Features: Archive for Music
Keeping the Memory of Cuban Legend and Conga Master Arsenio Rodriguez Alive
Friday, February 10, 2012
The Cuban bandleader and musician Arsenio Rodriguez, born 100 years ago, was a heavy man, who wore sharp suits, big round glasses and is often credited as the godfather of salsa music. Yet, there is nary a street commemorating his contributions, nor a marker at his grave in Ferncliff Cemetery.
Vote | Take Our Grammy Awards Survey
Friday, February 10, 2012
The Grammy Awards ceremony will be telecast this Sunday from 8 to 11 P.M. WNYC wants to hear from you who should win, what performance you're pumped about and if cutting 31 categories was a good call.
Join Our Live Chat of the Grammy Awards
Friday, February 10, 2012
On Sunday, WNYC will host a live chat during the CMS telecast of the Grammy Awards. Join the conversation from 8 to 11 P.M. to get an awards play-by-play and nuggets of obscure Grammys trivia from Soundcheck host John Schaefer, Time Out New York Music Writer Sophie Harris and an assortment of other New York Public Radio culture vultures.
Super Bowl Half-Time Show Debrief: MIA Flipping the Bird, Madonna's Moves, Cee Lo in Sequins
Monday, February 06, 2012
Madonna was cast as the star of Sunday's Super Bowl half-time show. But who really stole the limelight? Nicki Minaj? Cee Lo Green? M.I.A.? Take our survey.
Live on Soundcheck: Mike Doughty
Monday, February 06, 2012
Mike Doughty founded the group Soul Coughing in the early '90s. Now he's off on a solo career and has a memoir out, "The Book of Drugs," which chronicles his battle with addiction and with the members of his band. Watch Doughty play "Na Na Nothing" in WNYC's Soundcheck studios.
Live on Soundcheck: Warsaw Village Band
Thursday, February 02, 2012
The Warsaw Village Band has a few records out with a modern take on Polish folk music. Now the band is going to have an opera set in Poland at the end of World War II to its credit. Watch the Warsaw Village Band and the cast from the opera perform a section from the opera, "A Blessing on the Moon."
'Soul Train' Creator Don Cornelius Dies At 75
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Don Cornelius, 'Soul Train' Creator, Dead Of Gunshot Wound
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Live on Soundcheck: Escort
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Escort is a Brooklyn band with as many as 17 members who make 21st-century disco. Watch Escort play "A Bright New Life," an original tune on the group's new self-titled album, in WNYC's Soundcheck studios.
Brooklyn Mainstay Southpaw to Close Next Month
Friday, January 27, 2012
Scenesters, make room for the strollers. One of Brooklyn's best known music venues, Southpaw, is shutting down at the end of February. A branch of NY Kids Club, which offers classes and an after-school program for children, will take over the 7,500 square foot-bar and club in Park Slope. Would you rather have a music venue or a children's recreation center? Cast your vote here.
A 'Guitar Zero' Finds It's Not Too Late To Learn Music
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Artists React To Mexico's Drug War With Music And Poetry
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Remembering Etta James, Stunning Singer
Friday, January 20, 2012
Keyboardist, Baroque Master Gustav Leonhardt Dies at 83
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The Beach Boys: Deconstructing A Classic
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Are 140-Character Reviews The Future Of Music Criticism?
Friday, January 13, 2012
Will The Show Go On At New York City Opera?
Friday, January 13, 2012
City Transplants Re-Create Music Scene in New Jersey
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Most people’s conception of the New Jersey suburbs doesn’t include an underground music scene a la the East Village in the 1970s. But many New York City transplants who now call New Jersey home are re-creating their night lives in informal, interesting ways.
Elvis Presley: 'Burning Love,' Revisited
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
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