New techno music exhibit transcends borders
A new exhibit set to travel to several cities in the U.S., Canada and Latin America puts a spotlight on techno music, its roots and historical significance.
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Naomi Judd, country music matriarch of The Judds, is dead at 76
Naomi Judd recorded and performed with daughter Wynonna. She was also the mother of actress Ashley Judd.
Ozzy Osbourne has been diagnosed with COVID-19
Sharon Osbourne, who revealed the diagnosis, said she is taking off time from work to care for her 73-year-old husband, a rock music legend. "I am very worried about Ozzy right now," she said.
World Cafe 30th Anniversary Playlist: 2016
In addition to big releases from Adele, Radiohead, Frank Ocean, Beyonce, Drake, and David Bowie's final album, Blackstar, 2016 was filled with some of World Cafe's most favorite new artists.
In the studio for International Jazz Day
April 30th is International Jazz Day. Jazz Night in America tapped photographer Deneka Peniston to share scenes from recording sessions featuring jazz artists who are shaping the music today.
'Dreams do still come true' in a new novel by Dolly Parton and James Patterson
Parton didn't just co-write the novel, she also recorded a whole album to go with it. Run, Rose, Run is about an aspiring country singer trying to shake a dark past and make it big in music.
DOMi & JD Beck, 'SMiLE'
DOMi & JD Beck make a hyperarticulate strain of beat music. Mac DeMarco stars as a profanely cantankerous 100-year-old jazz legend in a new video.
RLYR, 'Real Air'
A new track from the Chicago rock experimentalists features epic, headbanging riffage.
Third Coast Percussion, 'Derivative'
Hear the Chicago-based ensemble lay down a killer groove, composed by electronic music producer Jlin.
Albert Ayler made sublime music. The world was not ready
At his last recorded concerts, the avant-garde outlaw's seemingly disparate sound worlds came together.