Music Interviews

The Revolution, including (from left) Doctor Fink, Wendy Melvoin and Bobby Z., is on a tour this spring paying tribute to Prince.

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Ladies And Gentlemen, The Revolution: Prince's Band On Reuniting And Healing

5:28pm April 30, 2017

The band that backed Prince during the Purple Rain era is on tour celebrating his music. Members Wendy Melvoin, Bobby Z. and Doctor Fink say it helps them — and audiences — to process their grief.

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On 'Life Love Flesh Blood,' Imelda May Writes About 'Everything'

7:56am April 30, 2017

The Irish singer says she wanted to get "back to basics" for her latest album, an autobiographical collection of smoky torch songs, soul and blues that departs from her signature rockabilly sound.

Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés performs at the Havana Jazz Festival in December 2016. Valdés is one of the artistic directors of this year's International Jazz Day festivities.

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Radical Grooves And Hometown Heroes: Cuba's Lasting Jazz Legacy

4:31pm April 28, 2017

As Havana prepares to host this year's International Jazz Day celebration, Jazz Night In America's Christian McBride shares how the island nation has shaped jazz in America and around the world.

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PBS To Rebroadcast Its Remarkable 'Latin Music USA' Series From 2009

1:35pm April 28, 2017

by Felix Contreras

AltLatino Extra presents a Q&A with the co-creator and Supervising Producer of the seminal PBS music documentary series, Latin Music USA.

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Sylvan Esso's second album, What Now, comes out April 28.

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Sylvan Esso On The Pressure To Make Magic — Again

9:14am April 28, 2017

Once Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn became famous as Sylvan Esso, they immediately felt the burdens of replicating their success. Three years after their electro-pop debut, they're back with What Now.

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Alt.Latino Guest DJ: Getting Down With Quetzal

2:47pm April 27, 2017

by Felix Contreras

Members of the Grammy-winning Chicano roots band Quetzal share an eclectic mix of what they're listening to, from Palestinian rap to Morrissey and The Smiths.

Dee Dee Bridgewater performs at Jazz At Lincoln Center.

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Dee Dee Bridgewater: Fearless And Free

11:46am April 27, 2017

by Nate Chinen

In words as well as music, hear how seriously Bridgewater takes her role as a music mentor and how it connects to her own experience in the jazz lineage.

"It's a responsibility being Mary J. Blige," the singer says.

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'I'm Not Going To Be Broken': Mary J. Blige On 'Strength Of A Woman'

10:11am April 27, 2017

"It's a responsibility being Mary J. Blige," the singer says. She speaks with NPR's Rachel Martin about finding catharsis through music — and says that even she works out to her songs.

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Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald during a 1958 visit to London.

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The Ella Fitzgerald Centennial: Our 'First Lady Of Song'

11:54am April 26, 2017

by Rolando Arrieta

Her incredible technical abilities were self-evident, but in front of a microphone, she radiated pure joy.

The producer Mike WiLL Made-It, whose beats can be heard on the first two singles from DAMN., the new album by Kendrick Lamar.

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How Mike WiLL Made-It And Kendrick Lamar Created The Year's Most Urgent Music

12:26pm April 25, 2017

by Rodney Carmichael

The super producer who made trap go pop on collaborations with Miley Cyrus, Rae Sremmurd and Beyoncé reveals how Kendrick Lamar inspired him to scale back for bigger impact on DAMN.