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"A young jazz audience is such a rarity, in fact, that it's become a kind of holy grail for presenters. So how does Jarasum do it?"

How a Korean Jazz Festival Found a Huge Young Audience

Source: Bailey Rebecca Roberts via inthesetimes.com

"I'm creating hip-hop songs from a Lakota perspective and looking at the way my ancestors framed our songs, whether that be a pow wow or ceremony song. They're short, powerful phrases repeated. Something I love about Lakota music that's very important to me is the drums; you just hear it and know you're home."

Native American Rapper Frank Waln Talks Decolonization and "Dirty Sprite 2"

Mariachi Flor de Toloache- NPR Tiny Desk Concert

Source: newyorker.com

"How does a Berklee hotshot halfway to an EGOT end up playing keyboards on a tribute to a melting pot, spend half a decade working to eliminate its weak spots, and find himself sitting at the right hand of a juggernaut?"

Nerding Out with Hamilton Musical Director, Alex Lacamoire

“As I progressed from being a student to a professor who teaches and writes about popular music culture, I’m always after some recreation of my own experiences as a listener. Making selections for a course syllabus isn’t all that different from DJing; in both cases, you’re thinking about the mix."

Personal History: Riot Grrrl Radio

“Influenced by Kraftwerk, electro, Bambaataa, Italo disco, George Clinton, new wave, and post-disco boogie (essentially everything they heard the Electrifying Mojo play on his radio show), Detroit techno soon became way more popular overseas than it ever was at home."

10 Classic Techno Records for People Who Don't Know Shit About Techno

"We need a better conception of Americana, one that is polyglot and profoundly more varied than the dueling banjos of country and blues."

The South Stole Americana

“What I want to do is explore what songwriting means to me, what it is that is going to be my contribution to the music world at large other than interpretation. Because I know I’m always going to be an interpreter. That is something I do well and is something that is important not to lose sight of, but I also feel like I do have a voice to be heard. I want to make sure that there’s something really important being said.”

Learning Curves and Musical Curiosities: An Interview with Rhiannon Giddens