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Deceptive Cadence
6:03 am
Wed September 5, 2012

Silence And Sound: Five Ways Of Understanding John Cage

Credit Victor Drees / Getty Images
Composer, conceptual artist and professional provocateur John Cage, in a 1966 portrait.

Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 2:51 pm

Around the Nation
2:24 am
Wed September 5, 2012

The Strange Story Of The Man Behind 'Strange Fruit'

Originally published on Thu September 6, 2012 2:37 pm

One of Billie Holiday's most iconic songs is "Strange Fruit," a haunting protest against the inhumanity of racism. Many people know that the man who wrote the song was inspired by a photograph of a lynching. But they might not realize that he's also tied to another watershed moment in America's history.

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A Blog Supreme
5:27 pm
Tue September 4, 2012

The Drummer Who Blows Bubbles At Gigs

Credit Courtesy of the artist
Matt Wilson.

Two bubbles found they had rainbows on their curves.
They flickered out saying:
"It was worth being a bubble just to have held that rainbow thirty seconds."

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World Cafe
5:10 pm
Tue September 4, 2012

Antibalas On World Cafe

Credit Courtesy of Marina Abadjieff
Antibalas.

Originally published on Wed September 5, 2012 9:23 am

Sometimes known as the Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, the New York band Antibalas — which means "bulletproof" in Spanish — is a large group of talented musicians who play rhythm-intensive Afrobeat music. In a seven-year stretch, Antibalas has released four albums and withstood a five-year hiatus in which several members worked on the Broadway musical FELA!

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All Songs Considered
4:20 pm
Tue September 4, 2012

The Most Important Band Of Your College Years

Credit Courtesy of the artists
Neil Young (clockwise from upper left), fun., James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, early era R.E.M.

Originally published on Wed September 5, 2012 8:52 am

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