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For decades, Chileans associated the cueca dance with a brutal dictator, but that's changing.
The great lyricist wrote (and sometimes sang) some of the foremost entries in the American Songbook.
Polk Miller made the first interracial recording in U.S. history, but was no civil rights activist.
Tom Moon is the author of 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die.
This past Monday on All Songs Considered, NPR's The Decade In Music multi-pronged retrospective continues with a look at the 50 Most Important Recordings of the 2000s.
Two jazz records made the final tally: The Bad Plus' These Are The Vistas and Jason Moran's Black Stars. I had something to do with both being on there, but certainly wasn't the only one making decisions about what made or didn't make the list. These things are completely unscientific (how to define "important" in the first place?), which is the point, as far as I see: they're meant to generate discussion. Speaking of which, I done did some talking on the podcast too.
Should there even be jazz records on here in the first place? >>
Live at Lulea reveals another piece of Fever Ray's electro-voodoo mystery. Hear the whole album.
