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Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter-themed NFL halftime show performance showcased Black Americana, and drew in millions of viewers, but it left some viewers asking: Is she America's greatest propagandist? And which version of America is she...Sunday, January 12, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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Saxophonist Arthur Blythe arrived in New York City in 1974 with a gorgeous tone and a fully formed conception. Having featured in the ensembles of pianist Horace Tapscott in his native LA, he first caught the ear in the Big Apple after...Sunday, January 12, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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Many artists draw inspiration from their homeland's folk traditions, which are often reflected in their compositions and playing style. This fusion is particularly evident in Scottish jazz, where prominent performers like Fergus...Sunday, January 12, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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Starflyer 59's Déjame Dormir strips away layers of distortion and feedback for something soft and sleepy.Saturday, January 11, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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Ben Paterson 's release Cookin' in the Couve captures the energy and intimacy of a jazz trio in full swing. The album features Paterson on piano, Neal Miner on bass and Aaron Seeber on drums as they deliver hard-swinging blues-infused...Saturday, January 11, 2025 from NPR Topics: Music
Former President Jimmy Carter's close friends included the likes of Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and the Allman brothers.Saturday, January 11, 2025 from NPR Topics: Music
UK pop sensation Robbie Williams is the subject of a new biopic, but a lot of Americans have absolutely no idea who he is.Saturday, January 11, 2025 from NPR Topics: Music
Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave, died Friday morning in Coral Gables, Florida, due to complications while recovering from surgery, his publicist said.Saturday, January 11, 2025 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
The second album from the Swedish collective Space, comprising pianist Lisa Ullén , bassist Elsa Bergman and drummer Anna Lund , finds further intrigue and sustenance in the soil that nurtured its eponymous 2022 debut ... [ read...Saturday, January 11, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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Zimmerman, who has been recording since the 60s, made his latest album, Dance of Love , with the indie folk band.Friday, January 10, 2025 from NPR Topics: Music
In 2008, Suze Rotolo reflected on being Dylan's girlfriend and muse. Folk singer Joan Baez spoke to Terry Gross in 1987. In 1998, Al Kooper looked back on his time as a session musician with Dylan.Friday, January 10, 2025 from NPR Topics: Music
Time and time again Bad Bunny has proven that he's strongest creatively when he anchors himself to the island and if DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS is to be believed, home is where he's insistent on staying.Friday, January 10, 2025 from NPR Topics: Music
NPR Music's Stephen Thompson is joined by KCRW's Travis Holcombe to run down their four favorite albums out today, as well as the revamped version of SZA's 'LANA' project. Featured Albums: • SZA, 'SOS Deluxe: LANA' • Franz Ferdinand,...Friday, January 10, 2025 from All About Jazz News
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Congolese-born, Ireland-based guitarist Niwel Tsumbu admits that it took some plucking up of courage to make a solo album. Since moving to Cork in 2004 Tsumbu has always played in collaborative settings encompassing, jazz, rock,...Friday, January 10, 2025 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
Although this is the first release by the quintet of saxophonist Julius Gabriel , pianist Agustí Fernández , drummer Ramon López , bassist Barry Guy and vocalist Savina Yannatou , all five have been members of Guy's...Friday, January 10, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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Felipe Senna 's expansive oeuvre defies genre, encompassing popular, classical, jazz, folkloric, abstract and narrative elements. Music, as he put it, "needs no excuses to thrill and move us...that's why I believe genre and style are not...Thursday, January 9, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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Punningly recalling beloved British children's TV programme Play School, the name Bley School neatly encapsulates what is afoot on this album, representing an open-minded and irreverent fondness for tunes, especially those associated...Thursday, January 9, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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Benjamin Lackner has a vision and his album is a coherent statement of his ideas: a radical statement of lyricism, gentleness, restraint and understatement. It was a long-time dream. For some time, Benjamin Lackner has had a wish to...Wednesday, January 8, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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While Kris Davis hews close to the hallowed piano trio format on Run The Gauntlet, her first return to the set-up since Waiting For You To Grow (Clean Feed, 2014), she inevitably gives it a few intriguing twists. By recruiting bassist...Wednesday, January 8, 2025 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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This album by guitarist Morten Duun constructs a delicate and indeterminate beauty from just a few elements: guitar, trumpet, drums and occasional piano and voice. The music is a gauzy blend of sounds set in a lush silence reminiscent of...Tuesday, January 7, 2025 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
In a nearly thirty-year career, Satoko Fujii (pianist, bandleader, composer, provocateur, sonic experimenter in the first degree) has shown herself to be one of the most daring and uncompromising artists in music. In a way, she is like...