NPR Topics: Music News http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1106&ft=1&f=1106 Current music news, artist interviews, album reviews, and music industry news from NPR Music. Rock, pop, folk, classical, jazz, blues, urban, and world music. Watch video sessions. Copyright 2009 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.93 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:57 -0500 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Music News http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1106&ft=1&f=1106 End Of The Decade: Concluding Thoughts By Carrie Brownstein And it's naptime. (courtesy of The Patton Veterinary Hospital) It's hard to believe that we've reached the end. For the past two weeks, all of us — the NPR Music Team, a handful of outside contribut... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:57 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114408995&ft=1&f=1106 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114408995&ft=1&f=1106 By Carrie Brownstein And it's naptime. (courtesy of The Patton Veterinary Hospital) It's hard to believe that we've reached the end. For the past two weeks, all of us — the NPR Music Team, a handful of outside contribut...

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]]> Bon Jovi Doesn't Need A Prayer To Make It On NBC Bon Jovi is at the top of the album charts this week, riding an unprecedented publicity push. His record label struck a deal with the conglomerate NBC Universal for an exclusive presence on their many TV networks, including appearances on <em>Today</em>, <em>Inside the Actors Studio</em> and <em>The Tonight Show</em>. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120624326&ft=1&f=1106 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120624326&ft=1&f=1106 Bon Jovi is at the top of the album charts this week, riding an unprecedented publicity push. His record label struck a deal with the conglomerate NBC Universal for an exclusive presence on their many TV networks, including appearances on Today, Inside the Actors Studio and The Tonight Show.

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]]> The Past (And Future) Of Online Music Back in 2001, I sat in a San Francisco federal courtroom and watched a judge order Napster to shut down. The record companies won their battle against the world's first peer-to-peer file sharing service. But, as everyone now knows, it was a Pyrrhic victory; to reference another Greek myth, Napster turned out to be a Hydra. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:39:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114408666&ft=1&f=1106 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114408666&ft=1&f=1106 Back in 2001, I sat in a San Francisco federal courtroom and watched a judge order Napster to shut down. The record companies won their battle against the world's first peer-to-peer file sharing service. But, as everyone now knows, it was a Pyrrhic victory; to reference another Greek myth, Napster turned out to be a Hydra.

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]]> Question Of The Day: How Will We Listen To Music In 2020? How will we listen to music in the next decade? How will we acquire it? What will it sound like? Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:19:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114408618&ft=1&f=1106 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114408618&ft=1&f=1106 How will we listen to music in the next decade? How will we acquire it? What will it sound like?

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]]> Assessing Decade's 50 Important Recordings Music critic Tom Moon discusses NPR Music's list of "The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings" &mdash; a roundup of the albums that changed the musical landscape in the last 10 years. Moon is the author of <em>1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die</em>. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120583721&ft=1&f=1106 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120583721&ft=1&f=1106 Music critic Tom Moon discusses NPR Music's list of "The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings" — a roundup of the albums that changed the musical landscape in the last 10 years. Moon is the author of 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die.

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]]> Britney Spears, Meet Beth Ditto (Please) Beth Ditto, lead singer from queer indie-disco group The Gossip, read Britney Spears' head-shaving in 2007 as an act of defiance. Spears wanted control over was her own body; her image. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114406469&ft=1&f=1106 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114406469&ft=1&f=1106 Beth Ditto, lead singer from queer indie-disco group The Gossip, read Britney Spears' head-shaving in 2007 as an act of defiance. Spears wanted control over was her own body; her image.

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]]> Memorable Songs, Artists And Moments: 2000-09 What is the one song, movement or artist that sums up the decade for you, and why? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114391647&ft=1&f=1106 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114391647&ft=1&f=1106 What is the one song, movement or artist that sums up the decade for you, and why?

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]]> What's In An Indie? Indie isn't a genre any more than alternative was, but it denotes something important about the music in its tent &mdash; where it came from, where it might go. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:21:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114405884&ft=1&f=1106 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114405884&ft=1&f=1106 Indie isn't a genre any more than alternative was, but it denotes something important about the music in its tent — where it came from, where it might go.

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]]> The Way We Were: Music Blogs And Sites In The '00s By Lars Gotrich It's been a good 10 years, Music Internet. At first, our love was forbidden &mdash; all your MP3 blogs were illegal. The RIAA would shut 'em down, and we'd keep making out in the backseat of our Napster sedan like hormonally addled teena... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:30:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114403928&ft=1&f=1106 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114403928&ft=1&f=1106 By Lars Gotrich It's been a good 10 years, Music Internet. At first, our love was forbidden — all your MP3 blogs were illegal. The RIAA would shut 'em down, and we'd keep making out in the backseat of our Napster sedan like hormonally addled teena...

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]]> Everett True: Dispatches From 'A Fading Music Critic' British music blogger Everett True ponders his place as a critic in the online space. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:16:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114402873&ft=1&f=1106 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114402873&ft=1&f=1106 British music blogger Everett True ponders his place as a critic in the online space.

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]]> Ten Questions For A Critic: The State Of Classical Music Anne Midgette, classical music critic from the <em>Washington Post,</em> and NPR's Tom Huizenga look back over a decade of changes in the world of classical music. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:29:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114402857&ft=1&f=1106 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114402857&ft=1&f=1106 Anne Midgette, classical music critic from the Washington Post, and NPR's Tom Huizenga look back over a decade of changes in the world of classical music.

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]]> The 'In Rainbows' Experiment: Did It Work? In Rainbows was first released on Oct. 10, 2007, as a digital download from the band's Web site. Fans were encouraged to "pay what you wish" &mdash; even nothing &mdash; and a "digital tip jar" was set up to collect voluntary payments. On Dec. 4 of that same year, an $80 deluxe box set was made available to order online; finally, on Jan. 1, the physical CD and digital album hit retailers. Those are the facts. But what did "the Radiohead experiment," as it would come to be known, mean? Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114401442&ft=1&f=1106 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114401442&ft=1&f=1106 In Rainbows was first released on Oct. 10, 2007, as a digital download from the band's Web site. Fans were encouraged to "pay what you wish" — even nothing — and a "digital tip jar" was set up to collect voluntary payments. On Dec. 4 of that same year, an $80 deluxe box set was made available to order online; finally, on Jan. 1, the physical CD and digital album hit retailers. Those are the facts. But what did "the Radiohead experiment," as it would come to be known, mean?

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]]> Roundtable Discussion: The Role Of The Record Label By Carrie Brownstein Visual representation of our illustrious roundtable participants today. Last week, I had the opportunity to chat &mdash; and, by chat, I mean "chat via the Internet" &mdash; with a handful of independent recor... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:10:09 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114400961&ft=1&f=1106 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114400961&ft=1&f=1106 By Carrie Brownstein Visual representation of our illustrious roundtable participants today. Last week, I had the opportunity to chat — and, by chat, I mean "chat via the Internet" — with a handful of independent recor...

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]]> China's Newest Export: Punk Rock America is used to exporting its culture. It's called soft power, this ability to dominate the tastes of people in other countries. So it's not such a big deal for an American band to tour in China. But a Chinese rock band taking the stage in New York? That's new. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:48:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120463623&ft=1&f=1106 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120463623&ft=1&f=1106 America is used to exporting its culture. It's called soft power, this ability to dominate the tastes of people in other countries. So it's not such a big deal for an American band to tour in China. But a Chinese rock band taking the stage in New York? That's new.

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]]> 'Pirate Radio' Director Was A Fan First In 1964, a music agent bought a ship, anchored it offshore in the North Sea, and turned it into a radio station for the rock-starved British. Director Richard Curtis' new movie, <em>Pirate Radio</em> tells the story of the motley crew of DJs at sea. Host Liane Hansen speaks with Curtis, whose work includes <em>Love Actually</em>, <em>Notting Hill</em> and <em>Four Weddings and a Funeral</em>. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120431161&ft=1&f=1106 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120431161&ft=1&f=1106 In 1964, a music agent bought a ship, anchored it offshore in the North Sea, and turned it into a radio station for the rock-starved British. Director Richard Curtis' new movie, Pirate Radio tells the story of the motley crew of DJs at sea. Host Liane Hansen speaks with Curtis, whose work includes Love Actually, Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral.

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