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Music
Music news and analysis from The Nation
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October 15, 2020
The vexed legacy of electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos.
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October 12, 2020
Even many of those who at times wanted to throttle Crouch will miss him now that he’s gone.
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October 8, 2020
How an encounter with a creative writing teacher changed the LA rapper’s life.
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October 7, 2020
A conversation, conducted via satellite phone, with the legendary composer about his new memoir, Silences So Deep, and the music of his life.
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October 1, 2020
His new album’s gentle pessimism about our state of affairs makes for a weirdly soothing musical experience.
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September 30, 2020
A conversation with Marcus J. Moore about his cultural biography of Lamar and the L.A. rapper’s impact on Black America.
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August 31, 2020
Whether in jazz, rap, or R&B, she has made music out of liberation.
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August 17, 2020
The auteurist and activist impulses of her expansive jazz comes together on Data Lords.
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August 14, 2020
As he prepares to vote in his first American election, the eccentric singer-songwriter’s Archives project unearths his own lost history.
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August 5, 2020
How the experimental artist made one of the year’s most defiant pop records.
