Music Interviews

Miles Davis performing at Newport Jazz Festival in 1969.

Music & Culture

Looking Back On 'Bitches Brew': The Year Miles Davis Plugged Jazz In

6:04pm August 21, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Christian McBride about the impact of Miles Davis' seminal album Bitches Brew — an electrified sound that ushered in decades of jazz fusion 50 years ago.

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Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi (left, credit: Karen Cox), King Princess (top right, credit: Gabriela Barbieri), Cage The Elephant (bottom right, credit: Gabriela Barbieri )

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World Cafe Encore Week: Revisiting Studio Sessions Of 2019

3:10pm August 19, 2019

Hear sessions with King Princess, Cage The Elephant, Rhiannon Giddens and Karl Denson.

Taylor McFerrin's latest album Love's Last Chance is out now.

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Taylor McFerrin Steps In Front Of The Mic For 'Love's Last Chance'

5:04am August 19, 2019

by Lindsay Totty

Taylor McFerrin is known for his soulful electronic music. He didn't sing much on his debut album, but he's featuring his vocal talents in a new way on his sophomore LP.

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Jazzmeia Horn On 'Love And Liberation'

7:55am August 18, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with jazz singer Jazzmeia Horn about her sophomore album Love and Liberation.

(From left) Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas attend the premiere of the Jonas Brothers documentary, Amazon Prime Video's Chasing Happiness, in June 2019 in Los Angeles.

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The Jonas Brothers Re-Capture The 'Magic Missing' By Putting Family First

6:04pm August 17, 2019

The Jonas Brothers chat with NPR's Michel Martin about gaining fame young, taking time off and getting back together for the band's latest album, Happiness Begins.

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Fabi Reyna doing what she does best: shredding.

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Guest DJ: Fabi Reyna, She Shreds Magazine Founder And Musician

10:34am August 16, 2019

by Felix Contreras

The musician and magazine publisher talks to Alt.Latino about guitar players and issues of representation on this week's show.

Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney.

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Burn, Don't Freeze: Sleater-Kinney On Making Art In The Midst Of Change

5:05am August 16, 2019

The Center Won't Hold casts an uneasy gaze on technology and politics; it's also the band's last album with its longtime drummer. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker.

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Plácido Domingo, 78, performs onstage during the dress rehearsal of "Spanish Night" at the 150th Choregie in Orange, France, in July.

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Plácido Domingo Accuser Patricia Wulf Shares Her Story

7:47pm August 15, 2019

by Ailsa Chang

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Patricia Wulf, a mezzo-soprano who says she was uncomfortable with aggressive advances made by revered opera star Plácido Domingo.

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Remembering Bob Wilber, A Standard Bearer For Traditional Jazz

2:35pm August 15, 2019

by Terry Gross

The saxophonist and clarinetist, a student of Sidney Bechet and thusly a specialist in early styles, died Aug. 4 at the age of 91. He spoke with Terry Gross in 1988.

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Fans sit atop a painted bus at the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y., in August 1969.

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How Woodstock Changed The Little Town Of Bethel, N.Y.

9:35am August 15, 2019

by Karen Michel

Fifty years later, the site of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair is on the National Register of Historic Places. For some who were there, it's a place of pilgrimage and memories.

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