music

Adam "MCA" Yauch and Michael "Mike D" Diamond of the Beastie Boys perform during the Exit music festival in Novi Sad

The wide world of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, from Brooklyn to Tibet

by Michael May on May 11, 2012


Yauch provided a rough and aggressive rumble that roared through the speakers. But his Beastie persona obscured the person who spent the last 20 years as a committed Buddhist and helped make "Free Tibet" a rallying cry for cyncial Gen-xers....
Li Yan, AKA Lucifer, from the band Rustic (Jess Holland)

In Beijing, a fledgling indie rock scene takes off

by Jess Holland on March 15, 2012


Rock music was slow to grow in China, but seven Chinese bands will play SXSW. A look at D22, China's leading rock club, opened by a former Wall Street trader....
Adele holds her six Grammys (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)

The Queen of Soul

by Nicholas Nehamas on February 17, 2012


The sultry British singer Adele swept the Grammys with six wins. Listen to her greatest hits and read about Britain's surprising tradition of soul music . . . ...
Tinariwen band member, from Mali, performs at the World of Music Arts and Dance Festival in Singapore.

Tinariwen rocks the Tuareg rebellion

by Michael May on February 10, 2012


It isn't every day that a separatist movement produces a great band. Listen, learn and enjoy!...

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