A conversation with the renowned flutist about her latest album, 'What Times Are These,' and the creative process of reimagining verses from Adrienne Rich, Tracy K. Smith, and others through contemporary jazz.
From her roots in country music to her embrace of avant-garde experimentation, Susan Alcorn transformed the pedal steel guitar into a voice of revolution and possibility. Her passing leaves behind a legacy that changed how we think about the instrument's role in modern music.
Born in Tel Aviv and shaped by Brazilian choro, Anat Cohen has turned the clarinet into an instrument of possibility. Whether leading her acclaimed Tentet or exploring intimate spaces with Quartetinho, she creates music where different cultures dance together in perfect time.
The innovative partnership of Nicoletta Favari and Christopher Salvito blends piano, percussion, and custom electronics into a musical language that bridges the gap between human expression and machine logic. Their latest album 'Argot' speaks in tongues both ancient and digital.
Three Berlin-based artists strip music down to its essence, working across studios to transform single notes into rich, evolving soundscapes on their new album 'Split Scale.'
A cosmic journey through the latest, most compelling underground releases reveals unexpected collaborations and sonic discoveries, including Wolf Eyes meeting Anthony Braxton and Animal Collective's Geologist transforming Instagram clips into experimental gold.
At the five-year mark, we revisit our most-listened-to episodes from 2020, featuring Joe Satriani speaking candidly from his home studio, Jorma and Vanessa Kaukonen re-imagining music community, and eight other stories that set the blueprint for the hundreds that followed.
Most musicians choose between art and commerce, but this Swiss trumpeter refused. For six decades, Franco Ambrosetti ran a manufacturing empire while performing alongside jazz legends from Dexter Gordon to Geri Allen.
Musical paths cross in surprising ways this week—classical training meets electronic innovation, everyday objects transform into instruments, and a beloved album emerges from obscurity with its forward-thinking vision intact.
Mondo 2000 founder R.U. Sirius unpacks Bowie's remarkable evolution from hippie fellow traveler to critical observer, tracking the artist's fifty-year dialogue with American counterculture.
From Tupac's fear of reincarnation to Buddhist concepts of suffering, Kendrick Lamar weaves together hip-hop history and religious philosophy to examine what it means to return to life eternally — and whether such return might be the Devil's own prison.
In 1984, Rubén Blades wrote four stories of everyday people who vanished without explanation. Four decades and countless covers later, their ghostly presence still echoes through Latin American music, memory, and consciousness.
In "Watch The Party Die," Kendrick grapples with his calling as a musical prophet, torn between peaceful Christian ideals and the violent justice he feels compelled to deliver.
A conversation with the renowned flutist about her latest album, 'What Times Are These,' and the creative process of reimagining verses from Adrienne Rich, Tracy K. Smith, and others through contemporary jazz.
A cosmic journey through the latest, most compelling underground releases reveals unexpected collaborations and sonic discoveries, including Wolf Eyes meeting Anthony Braxton and Animal Collective's Geologist transforming Instagram clips into experimental gold.
At the five-year mark, we revisit our most-listened-to episodes from 2020, featuring Joe Satriani speaking candidly from his home studio, Jorma and Vanessa Kaukonen re-imagining music community, and eight other stories that set the blueprint for the hundreds that followed.
From her roots in country music to her embrace of avant-garde experimentation, Susan Alcorn transformed the pedal steel guitar into a voice of revolution and possibility. Her passing leaves behind a legacy that changed how we think about the instrument's role in modern music.
Most musicians choose between art and commerce, but this Swiss trumpeter refused. For six decades, Franco Ambrosetti ran a manufacturing empire while performing alongside jazz legends from Dexter Gordon to Geri Allen.
Born in Tel Aviv and shaped by Brazilian choro, Anat Cohen has turned the clarinet into an instrument of possibility. Whether leading her acclaimed Tentet or exploring intimate spaces with Quartetinho, she creates music where different cultures dance together in perfect time.
The innovative partnership of Nicoletta Favari and Christopher Salvito blends piano, percussion, and custom electronics into a musical language that bridges the gap between human expression and machine logic. Their latest album 'Argot' speaks in tongues both ancient and digital.
Three Berlin-based artists strip music down to its essence, working across studios to transform single notes into rich, evolving soundscapes on their new album 'Split Scale.'
Born into Barcelona's cultural resistance, Marina Albero carried music across continents before finding an unexpected home in the jazz scenes of Seattle and New Orleans. She documents her wanderings on 'A Nomad of Sound,' an album that transforms migration into melody.
The experimental musician discusses his long-running ambient project, the beauty hidden in dollar-bin records, and why making peace with a slower creative pace yields his most thoughtful work.
Musical paths cross in surprising ways this week—classical training meets electronic innovation, everyday objects transform into instruments, and a beloved album emerges from obscurity with its forward-thinking vision intact.
On 'Amidst the Ruins,' Andy Marshall confronts modern disconnection through Scotland's ancient landscapes, marrying traditional instrumentation and black metal into a meditation on what's been lost — and what might still be saved.