Music & Culture

Music & Culture

Hear 6 Latin American Artists Who Rock In Indigenous Languages

1:35pm October 15, 2015

by Jasmine Garsd

This week, Alt.Latino plays songs sung in indigenous Latin American languages: Mapuche, Tzotzil, Guarani, Quechua and Tz'utujil from Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Guatemala and Mexico.

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Revisiting The Soul-Stirring Sounds Of Decades-Old Gospel Music

1:33pm October 15, 2015

by Ed Ward

Post-war black gospel music shaped soul sounds through the mid-1970s, but it's increasingly hard to find today. Rock historian Ed Ward discusses a few recent gospel reissues.

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Public Image Ltd, with John Lydon in the foreground.

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John Lydon On World Cafe

12:24pm October 15, 2015

The former Sex Pistol shares music from PiL's second studio album since re-forming in 2009.

Mizan's <em>Dark Blue</em> EP comes out Nov. 6.

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Songs We Love: Mizan, '7 Billion'

11:37am October 15, 2015

by Kiana Fitzgerald

Watch the Ethiopian-raised singer/musician go it alone, as she contemplates the fragility of humanity, and reminds us of the magnitude of being one out of many.

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Viking's Choice: Pinkish Black, 'Bottom Of The Morning'

10:03am October 15, 2015

by Lars Gotrich

Pinkish Black swings moods like none other. The nine-minute "Bottom Of The Morning" runs through a woozy left-hand boogie, leading to a doomy, fuzzed-out denouement.

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Music Review: 'Children Of The Light,' Children Of The Light

6:42pm October 14, 2015

Children of the Light is two-thirds of the iconic Wayne Shorter Quartet. On their new self-titled album, Michelle Mercer says the trio's lively group improv is like a family dinner where everyone's talking at once yet somehow everyone's being heard.

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Marlon James Becomes First Jamaican To Win Man Booker Prize

6:42pm October 14, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to James, whose novel, A Brief History Of Seven Killings, won the Man Booker Prize Tuesday. The novel is an epic reimagining of the assassination attempt on Bob Marley.

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An Under-The-Radar Musician Slips Into The Spotlight With 'Oh My Goodness'

4:22pm October 14, 2015

by Ken Tucker

Veteran songwriter Donnie Fritts has mixed blues, rock, soul and country throughout his long and winding career. Ken Tucker says Fritts' new solo album showcases the musician's "shrewd ruminations."

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Anna Akhmatova, who lived from 1889 to 1966, was a beacon of artistic courage in the face of repression during Soviet times. Her work is now receiving renewed attention.

An Unexpected Revival For A Beloved Russian Poet

3:10pm October 14, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Singer Iris Dement's new album is based on the work of the late Anna Akhmatova, whose spare, insightful lines addressed the ambiguities of love and the tumult of Soviet times.

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Grace Jones: 'I'm A Bit Split Personality'

3:04pm October 14, 2015

by NPR Staff

The gender-bending musician and supermodel discusses how her past and her personality inform her new book, I'll Never Write My Memoirs.

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