Music & Culture

Music & Culture

Remembering Prince On What Would Have Been His 60th Birthday

6:45am June 07, 2018

On this day in 1993, Prince changed his name to that symbol that stood for Love. The Artist formerly known as Prince ended his contract with Warner Brothers in 2000 and then he was just Prince again.

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Marisa Anderson's Cloud Corner comes out June 15.

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First Listen: Marisa Anderson, 'Cloud Corner'

5:00am June 07, 2018

by Allison Hussey

On her new LP, Cloud Corner, Anderson demonstrates yet again that she's one of this era's most powerful players, one whose ostensible sleight-of-hand is some serious business indeed.

Arthur Buck's eponymous album comes out June 15.

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First Listen: Arthur Buck, 'Arthur Buck'

5:00am June 07, 2018

by Tom Moon

Singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur and guitarist Peter Buck of R.E.M. navigate getting "woke" together on their first collaboration.

"I don't really have an interest in writing revolution, political songs," Matt Maltese says. "I like writing love songs."

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Matt Maltese Writes Love Songs For The End Of The World

7:08pm June 06, 2018

The 22-year-old singer has been likened to David Bowie in fashion sense, Morrissey in vocal similarities and Father John Misty in his knack for satirical and apocalyptic-themed lyrics.

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This week's episode of The Thistle & Shamrock features music from The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart.

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The Thistle & Shamrock: The Strange Undoing Of Prudencia Hart

5:39pm June 06, 2018

Hear music from an acclaimed National Theatre of Scotland production that celebrates traditional poetry, storytelling and music woven through a supernatural tale.

Facebook's new features provide new ways for users to add music to their original videos. But is any of it fun?

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Facebook's New Features Encourage Users To Telegraph Their Music Taste

5:36pm June 06, 2018

by Andrew Flanagan

Two updates announced Tuesday, early toe-dips that Facebook promises are only the beginning, give members of its gargantuan user base ways of sharing the music they like. But is any of this ... fun?

Bon Iver's Justin Vernon has teamed up with Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National to form a new band (Big Red Machine) and an artists' collective called PEOPLE.

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Justin Vernon And Aaron Dessner Have A New Band — And A New Way To Listen

5:30pm June 06, 2018

by Stephen Thompson

Hear four songs by Big Red Machine, which blends Vernon's oblique and poetic words with a busy collage of sounds. Then get lost in a rabbit hole of never-before-heard music.

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Reissue Of Anthony Braxton's '1991 Studio' Revives A Jazz Master's Classic

2:18pm June 06, 2018

by Kevin Whitehead

Braxton is known for his brainy compositional procedures, and the quartet he led between 1985 and 1993 was his great workshop. Quartet (Willisau) 1991 Studio is a two-disc showcase of their music.

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Hear Two Unreleased Jason Isbell Songs For The First Time

1:31pm June 06, 2018

by Stephen Thompson

"The Assassin" and "Whisper" are from a deluxe reissue of Isbell's 2007 solo debut, Sirens of the Ditch, due out July 13.

A$AP Rocky and Skepta in "Prais The Lord (Da Shine)" video.

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A$AP Rocky and Skepta Are Pretty-But-Gritty Patriots

1:19pm June 06, 2018

by Sidney Madden

The New York and London-hailing artists make a case for the similarities of their cities respective influence with video for "Praise The Lord (Da Shine)."