Music Articles archive
Listen Remembering George Szell, Powerhouse Conductor
July 7, 2012 – A new biography captures the power of the conductor's artistry and the quirks of his personality.
Listen Maga Bo's Sound Collages Travel Through Time
July 6, 2012 – The producer's latest album beautifully juxtaposes traditional melodies and club-friendly beats.
Listen Big K.R.I.T.: Music Straight 'From The Underground'
July 6, 2012 – The hip-hop artist's Live From the Underground takes listeners on a historical journey of the South.
Listen LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy: The Fresh Air Interview
July 6, 2012 – The pop-dance-electronic group's founder describes his reasons for starting his own band.
Read A Close Look At Frank Ocean's Coming Out Letter
July 5, 2012 – The singer's announcement fits just fine in the history of ground-breaking, image-busting musicians.
Listen Woody Guthrie's Indelible Mark On American Culture
July 5, 2012 – A poet of the people, he wrote some of the United States' most important songs.
Read Tanglewood, My Family's Transcendental Homeland
July 5, 2012 – How one writer's identity was forged by a summer music festival.
Listen Linda Oh: Connecting Points On A Musical Map
July 5, 2012 – Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says Oh's second album Initial Here covers a lot of musical ground.
Listen Aboriginal Musicians 'Band' Together To Expose Oppression
July 4, 2012 – The Black Arm Band Company makes protest music about ethnic discrimination in Australia.
Watch Six Immigrant Songs Of Triumph And Tragedy
July 4, 2012 – The Alt.Latino hosts share music that misses home and treks dangerous terrain to make a new one.
Watch Neil Young's Fascination With 'Americana'
July 4, 2012 – Young's latest album with Crazy Horse, Americana, features songs many of us sang as children.
Watch Springsteen's American Dream, Beautiful And Bleak
July 4, 2012 – Ann Powers says her infatuation with The Boss grew into adult respect for the strivers in his songs.
Watch My American Dream Sounds Like Woody Guthrie And Lila Downs
July 3, 2012 – In her interpretation of his songs we hear the way we all maneuver through more than one culture.
Watch Remembering The Music Of Andy Griffith
July 3, 2012 – All Songs Considered's Robin Hilton remembers the music of Andy Griffith.
Listen Serbia's Markovic Orkestar Breaks Boundaries With Brass
July 3, 2012 – A new album puts a Serbian band's wild, genre-bending flair on full display.