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We Reviewed Some of October's Best Music
From Jenny Hval's latest album, 'Blood Bitch,' to alto saxophonist Steve Lehman's avant-garde jazz and hip-hop inspired 'Sélébéyone,' we took a listen to this month's best new albums.
Groundbreaking Images by the Founder of the UK's First Women's Photographic Agency
"If somebody wanted a photograph of a person doing a certain job, we would send them a photograph of a woman doing it."
The Problems with the New Amy Winehouse Documentary
Asif Kapadia's Amy is a brilliant reminder of why we fell in love with pop music's greatest recent jazz singer. But it tells a skewed story of the 27-year-old's death.
"The Other Woman" Inside Nina Simone: Why the High Priestess of Soul Is Making a Comeback
A new documentary takes a masterful look at the complicated duality of the legendary singer.
Thundercat Just Announced a New Mini-Album Called 'The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam'
It's out on Monday via Brainfeeder Records, and the first song from it, "Them Changes," is streaming now.
Is Music a Language and Can It Teach Us How to Speak? We Asked a Neuroscientist
Turns out that jazz kid you hated on at school might have been onto something.
Civil War Killed Lebanon's Vinyl Culture
Meaning, if you're a crate digger, you've got to fight for what's left.
Celebrate 100 Years of Sun Ra and Crack Into His Massive Discography
Check out a video with members of the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra.
Remembering Fela Kuti, the Man Who Invented Afrobeat
I spoke to Alex Gibney, director of Finding Fela!, about his life.
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