Music

Arts & Culture

Missy Mazzoli is a symphonic composer with a photographer's eye

Tom Huizenga

On her new album, Dark with Excessive Bright, the vibrant, young composer coaxes unusual sounds from a symphony orchestra.
KPBS Midday Edition

New podcast looks at the rise of K-pop, through the lens of Korean American identity

Maureen Cavanaugh

Julianna Domingo

Writer and performer Vivian Yoon is the host of K-Pop Dreaming, a new podcast that interweaves the history and rise of K-pop with her own personal narrative.
De La Soul Is Streaming

Oliver Wang

The iconic group's early music releasing online at last comes with a renewed interest in its career arc. Take a guided tour through one of the most distinguished runs in hip-hop history.
Arts & Culture

Wayne Shorter, jazz saxophone pioneer, dies at 89

The Associated Press

Shorter was a tenor saxophonist who made his debut in 1959 and would go on to be a foundational member of two of the most seminal jazz groups: Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and the Miles Davis Quintet.
Racial Justice and Social Equity

Wattstax drew 100,000 people — this 1972 concert was about much more than music

Allyson McCabe

Although the fight for racial equality is ongoing, Stax co-owner Al Bell says so is the hope for a better future envisioned by Wattstax a half-century ago.
National

Wayne Shorter, sage of the saxophone, dies at 89

Felix Contreras

The composer and saxophonist, who won a dozen Grammy Awards and recorded with everyone from Miles Davis to Joni Mitchell, died on Thursday, March 2 in Los Angeles.
On 'This Is Why,' Paramore emerges from our collective fever dream

Clarissa Brooks

For a world hell-bent on erasing the memory of the last three years, Paramore approaches hard times with a refreshing sense of self.
From the Warehouse to the world: Chicago and the birth of house music

Rund Abdelfatah

Ramtin Arablouei

Cristina Kim

Devin Katayama

For the people who were there when it was invented in small clubs and basement parties in Chicago in the 1980s, house music was a force of nature. Four decades later, its impact is bigger than ever.
Arts & Culture

Psychologist Daniel Levitin dissects Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon'

Leila Fadel

Phil Harrell

Chad Campbell

Pink Floyd's historic album Dark Side of the Moon turns 50 years old today – cognitive psychologist Daniel Levitin joins us to discuss its twisting psychological themes.
International

Senegal's artists are fighting the system with a mic and spray paint

Ayen Bior

Ari Shapiro

Noah Caldwell

Matt Ozug

Sarah Handel

Ricci Shryock

A cultural center in Senegal is creating a safe space where artists can use their platform to speak about climate change while also finding opportunities in the art and music scene.