Music & Culture

Music & Culture

New Album, 'Sounds Of The Unborn,' Gets A Prenatal Assist

6:32am February 03, 2021

Luca Yupanqui recorded her contributions to the album while still in the womb. For the recording sessions, her parents used "biosonic MIDI technology" to translate Luca's movements into musical notes.

Saint Coltrane: The Church Built On 'A Love Supreme'

6:07pm February 02, 2021

Jazz Night visits the St. John Will-I-Am Coltrane African Orthodox Church, an evolving house of worship that has incorporated John Coltrane's A Love Supreme album as their chief liturgical text.

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JLCO Septet with Wynton Marsalis: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

5:06pm February 02, 2021

by Suraya Mohamed

The political is personal for the nine-time Grammy winner. Watch him lead the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet through three songs from his Democracy! Suite.

Dolly Parton says she was offered the honor by the Trump administration but was unable to accept.

Dolly Parton Says She Turned Down Presidential Medal Of Freedom — Twice

12:13pm February 02, 2021

by Petra Mayer

The singer says she was offered the honor by the Trump administration but was unable to accept, first because her husband was ill and then because the pandemic made traveling to the ceremony unsafe.

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Remembering SOPHIE, Electronic Pop Musician

4:28pm February 01, 2021

The electronic pop musician SOPHIE, known for her unique spin on underground dance music, died on Saturday after an accidental fall. She was 34 years old.

In 2018, actress Evan Rachel Wood testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee about being sexually assaulted.

Evan Rachel Wood Names Marilyn Manson As Abuser

4:24pm February 01, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

The Westworld actor alleged that Brian Warner, better known as industrial-rock musician Marilyn Manson, was her abuser, naming him for the first time in a statement posted to Instagram.

Double K, born Michael Turner, of People Under the Stairs performing during the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 11, 2009 in Manchester, Tenn.

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Double K, People Under The Stairs Rapper And Producer, Dead At 43

3:34pm February 01, 2021

by Lars Gotrich

The LA-born and bred artist, alongside partner Thes One, influenced the sound of West Coast rap around the turn of the century.

Ben Harper And Mom Ellen Reflect On A Lifetime Immersed In A Folk Music 'Wonderland'

1:30pm February 01, 2021

by Terry Gross

Ellen and Ben Harper both grew up in the Folk Music Center in Claremont Calif., which Ellen's parents founded in 1958. They join Fresh Air to discuss Ellen's new memoir, Always a Song.

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Singer Tony Bennett performing at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2007.

Tony Bennett Has Alzheimer's Disease

12:07pm February 01, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

In a profile of the iconic 94-year-old singer for AARP The Magazine, Bennett's wife says he was diagnosed in 2016. While the disease progressed, he recorded a new album of duets with Lady Gaga.

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Playlist: Haitian Rhythms And The Music Of New Orleans

7:00am February 01, 2021

by Bruce Warren

Haiti's influence on one of America's most musical cities is explored in a new audio documentary, Kanaval, hosted by Leyla McCalla and produced by WXPN.