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several legal services now have catalogs voluminous enough to satisfy most appetites. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/moby-wait-for-me1496.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/moby-wait-for-me1496.html Music Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:17:00 -0500 Moby talks about his most personal album yet -- called 'Wait for Me,' it's a CD of deep textures, soulful ruminations and unexpected turns. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/bill-withers-soul1475.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/bill-withers-soul1475.html Music Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:53:00 -0500 Bill Withers is the singer-songwriter behind soul classics like Ain't No Sunshine, Lean on Me, Use Me, Just the Two of Us, Lovely Day and more. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/mourning-death-michael-jackson1454.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/mourning-death-michael-jackson1454.html Music Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:43:00 -0500 The sights and sounds of mourning in New York and Detroit, as people gathered to pay tribute to Michael Jackson. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/jazz-for-dads1442.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/jazz-for-dads1442.html Music Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:04:00 -0500 With a nod to Father's Day, Riverwalk Jazz lifts a toast to 'Jazz Daddies,' as jazz artists tell us what it means to follow in the footsteps of their music-playing fathers. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/youssou-ndour-islam1434.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/youssou-ndour-islam1434.html Music Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:45:00 -0500 Senegalese pop star Youssou N'Dour's album "Egypt" was devoted to his Sufi faith; a new film details his life after the release. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/brother-ali-rapper1423.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/brother-ali-rapper1423.html Music Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:54:00 -0500 Brother Ali is a Minneapolis-based MC with a reputation for raw, soul-searching lyrics and passionate delivery. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/jill-sobule-music1405.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/jill-sobule-music1405.html Music Tue, 26 May 2009 18:26:00 -0500 Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule asked her fans to donate money to pay for the production of her new album, and they responded with $75,000. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/nortec-collective.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/nortec-collective.html Music Thu, 07 May 2009 09:21:00 -0500 Under the stage names Bostich and Fussible, Ramon Amezcua and Pepe Mogt make fantastic dance music that mixes Mexican folk with electronica. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/music-remasterd-reissued.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/music-remasterd-reissued.html Music Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:19:00 -0500 The growing market for repackaged and remastered music -- from the Beatles to forgotten 60s and 70s soul records. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/susan-boyle-hometown.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/susan-boyle-hometown.html Music Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:18:00 -0500 Blackburn, in West Lothian, Scotland is the hometown of Susan Boyle, the singing sensation who wowed judges on the British TV show "Britain's Got Talent." http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/pakistani-protest-music.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/pakistani-protest-music.html Music Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:00:00 -0500 A pair of Pakistani professors sings songs of protest -- the music is new, but the lyrics are based on the words of iconic poets from the past. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/marian-anderson-lincoln-memorial.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/marian-anderson-lincoln-memorial.html Music Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:49:00 -0500 This performance by African-American singer Marian Anderson in a location of circumstance signaled a milestone in the Civil Rights Movement. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/downsized-music-execs.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/downsized-music-execs.html Music Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:53:00 -0500 Music industry execs responsible for hair bands like Motley Crue and underground acts like Moby talk about their post-label worlds. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/japan-noise-music.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/japan-noise-music.html Music Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:23:00 -0500 A movement in the Japanese music underground surfaced in the 1990s to ask the same questions as avant-garde icon John Cage did in the 1950s. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/blk-jks-sxsw.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/blk-jks-sxsw.html Music Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:39:00 -0500 South African art rock lands in the United States courtesy of BLK JKS. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/jon-hassell-music.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/jon-hassell-music.html Music Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:21:00 -0600 Jon Hassell has never been your typical frontman trumpeter--his horn is often buried in swirling textures; notes are shifted, refracted, repeated, and distended in a fertile greenhouse of sound. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/monk-town-hall.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/monk-town-hall.html Music Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:15:00 -0600 Fifty years ago this week, virtuoso jazz pianist Thelonious Monk gave a landmark concert at New York City’s Town Hall; it was a coming-out for an underground jazz scene. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/slumdog-millionaire-composer.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/slumdog-millionaire-composer.html Music Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:13:00 -0600 Indian composer A.R.Rahman's score earned him two Oscars -- he says he wanted to get away from musical cliches for "Slumdog." http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/ecm-records-controversy.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/ecm-records-controversy.html Music Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:10:00 -0600 ECM Records defined a style of music that evokes a sense of space, contemplation and nuance -- ECM producer Steve Lake and musicians talk about the controversial label. 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