Latest Music Stories
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There's a lot of New York City in the new Vampire Weekend Album. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Ezra Koenig, lead singer/songwriter of the band, about their latest, "Only God Was Above Us."
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Armed with just her cello, a looping machine and a pair of percussionists, Beiser crafts a rendition of Terry Riley's pioneering In C that is equally mesmerizing and graceful.
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Plus, Phosphorescent's Matthew Houck sits down to talk about making his first album since 2018.
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Embedded in genre : sadboy, a collaborative release by rappers MGK and Trippie Redd, is an accidental lesson in what once made the collision of rap and pop-punk so electrifying.
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When he takes over, in the fall of 2027, he will be the youngest music director in the orchestra's 133-year history.
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While Beyoncé's new album suggests the country-music industry's problematic history of excluding Black artists, the collection as a whole is as much a celebration as it is a critique.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with the multi-instrumentalist James Bishop about how he transforms recordings of natural objects into music.
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NPR's Scott Simons speaks with Bardo Martinez, the lead singer of the Latin rock band Chicano Batman, about their fifth album, "Notebook Fantasy."
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Giddens' banjo and viola are featured on Beyoncé's new country album. We listen back to a 2010 interview and in-studio performance by Giddens and the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
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Sheryl Crow announced her final album in 2019. She has since reconsidered her position. Her 2024 album is called Evolution.
The Beethoven Network is the all-classical service produced at WFMT's state-of-the-art broadcast studios. The program is hosted by Peter Van De Graaff.
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