Wall-to-wall soul: A Portland neighborhood’s bittersweet Black music history explored
The Albina Soul Walk chronicles the birth of a music scene and the injustices that destroyed it.
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The magic of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
From the '60s on Lee "Scratch" Perry, who died on Aug. 29, brought reggae into rootsy shape and developed his own collaborative production techniques, all of which reverberate (heavily) to this day.
Jazz Night In America’s favorite 2021 Tiny Desk Contest entries
The Jazz Night in America team highlights a selection of the 2021 Tiny Desk Contest entries that caught their ears and display the expanse of what jazz has to offer.
Video: Esperanza Spalding, ‘Formwela 10’
"Formwela 10" is one of Spalding's more enchanting spells: a shape-shifting chamber invention that ponders the question of what we ask of one another in the course of romantic exchange.
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Video: Makaya McCraven, ‘Frank’s Tune (AKA De’Jeff’s Tune)’
With help from guitarist Jeff Parker and flutist De'Sean Jones, Chicago-based drummer and producer Makaya McCraven modernizes a song from Jack Wilson's album "Easterly Winds."