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This week, a long-awaited record by The The; Andra Day’s take on a gospel hymn; Bruce Springsteen aids an ailing colleague; plus Ellen Reid, Laurie Anderson, and Danielia Cotton. (article)
The New York band Crumb creates playful and brooding swirls of sounds, somewhere at a crossroads of psychedelia, pop, jazz, and rock. They play music from 2024's 'AMAMA', in-studio. (episode)
American pianist and educator Christopher O’Riley has spent his career gleefully ignoring musical boundaries and playing everything from J.S. Bach to Radiohead. He plays Bach in-studio. (episode)
This week, modern “Romance” from Fontaines DC, a new home for blues veteran Ruthie Foster, and an oceanographic album by Rachel Lee Priday. Plus, new club music from Mura Masa. (article)
Mehrnam Rastegari is a composer and New York-based master of the kamancheh, the Persian spike fiddle. She leads a traditional Persian band in original music and older songs, in-studio. (episode)
Guitarist, composer, and teacher Benjamin Verdery seems to know everybody who’s ever picked up the instrument. He plays pieces from his collection called 'Some Towns and Cities'. (episode)
This week, a hip hop tribute from Talib Kweli & J. Rawls; The Linda Lindas meet Weird Al Yankovic; and electroswing from Parov Stelar. Plus, Afrofuturist funk band Ibibio Sound Machine. (article)
Stephanie Manning reports from the 2024 Bang on a Can Music Summer Festival on work by Composing Fellow Jessica Ackerley. (article)
Composer Christopher Rountree, conductor of the LA-based new music ensemble Wild Up, leads an electro-chamber group in his latest work "3 BPM", an open score like a map or a game. (episode)
Media Fellow Maddy Briggs reports from the 2024 Bang on a Can Music Summer Festival. (article)