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New Recording Of Busoni's 'Piano Concerto' Is An Extraordinary Experience

1:26pm June 03, 2019

by Lloyd Schwartz

The Boston Symphony Orchestra's 2017 performance of Ferruccio Busoni's monumental concerto met all the composer's impossible demands. A new live recording of the event is both serious and fabulous.

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Watch Helado Negro Perform 'Pais Nublado' Live In The Studio

12:47pm June 03, 2019

Helado Negro seamlessly mixes psych-pop and Latin folk, bouncing between English and Spanish on his excellent album This Is How You Smile. Watch a highlight from his recent MBE session "Pais Nublado."

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Chilean Singer-Songwriter Camila Meza Sets A Brooklyn Loft Aglow

12:22pm June 03, 2019

by Nate Chinen

Rising singer, guitarist and composer Camila Meza reverberates songs from her latest record Ámbar off the walls of a light-filled Brooklyn loft.

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Lawrence Leathers, Grammy-Winning Jazz Drummer, Victim Of Suspected Murder

12:16pm June 03, 2019

by Nate Chinen

The 37-year-old drummer was found dead on Sunday in New York following an alleged altercation with his girlfriend and another individual.

Producer and musician Jack Antonoff performs "I Love Trash" on Sesame Street.

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Jack Antonoff Visits 'Sesame Street,' Loves Trash

12:04pm June 03, 2019

by Stephen Thompson

The Bleachers frontman joins Oscar the Grouch to perform "I Love Trash" with some of the grungiest Muppets around.

Tyler, The Creator. His latest album, IGOR is on our list of the best albums out in May.

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NPR Music's Top 15 Albums From May

8:52am June 03, 2019

From Tyler, the Creator's lovesick turn to Jamila Wood's funky second album, May had a ridiculous amount of stellar music to offer just before summer arrives.

Taron Egerton stars as Elton John in Rocketman.

The 'Nuanced, Complex Journey' Of Becoming Elton John

12:10pm June 02, 2019

Rocketman star Taron Egerton and director Dexter Fletcher speak with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about memorializing Elton John while he's still here, the film's most meaningful scenes and more.

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Roky Erickson cemented his rock immortality with the 13th Floor Elevators song "You're Gonna Miss Me" and, through a career interrupted by struggles with schizophrenia, he made music that caught the ear of the mainstream while remaining tantalizingly out

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We're Gonna Miss Him: Roky Erickson Brought Soulfulness To Psychedelia

8:27am June 02, 2019

by Jason Heller

Through a career that spanned six decades, the psychedelic pioneer captivated the rock establishment while remaining at an arm's length from the mainstream.

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Tal Wilkenfeld On 'Love Remains'

8:22am June 02, 2019

Australian Tal Wilkenfeld has been a go-to side player of the electric bass for Jeff Beck, Prince, Mick Jagger and others. She talks with Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her debut vocal album, Love Remains.

30 Years Later, Bon Jovi Returns To Moscow To Play To A New Generation

5:10pm June 01, 2019

by Lucian Kim

Thirty years after Jon Bon Jovi tore a hole in the Iron Curtain with a concert in Moscow, the band is back to perform for another generation, and another country.