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There’s a new target in music’s ongoing copyright wars: the small venue. Today, we’ll hear how churches, coffee shops, house parties, and other non-traditional performance spaces are ... (episode)
Film composers use certain sounds to trigger suspense and even terror, like the screeching violins in Psycho’s shower-murder scene or the relentless shark theme in Jaws. As these icon... (episode)
No, seriously. We're running out of band names. The Wall Street Journal recently investigated the lack of catchy, original new band names in the age of MySpace and Google. They found ... (episode)
Our series Music of the World Cup looks at a famous World War I truce -- and the songs it inspired. Plus: we hear how relations among African nations have shaped the competition under... (episode)
Drake is not your typical rapper: the biracial, half-Jewish MC grew up a child actor in a wealthy part of Toronto. But with his new album Thank Me Later, the 23-year-old may be poised... (episode)
The Beatles are a wellspring of urban legends, including the most famous: that Paul McCartney died in 1966. Plus: a new novel that casts the Fab Four as zombies. Finally, the classica... (episode)
One year after the death of Michael Jackson, plenty of questions linger about the pop star’s estate, his family, and his death itself. But the earth-shattering effect of his music on ... (episode)
Bobby McFerrin is known to astonish audiences with his four-octave range and dazzling array of vocal effects. On today's show, McFerrin performs live in WNYC's The Greene Space. The s... (episode)
Our weekly series exploring the role of music in the World Cup continues. We’ll hear about the vuvuzela, the trumpet-like instrument that fans blow incessantly at South African soccer... (episode)
Two years ago, Herbie Hancock's tribute to songwriter Joni Mitchell earned Album of the Year honors at the Grammys. The jazz pianist and musical innovator joins us to talk about worki... (episode)
<p><strong></strong>Herbie Hancock talks about his upcoming album, <em>The Imagine Project</em>, and the army of A-list collaborators that appear on it. <em></em></p>
<p>Artist <guest name="Luke Jerram">Luke Jerram</guest> talks about distributing pianos throughout the city as part of the public-art project, Play Me I'm Yours.</p>
<p>The Dublin-based singer-songwriter Conor O’Brien performs under the name <strong>Villagers.</strong> He joins us to play live in our studio. <strong></strong></p>