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5:25 pm
Sat May 25, 2013

Two Songs That Led Keith Carradine From Screen To Broadway

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Keith Carradine (right) performs with the cast of Hands on a Hardbody during its spring 2013 run in New York.

Originally published on Sat May 25, 2013 6:22 pm

Deceptive Cadence
6:03 am
Sat May 25, 2013

Leonard Bernstein's 'Rite of Spring' Thrill Ride

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Leonard Bernstein leads the London Symphony Orchestra. He called Stravinsky's famously savage Rite of Spring "extremely tuneful and dancy, rhythmically seductive, beguiling."

If you think all the twitchy rhythms and random shards of melody flashing through Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring sound complicated, consider the poor musicians who have to learn it. And then there's the conductor, who needs to perfectly place every piccolo tweet and bass drum boom.

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Deceptive Cadence
5:55 am
Sat May 25, 2013

Then The Curtain Opened: The Bracing Impact Of Stravinsky's 'Rite'

Originally published on Sat May 25, 2013 1:19 pm

One hundred years ago this week, a ballet premiered that changed the art world. Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du PrintempsThe Rite of Spring — was first seen by the public on May 29, 1913, in Paris. As the orchestra played The Rite's swirling introduction, the audience at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées began to murmur. Then the curtain opened.

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Music Interviews
5:55 am
Sat May 25, 2013

Clairy Browne's Rock 'N' Soul Bus Rolls To The U.S.

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Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes' new album is called Baby Caught the Bus.

Originally published on Sat May 25, 2013 2:37 pm

Clairy Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes are an Australian band whose sound is a little bit of soul fused with blues, doo-wop, jazz and R&B. That musical diet, rich in harmony, is the same one lead singer Clairy Browne grew up on.

"My dad had a band in South Africa in the '60s called Browne, and so he really brought that into our home," she says. "We were always around the kitchen table with a guitar and four-part harmonies, playing on late into the night.

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Mountain Stage
3:04 pm
Fri May 24, 2013

Overmountain Men On Mountain Stage

Overmountain Men makes its first appearance on Mountain Stage, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va. Taking its name from the soldiers of the American Revolution who lived west of (or "over") the Appalachians, Overmountain Men began as a collaboration between North Carolina singer, songwriter and attorney David Childers and Avett Brothers bassist Bob Crawford. Crawford had written a song about a real-life prison rodeo for a documentary, and sought out Childers to sing it.

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Deceptive Cadence
2:41 pm
Fri May 24, 2013

The Cocktail Party Guide To Igor Stravinsky

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Don't be caught "Stravinsky deficient" as the big centennial of his Rite of Spring approaches.

Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 4:21 pm

World Cafe
2:37 pm
Fri May 24, 2013

Fitz & The Tantrums On World Cafe

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Fitz & The Tantrums.

Originally published on Sat May 25, 2013 9:12 am

The L.A. band Fitz & The Tantrums broke through in 2011 with its debut album, Picking Up the Pieces. Undeniable songs and exciting concerts led the group to festival dates and other high-profile live appearances around the world.

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All Songs Considered
1:51 pm
Fri May 24, 2013

What Does It Mean To Listen?

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Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock uses a massive ear trumpet to really listen.

Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 3:00 pm

We got a lot of thoughtful comments and replies from readers this week when we asked whether they really listen to full albums from start to finish. Much of the discussion focused on the ways we listen and what constitutes actually engaging with an entire album in a full-on listening, as opposed to merely having it on.

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The Record
1:47 pm
Fri May 24, 2013

It's A Process: Mount Kimbie On Making Their New Album

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Kai Campos (right), with his partner in Mount Kimbie Dom Maker, says he's happy with Cold Spring Fault Less Youth and he's relieved it's done.
Music
11:58 am
Fri May 24, 2013

Jazz Singer and Pianist Freddy Cole on All Star Jazz

Host Scott Levin interviews legendary jazz master and 2011 Grammy nominee, Freddy Cole. Levin will preview selections and discuss Freddy Cole's upcoming May 21st new release, "This and That," on High Note Records.

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