born on March 17, 1919 in Montgomery, Ala.

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How Austin Got Weird

9:26am March 15, 2019

by Joe Nick Patoski

A new book, Austin to ATX, explains the creative, contrarian history of the Texas capital. As South By Southwest ravages a large swath of the city, let's take a look back.

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How 'This Land Is Your Land' Roamed And Rambled Into American Life

6:26pm March 14, 2019

by Elizabeth Blair

Woody Guthrie was born into the Dust Bowl's devastation and displacement. His signature song, taught in classrooms and sung at protests, offers an expansive, inclusive idea of what home can be.

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No Man's Band: All-Female Jazz Orchestras Then and Now

2:37pm March 14, 2019

The DIVA Jazz Orchestra celebrates 25 years, and one of the last surviving members of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm reflects on the legacies of all-female big bands.

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Tiny Tech Tips: Why You Need Earplugs At Concerts

4:31pm March 12, 2019

by Josh Rogosin

It may be the last thing on your mind when you're seeing an artist, but sound pressure levels at a live show can seriously impact long-term hearing. Tiny Desk engineer Josh Rogosin is here to help.

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A Tribe Called Quest's 'Electric Relaxation' Celebrates 25 Years

5:02pm March 11, 2019

by Marc Rivers

The song "Electric Relaxation" from the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest officially hit the airwaves 25 years ago this month. The single came off their classic album, Midnight Marauders.

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French composer Hector Berlioz died 150 years ago. He has been a lifelong favorite of the British author David Cairns, who wrote Berlioz's biography and edited and translated his memoirs.

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At 92, The Man Who Wrote The Book On Berlioz Resumes His Case

8:50am March 08, 2019

by Tom Huizenga

To mark the sesquicentennial of the composer's death — and a new box set of recordings — Berlioz biographer David Cairns celebrates the one-time musical misfit from France.

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All Ears: Contemplating The Cosmos

7:00am March 07, 2019

by Ruth Saxelby

A handful of recent experimental albums reach beyond our material world, turning away from familiar "cosmic" tropes, toward explorations of the elemental, the divine and the unknown.

Solange's When I Get Home album and film bathe in the rich cultural history of Houston, evoking the city's past while celebrating its present.

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Still Tippin': Solange At Home In Houston

8:30am March 06, 2019

by Sidney Madden

Days after Solange dropped her visual album When I Get Home, the artist/auteur doubled down on her love for Houston by hosting screenings of the album's companion art film all across the city.