City Scenes: How Boston's LGBTQ+ Musicians Are Making Space For Each Other
Billy Dean Thomas, Optic Bloom and Anjimile are among the various acts paving the way for inclusivity in Boston.
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CD Set Of Leontyne Price's Live Performances At The Met Opera Is A Treasure
Price, now 93, was the first African American soprano to have a major career at the Metropolitan Opera. Critics and fans agreed that she had one of the most beautiful singing voices they'd ever heard.
NEA Announces Its 2021 Jazz Masters
Four luminaries – Henry Threadgill, Terri Lynne Carrington, Jimmy "Tootie" Heath and Phil Schaap – will be inducted in a ceremony scheduled, virtually, for next spring.
Lil Baby On Taking Music Apart To See 'The Bigger Picture'
The 25-year-old trap titan discusses his songwriting process, his experience in the criminal justice system and why, even as one of the biggest rappers alive, he doesn't believe he's made it just yet.
Leo Kottke And Mike Gordon: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Phish bassist Mike Gordon and guitarist Leo Kottke perform a magical Tiny Desk quarantine show, with a little help from Phish drummer Jon Fishman.
Jason Flom, The Music Executive With An Ear For Injustice
Though he's guided the careers of pop artists including Lorde, Katy Perry and Skid Row, the Lava Records founder is better known lately for his side gig — bringing aid to the wrongfully convicted.
'Gimme Some Lovin' ' Bandleader Spencer Davis Dead at 81
The Welsh multi-instrumentalist helped take his self-named band to the Top 10 in the U.S. and the U.K. in the mid-1960s and launched the career of Steve Winwood.
Latin Jazz Album 'El Duelo' Features Lively Solos And Moments Of Surprising Beauty
For 30 years, trumpet and flugelhorn player Diego Urcola has toured and recorded with Cuba-born saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera. For his own new album, Urcola hired his boss as featured sideman.
Toshinori Kondo, Trailblazing Modern Trumpeter, Dies At 71
From the '80s on, Kondo stood with a new generation of free-form players, collaborating with a long list of fellow iconoclasts.
Kingfish: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The blues prodigy performs a special Tiny Desk show at the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Miss.