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Le Tigre: the do-it-yourself doyennes of political dance-punk are looking to rouse music from its apathetic slumber with a fiery new album and a furious
What becomes a Riot Grrrl most? In the case of Kathleen Hanna, former front woman for the feminist punk band Bikini Kill, it's a bona fide dust kicker....(Continue Reading) Beastie boys: they were once a band of rhyming hopefuls who were dismissed as a novelty act. But two decades later, and with a new album, they're at the
Nearly 20 years ago, three hip-hop-obsessed Jewish teenagers from New York City--Adam "Adrock" Horovitz, Michael "Mike D" Diamond, ......(Continue Reading)The Grammy's were held February 27 and this year's winners included plenty from the folk music world: June Carter Cash—Traditional Folk Album, Female
The Grammy's were held February 27 and this year's winners included plenty from the folk music world: June Carter Cash--Traditional Folk Album, Female ......(Continue Reading)Still Jill: on the eve of her new album, songstress Jill Scott reflects on the high cost of fame, the importance of her music, and the ways we can learn
So I'm gonna give this to you in snippets. Collage what I know about Jill Scott and lay it out for you like Bearden would. Because Scott is very much ......(Continue Reading)Sweet success: Stephanie Merritt on why Norah Jones's album is not just "dinner-party music"
The extraordinary success of her debut album, Come Away With Me, made Norah Jones the target of a certain kind of musical snobbery, as if the cachet ......(Continue Reading)
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