Music

Wired: Come Hear New Music That Uses The Manhattan Bridge

Anastasia Tsioulcas — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:54:00 +0000

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The Beatles' Defining Moment (Hint: It's Not 'Sgt. Pepper')

NPR Staff — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:25:00 +0000

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_SXiLWOK0U

Songwriters' Group Calls Pandora's Radio Station Buy A Stunt

Laura Sydell — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:28:00 +0000

This week, the Internet radio broadcaster Pandora made what seems like a backward move — technologically speaking. Pandora purchased a local radio station in Rapid City, S.D. The company says it's aiming to get the more favorable royalty rates given to terrestrial broadcasters, but the move has songwriters and composers up in arms.

Blake Morgan is an independent musician whose "Better Angels" was among a number of his songs that got some 28,000 plays on Pandora.

How Rock 'N' Roll Can Explain The U.S. Economy

Scott Horsley — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:24:00 +0000

White House economic adviser Alan Krueger took some ribbing from his boss this week. President Obama noted that Krueger will soon be leaving Washington to go back to his old job, teaching economics at Princeton.

"And now that Alan has some free time, he can return to another burning passion of his: 'Rockanomics,' the economics of rock and roll," the president said.

Playing Mozart — On Mozart's Violin

editor — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:23:00 +0000

The violin and viola that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played himself are in the United States for the first time ever. The instruments come out of storage only about once a year at the Salzburg Mozarteum in Austria. The rest of the time, they're kept under serious lockup.

An Inconvenient Tune

Pablo Helguera — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:01:00 +0000

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Pablo Helguera is a New York-based artist working with sculpture, drawing, photography and performance. His new book is Helguera's Artunes.

Reflections On A Dozen Years With Abbey Lincoln

Shannon J. Effinger — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:13:00 +0000

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Johnny Smith, Revered Guitar Player, Has Died

Tom Cole — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:11:00 +0000

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Bob Dylan's Tribute To Medgar Evers Took On The Big Picture

editor — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:03:00 +0000

On this day 50 years ago — June 12, 1963 — Bob Dylan's career was just taking off when he heard the news that civil rights activist Medgar Evers had been assassinated.

A Loaded Bible Story, Tweaked For The Opera Stage

editor — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:52:00 +0000

Composer Mark Adamo has made beautiful music out of classic books. His Little Women is among the most produced American operas today. He also wrote the words and music for his operatic adaptation of Aristophanes' Greek drama Lysistrata.

His latest work, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, has proved more controversial. The opera, which premieres June 19 at the San Francisco Opera, tells the story of Mary, Jesus and his disciples.

Adamo himself grew up a good Catholic in South Jersey in the mid-1970s.