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MusicJune 2, 2021
The Story of Sun Ra’s Egyptian Adventure
How a 1971 trip changed the course of the free jazz icon’s career.
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MusicMarch 30, 2021
Pharoah Sanders’s Grand Return
A new collaboration with electronic producer Floating Points has led to a modern-day masterpiece for the jazz master.
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MusicOctober 8, 2020
Kendrick Lamar’s Poetic Awakening
How an encounter with a creative writing teacher changed the LA rapper’s life.
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MusicAugust 31, 2020
The Culture Is Still Catching Up With Georgia Anne Muldrow
Whether in jazz, rap, or R&B, she has made music out of liberation.
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MusicJune 29, 2020
Run the Jewels’ Wake-up Call
While other mainstream rappers might create one song or one album dedicated to the unrest, Killer Mike and El-P have carried that torch for six years.
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CultureMay 27, 2020
Funk for the Future
Nick Hakim’s bracing and politically urgent new album Will This Make Me Good is a different kind of love music.
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MusicApril 1, 2020
Reinventing the Sound of Protest
Jazz quintet Irreversible Entanglements’ fearless music takes to task the police, American politics, capitalism, and racism.
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CultureFebruary 14, 2020
Tame Impala Is Feeling Serenity Now
The Australian band’s contemplative new album finds calm in its stadium rock ambitions.
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MusicSeptember 17, 2019
The Making of Moroccan Funk
Led by the Casablanca polymath Abdelakabir Faradjallah, the band Attarazat Addahabia defined the sound of the city.
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MusicAugust 22, 2019
Bon Iver’s Great Escape
What began as a solo folk act has swelled into a collaborative and ecstatic mix of rock, pop, gospel, and more.
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