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Lambchop, the long-running Nashville collective led by singer and songwriter Kurt Wagner, has always been an expression of absolute possibility. The Bible, Lambchop’s new album and its best in a decade, “wrestles plainly with the complications of getting older,” says writer Grayson Haver Currin, “while presenting whatever lessons Wagner may have about the process.” -
The new album The Urban Hymnal is groundbreaking on more than one front: It manages to translate the sound of an HBCU marching band — in this case, Tennessee State University’s celebrated The Aristocrat of Bands — into a studio recording. It also captures the band fully in gospel mode for the first time. "It's a journey of the gospel story, coming from 1619 all the way to 2022," says Sir the Baptist, a gospel artist and producer who helped bring the project to life. - Cool It Down is the first new album from Yeah Yeah Yeahs in nine years, and critic Stacey Anderson calls it “an intuitive and exhilarating step forward.” The album surveys environmental ruin and pandemic-era isolation over patient noir soundscapes, Anderson writes, but ultimately lands “at a vantage of hope.”
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Interpol was one of the biggest bands to come out of the downtown New York rock scene of the early 2000s. But two decades later and a couple thousand miles to the south, the band continues to have massive success — and a devoted fan base — all across Mexico, writes Vita Dadoo. -
Joe Bussard, the record collector and American roots music historian, died Monday at age 86. Bussard sought out and preserved obscure 78-rpm records that otherwise would have disappeared and shared the music with giddy excitement. -
Earlier this year, Tyshawn Sorey debuted his work Monochromatic Light (Afterlife) at the Rothko Chapel in Houston. This week, the composer relaunched the deep, deliberative piece on a monumental new scale in a limited run at New York's Park Avenue Armory. -
The rapper Coolio, who was among the biggest names in 1990s hip-hop, died this week at age 59. He was known for hits including "Fantastic Voyage” and "Gangsta's Paradise," for which he won a Grammy. -
This week, our friends at KUTX in Austin shared a video of The Tiarras performing “Soy Chingona” live in the studio. |
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This week, our Latinx Heritage Month celebration continued at the Tiny Desk. Argentinian rapper Trueno performed a set that feels like a meditation on the music and communities — especially his home neighborhood of La Boca in Buenos Aires — that have shaped him. And Colombian-Canadian musician Jessie Reyez gave an El Tiny performance with the assuredness and deftness of a true reina owning her stage.
Also this week: Tiny Desk series producer Bobby Carter was a guest on NPR’s It’s Been A Minute to talk about the series’ recent nomination for a BET Award and share some behind-the-scenes stories. |
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