Music

As The Rio Olympics Get Underway, Alt.Latino Shares Its Love For Brazilian Music

10:08am August 05, 2016

by Felix Contreras

Brazil's rich musical history is interwoven into Alt.Latino's weekly musical explorations. Just in time for the opening ceremonies, we collected some of our favorite Brazilian music moments.

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Tiny Desk Concert with Rachel Barton Pine.

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Rachel Barton Pine: Tiny Desk Concert

9:00am August 05, 2016

by Tom Huizenga

Watch the genial violinist commune with nearly 300-year-old music by J.S. Bach, played on an instrument built during the composer's heyday.

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Songs We Love: Whitney, 'No Woman'

9:00am August 05, 2016

by Jennifer Gersten

After a couple of months in the summer sun, the folk-rock band's debut album finally feels ripe. "No Woman" conveys the circuitousness of an aimless, lovesick road trip.

The Smashing Pumpkins in 1996, three years after their mainstream breakout with 1993's Siamese Dream.

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World Cafe #TBT: 1993

3:49pm August 04, 2016

by David Dye

Indulge in '90s nostalgia with a playlist highlighting The Smashing Pumpkins, Liz Phair and more.

Herbie Hancock premieres a new band lineup in concert Aug. 11 in Brooklyn.

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Herbie Hancock On His Next Album, Flying Lotus And Jupiter's Satellite

3:23pm August 04, 2016

Next week the great pianist presents a new lineup in concert. As he sees it, he's borrowing from the techniques of young cutting-edge musicians — who were themselves preceded by Miles Davis.

Kelsey Waldon's new album, I've Got A Way, comes out August 12.

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First Listen: Kelsey Waldon, 'I've Got A Way'

3:21pm August 04, 2016

by Ann Powers

It's the immediacy of Waldon's storytelling, utterly unsentimental yet deeply heartfelt, that makes the young country singer a queen of the cool rejoinder and an all-around contender.

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Singer-Songwriter Joan Shelley On Sky Diving And Stage Fright

2:08pm August 04, 2016

While on tour for her album, Over and Even, Shelley stopped by WHYY to play some of her songs along with accompanist Nathan Salsburg. She tells Fresh Air's Sam Briger she's always wanted to perform.

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Watch Imarhan Perform Live In The Studio

1:00pm August 04, 2016

by Jason Bentley

Watch the Algerian band with ties to Tinariwen play "Tarha Tadagh" live for KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.

A still from Trust Fund's "Crab Line" video.

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Watch A Video For Trust Fund's Giddy Pop Song 'Crab Line'

11:03am August 04, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

The Bristol indie-pop band likes to burrow between the sheets of sweetness and sadness, but also likes to perform body slam after body slam in Norwegian hostels.

"It's a surprise to me how well so many of these songs came out," says Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood of the band's latest album, A Moon Shaped Pool. "We all feel really lucky and happy to have this as a record."

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All Songs +1: A Conversation With Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood

10:49am August 04, 2016

by Bob Boilen

On this week's +1 podcast, Bob chats with Radiohead's visionary guitarist Jonny Greenwood about the making of the band's newest record, A Moon Shaped Pool.