Take a trip back to Bountiful and Baton Rouge, right now.
In this article, I’m diving into two emotionally charged Southern narratives: Lucinda Williams’ song “Bus to Baton Rouge” from her album Essence and the film The Trip to Bountiful (1985). Both works evoke a poignant longing for an idyllic past, centered on the journey back to a childhood home, which has become as much a symbol of memory and loss as it is a physical place.
Now Eddie Vedder: The Baritone That Still Shakes the Ground
If a voice could break glass and rebuild your soul in the same breath, it might sound like Eddie Vedder. His is not a voice made in the studio. It comes from below, from the place where memory turns to salt and prayer turns to song. When he sings, it’s less about hitting the note than pulling it from somewhere ancient, somewhere you’ve been before but forgot how to name.
No better blues from Prof. W. Marsalis!
In April 2011, Wynton Marsalis launched “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” a three-year performance and lecture series at Harvard University
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Panda Bear: Tiny Desk Concert
When we heard that Panda Bear (aka Noah Lennox) was touring with a full band for the first time in more than 25 years of releasing music as a solo artist, we knew we had to (finally) get him in for a Tiny Desk.
Recreating his beautifully experimental studio work for a live setting was never easy to do alone, without many pre-recorded loops and backing tracks. But here, Panda Bear’s wondrous music comes to life with the help of four additional friends on bass, drums, and electronics. Most importantly, they also provide the sweet, multi-layered harmonies fans have long loved in Panda Bear’s recorded work.
The group largely focuses on Panda Bear’s new album, Sinister Grift, opening with the glittery and wistful “Ferry Lady,” followed by “Defense,” a track Lennox originally recorded as a duet with Cindy Lee. They close with “Song for Ariel,” a relatively deep cut that was the original prototype for Animal Collective’s “Guys Eyes” from the 2009 album Merriweather Post Pavilion.
SET LIST
“Ferry Lady”
“Defense”
“Song for Ariel”
MUSICIANS
Noah Lennox: vocals, guitar
Rivka Ravede: electronics, background vocals
Tomé Silva: drums, background vocals
Maria Reis: keys, background vocals
Tim Koh: bass, background vocals
The best new albums out June 20
It’s Friday, which means it’s time to stave off your existential dread with a bumper crop of excellent new releases, including (if you ask us) some of the very best albums to come out this year.
Raina Douris, host of the public radio program World Cafe, joins Stephen Thompson on our New Music Friday podcast to discuss pop-rock perfectionists HAIM, a guitar band called Hotline TNT whose distorted hooks bring back memories of 120 Minutes, a glorious and unpredictable melting pot of dance, jazz, rap and R&B by Yaya Bey, and much more.
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