Matt Conboy, co-founder of one of NYC’s most famous indie music venues, tells us how “Death By Audio” died.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
Music
A listener reminds us that it wasn't just teenage boys listening to Pink Floyd in 1973.
NPR music critic Ann Powers reflects on how Americans have used music to talk around their awkward feelings related to sex and race.
If everyone’s a critic online, does it mean that cultural criticism doesn’t matter anymore?
When Nikka Costa was ten, she was a pop sensation in Europe. In her 20s, she was Britney Spear’s opening act. But she’s left pop music behind and now she’s performing songs by some of the musicians she’s known, including Prince and Frank Sinatra.
If you’re old enough, you’ll remember the Monkees, the pop group with a hit TV show. Michael Nesmith wore the green stocking cap. Since then, he’s reinvented his career several times over. He (sort of) invented country rock. And the music video.
Do you ever wish you could reinvent yourself? This hour, we hear from four noted artists who experienced pivotal turns in their own lives: artist Rashid Johnson, writer/photographer Teju Cole, singer Nikka Costa, and musician Michael Nesmith.
Father-daughter beatboxers Nicole Paris and Ed Cage take vocal percussion from the cradle to the stage.
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