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On 'the record,' boygenius honors how friendship shapes our very sense of self
On 'the record,' boygenius honors how friendship shapes our very sense of self

On the record, the members of boygenius craft songs about how we care for each other, why we choose each other and how this kind of closeness can transform us. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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On 'the record,' boygenius honors how friendship shapes our very sense of self

The friendship shared by Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus isn't just the backdrop for their album as boygenius: It's the subject of many of these songs, built into their very structures.

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Long live soca! Celebrating 50 years of Trinidad's soundtrack to carnival

Machel Montano, onstage at the Essence Festival on July 1, 2022 in New Orleans. Montano became of soca's biggest stars following the release of his single "Big Truck" in 1997. Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Essence hide caption

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Long live soca!

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How Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily conjured Love In Exile

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How Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily conjured Love In Exile

Contributor Nate Chinen interviews the three musicians behind the new improvisational supergroup Love In Exile about their new album, the mysteries of how songs emerge from improvisation and most crucially, how the music they create is an expression of how they listen to each other.

For the beloved trio's return, Nickel Creek created its own world

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For the beloved trio's return, Nickel Creek created its own world

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