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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Don Cherry

Listen to favorite songs by an adventurous musician who pushed the boundaries of jazz, selected by writers and musicians including…

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Jacqueline Woodson’s Books Leap Off the Page, at BAM

A dance performance of “The Other Side” and a musical adaptation of “Show Way” head to the Brooklyn stage for…

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‘Jelly’s Last Jam’ Review: A Musical Paradise, Even in Purgatory

Did Jelly Roll Morton “invent” jazz, as he claimed? A sensational Encores! revival offers a postmortem prosecution of one of…

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Covering the Rise of Tracy Chapman

Subscribe to Popcast!Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music Tracy Chapman’s ascent to the pop stratosphere in 1988 was not…

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Live Performance in New York: Here’s What to See This Spring

“The Notebook” and “Cabaret” land on Broadway. Olivia Rodrigo’s tour stops in Manhattan. Plus: Herbie Hancock, Heartbeat Opera and Trisha…

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Randy Sparks, Founder of the New Christy Minstrels, Dies at 90

With a keen eye for young talent, he helped boost the careers of Steve Martin, John Denver, Kenny Rogers and…

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Listening to Music Is Better When It’s a Conversation Among Friends

At group listening sessions, everybody gets a turn to speak by choosing a song.

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How Do You Get Acoustic Instruments to Play Electronic Music?

The composer Matthew Sheeran, brother of the pop star Ed Sheeran, discusses how he translated microtonal electronic music for a…

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Seiji Ozawa: 8 Essential Recordings

Ozawa, who died this week at 88 years old, left behind a catalog made with orchestras in Boston, Chicago and…

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Seiji Ozawa, Captivating Conductor, Is Dead at 88

He led the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 29 years, toured widely and helped dispel prejudices about East Asian classical musicians.

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