Bright Eyes made a “Sad Indie Mixtape”
Featuring Phoebe Bridgers, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nick Drake, Frank Ocean, Lana Del Rey, Patti Smith, Arab Strap, PJ Harvey, Aphex Twin, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, and more.
Ella Fitzgerald
Today’s livestreams (Kendrick Lamar, Solange, Missy Elliott, Alanis Morissette, more)
plus Jeff Rosenstock, Soccer Mommy, Yves Tumor, Margo Price, Charly Bliss, Andrew Bird, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.
Bob Dylan discusses George Floyd, John Prine, Little Richard & more in rare interview
”It sickened me no end to see George tortured to death like that.”
Rhiannon Giddens, Courtney Marie Andrews & more paid tribute to women rock pioneers in NYC…
Wednesday night's program, ”The Motherlode,” paid tribute to Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and others through performances by Amina Claudine Myers, Courtney Marie Andrews, Rhiannon Giddens, Cleo Reed, Lizz Wright, Charenee Wade, Valerie Simpson and more.
The NY Times names hundreds more artists who lost masters in 2008 UMG fire
Just about every area of recorded music was hit by the fire, from jazz to punk to cabaret to comedy, new wave, historical speeches, metal, hip hop, you name it.
Kurt Vile & Courtney Barnett made a playlist of their favorite duets (listen)
Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett's album of duets, Lotta Sea Lice, is out in two weeks (10/13) and in anticipation of that, the pair made a Spotify playlist of some of their all-time favorite duets. Their list includes Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty's "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around,&…
NPR’s 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women
The list is being celebrated with a free NYC show tonight, headlined by Rickie Lee Jones, who will perform Pirates in full (#49 on the list).
Make Music NY raising money for 2017 ++ schedule revealed
MMNY got word that they are no longer receiving an expected funding grant of $20,000, and they're about $10,000 shy of their goal.