Music
Can noise be music?
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.
"Fourth World" music from Jon Hassell
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. ...
Celebrating Thelonious Monk
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....
"Slumdog Millionaire" soundtrack composer
Indian composer A.R.Rahman's score earned him two Oscars -- he says he wanted to get away from musical cliches for "Slumdog."...
The controversial label ECM Records
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....
Handel for Headbangers
The East Village Opera Company combines classic opera with classic rock, and they're up for a Grammy award this Sunday....
A return to Ethiopia's musical greatness
Politics and music have not always mixed well in Ethiopia. But governments change -- and the music survives, and evolves. A fine example is a new project that highlights the work of Ethiopian musicians today....
Rockin' in the USSR with Mumiy Troll
Russian rock band Mumiy Troll is on the brink of their first national U.S. tour despite the fact that they have been rockin’ in the USSR for almost twenty years....
Musical taste
A music writer tries to get in touch with his inner Celine Dion fan -- what the experience taught him about musical taste. ...
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