Music Articles archive
Listen Remembering Butch Morris, The Man Who Conducted Improvisation
January 30, 2013 – With a wide variety of musicians, he pioneered a system of spontaneous arranging called Conduction.
Listen A 1969 Bootleg Unearths Miles Davis' 'Lost' Quintet
January 30, 2013 – Live recordings capture a groundbreaking artist between two vastly different periods in his career.
Watch A Little Part Of Poulenc In All Of Us
January 30, 2013 – Recalling the brilliant contradictions in the French composer on the 50th anniversary of his death.
Listen Paloma Faith's 'Fall To Grace' Is A Keeper
January 30, 2013 – A U.K. singer influenced by classic R&B and pop, Faith has been compared to Amy Winehouse and Adele.
Watch All The Singular Ladies: 6 Women At The Cutting Edge Of R&B
January 30, 2013 – In 2013, women are poised to take the mantle of progressive R&B. Here are a few worth watching.
Read Butch Morris, Jazz Bandleader And Conductor, Dies
January 29, 2013 – Over 25 years, he pioneered a new system of ensemble improvisation he called conduction.
Watch Thom Yorke And Friends On Making Music As Atoms For Peace
January 29, 2013 – The Radiohead singer and two bandmates discuss the process of recording their new album, Amok.
Listen Rising Postal Rates Squeeze Small Record Labels
January 29, 2013 – Shipping CDs and LPs overseas just got more expensive. Labels say costs will trickle down to fans.
Watch Leroy 'Sugarfoot' Bonner, Frontman Of The Ohio Players, Dies
January 28, 2013 – The funk band had seven top forty hits in the 1970s.
Watch Meet The Musical Mendelssohns: Felix And Fanny
January 28, 2013 – String quartets by the siblings are featured in a new album by the venturesome Ebène Quartet.
Watch Big Freedia Lays Out The Basics Of Bounce
January 27, 2013 – Freedia may be the most visible star of the hard-dancing hip-hop subculture out of New Orleans.
Listen Trixie Whitley: Songs For A Charmed — And Checkered — Life
January 27, 2013 – Whitley was born with a musical pedigree and began her career with a super-producer's endorsement.
Listen 25 Years Strong, 'Phantom Of The Opera' Kills And Kills Again
January 27, 2013 – Phantom on Saturday became the first show in Broadway history to run for a quarter century.
Watch After 17 Years, Adam Ant Transforms Again
January 26, 2013 – The man behind "Goody Two Shoes" hasn't made a record in two decades, but he's been busy all along.
Watch The Composer Who Tested Fighter Planes And Partied With Sinatra
January 26, 2013 – A cool ladies' man with a shaved head, Jimmy Van Heusen wrote dozens of hits and won four Oscars.