Maria McKee

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We lost Hal Willner yesterday. He was a gifted producer whose greatest skill may have been his ability to bring together disparate talents that you might not think would fit together but turned out to be truly inspired. One of the places where you can really see that in action was Night Music, a musical offshoot of Saturday Night Live that lasted two weird wonderful seasons…

Listen to new songs from Tame Impala, Squarepusher, Wolf Parade, Nada Surf, Beach Slang, AJJ, The Men, Bambara, Algiers, Susanne Sundfør, Makaya McCraven, and more.

Listen to new songs by Buddy, Amanda Palmer, Haim, dvsn/Future, Foreseen, Pinegrove, Hannah Diamond, Charly Bliss, Maria McKee (Lone Justice) and more.

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.

Bono and Gavin Friday (U2Log)On October 4 at New York City’s legendary Carnegie Hall, (RED) unites a world-class line up of artists for a special (RED)NIGHTS concert “Hal Willner Presents: An Evening with Gavin Friday and Friends…