New York Times Music Popcast
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Popcast: Punk as Fashion, Music and Theory
Discussing punk’s origins and its legacy, and answering the question: why did punks hate hippies?
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Hip-Hop Stars as Disposable Spokesmen
Jon Caramanica and Ben Ratliff discuss the conflicts between commercial interests and art in several recent cases of rappers losing corporate endorsement deals over their edgy content.
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Red Bull, Highly Caffeinated Tastemaker
Ben Sisario and Ben Ratliff discuss why and how the energy-drink company has gotten involved in funding at the intersection of vanguardist music and youth culture.
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New Albums by Laura Mvula, Bassekou Kouyate and Savages
Jon Pareles, the chief pop critic for The Times, on the English singer and composer Laura Mvula; the Malian ngoni (West African lute) player Bassekou Kouyate; and Savages, an all-female London band of post-punk revivalists.
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A Coachella Debrief
Jon Caramanica talks to Ben Ratliff about his weekend at Coachella. The festival in Indio, Calif., repeats its lineup next weekend.
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Brad Paisley’s Accidental Uproar
New York Times op-ed columnist Charles M. Blow talks to Ben Ratliff about Brad Paisley’s controversial new song “Accidental Racist.”
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New Albums by the Strokes and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Jon Pareles and Ben Ratliff discuss new albums by two influential New York bands. The Strokes and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs once helped end a mysterious drought in New York rock, but as the scene and the city have evolved, both bands have had to wrestle with the question of how to expand a deceptively simple baseline sound.
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Lil Wayne, Sobriety and the Damage Done
Jon Caramanica and host Ben Ratliff talk about Lil Wayne’s “I Am Not A Human Being II,” the third in his theoretically drug-free era — he has consented to regular, court-ordered drug tests since 2010 — and talk about Wayne (again, theoretically) pre- and post-sobriety.
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SXSW: A Boon for Bands or Brands?
Jon Caramanica debriefs Jon Pareles, a veteran of more than 20 South by Southwest Music Festivals, about last week’s edition.
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Is Justin Timberlake Still a Pop Star?
Jon Caramanica joins host Ben Ratliff to lean on Justin Timberlake’s “The 20/20 Experience,” the new album by the actor/television producer/golfer/former boy-band light-tenor, only his third in eleven years.
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‘Harlem Shake’ and the New Meaning of No. 1
For the third week running, Baauer’s trap novelty “Harlem Shake” takes the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, largely because of the magazine’s new tabulating system that takes into account Youtube views. Jon Caramanica talks with host Ben Ratliff about trap, listening, appropriation, memory, impotent rage and disembodied dance crazes.
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Deconstructing Thom Yorke’s Atoms for Peace
Jon Pareles and Ben Ratliff discuss “Amok,” the new album by Atoms for Peace, the quintet which is at heart a collaboration between Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and his longtime producer Nigel Godrich. Atoms for Peace rests somewhere uneasily between progressive rock and electronic dance-music; it’s as dependent on aggressive and transformative post-production as it is on the creation of tracks by people playing instruments — but where does that process come from, and what does it signify?
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Johnny Marr, Inveterate Sideman, Takes the Spotlight
Larry Rohter speaks with Ben Ratliff about Johnny Marr, the ex-Smiths guitarist and songwriter who has also performed with The The, Modest Mouse, Electronic and many others. He is releasing his first solo album on Tuesday.
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An Exasperated Grammy Post-Mortem
Jon Caramanica and host Ben Ratliff outline the contorted logic of the Grammys, including the Black Keys Perplexity, the Folk-Stomp Realness Chimera, and the Law of Adele; separate and identify the qualities in popular music that the Recording Academy tend to privilege or ignore; and propose sensible and unlikely alternatives to the current system.
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The Lumineers, Top 40’s Unlikeliest Act
Jon Pareles, chief pop music critic for The Times, talks to host Ben Ratliff about his sojourn in Denver with the folk-rock band the Lumineers, one of the most rapid and instructive success stories of 2012.
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Wayne Shorter: Jazz Standard-Bearer and Cosmic...
Nate Chinen and Ben Ratliff discuss Wayne Shorter; his new album with his quartet (“Without A Net,” on Blue Note); his obsessions with eternity and the falsity of endings; and the link between Buddhism and Louis Armstrong.
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The Rise of ASAP Rocky
The young Harlem rapper ASAP Rocky recently topped the Billboard album chart with the release of his major label debut album, “Long.Live.ASAP.” This week, Ben Ratliff and Jon Caramanica discuss the album, what it means to be post-regional in a genre so obsessed with place, and what Rocky’s success might mean for hip-hop in general.
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New Owners for Vintage Hits?
An old copyright law stipulated that musicians who released work starting in 1978 could invoke a “termination rights” clause and regain full ownership over it 35 years later — in other words, now. Ben Ratliff talks to The Times’s music-business reporter Ben Sisario on how new rights-reversion issues might shift the power balance between artists and their corporate minders.
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Chief Keef and Cultural Tourism
A minor Twitter dispute about a new rap album recently led to some larger discussions about how black pop is understood or misunderstood in the media. Host Ben Ratliff and Times pop critic Jon Caramanica talk about the young Chicago rapper Chief Keef, the original spark for the debate. Later they are later joined by Brian “B.Dot” Miller, content director of the hip-hop blog Rap Radar, for a conversation about age, class, race, memory, and music criticism.
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The Year in Jazz
Ben Ratliff and Nate Chinen, jazz critics for The Times, discuss the most noteworthy albums, performances and developments in jazz in 2012.
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The Year in Pop
The critics Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica and Ben Ratliff discuss the year’s biggest pop trends, and those that will be reshaping the genre for years to come.
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Best Songs of 2012
This week, the Times pop critics Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica, Nate Chinen and Ben Ratliff discuss their favorite songs of 2012.
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The Best Albums of 2012
The New York Times critics Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica, Nate Chinen and Ben Ratliff discuss their pop music top-ten album lists of 2012.
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Unraveling Neil Young, Remembering Dave Brubeck
This week, David Carr, Jon Pareles, and Ben Ratliff discuss Neil Young’s live sound, his new album with Crazy Horse (“Psychedelic Pill”) his book, his sobriety, his paradoxical embrace of precision and mystery and his model-train barn. And we say goodbye to Dave Brubeck, who died on Wednesday at 91.
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Rihanna: The Music, the Attitude, the Psychodrama
This week, Ben Ratliff and Jon Caramanica discuss “Unapologetic,” the new album by Rihanna, and the ongoing intrigue between the singer and Chris Brown. They also hear from the music journalists Mary H.K. Choi and Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, who endured a recent Rihanna junket-cum-kidnapping.
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The Best Jazz of 2011
Ben Ratliff and Nate Chinen, jazz critics for The Times, discuss the best jazz artists and albums of the year.
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This week Ben Ratliff, Jon Pareles and Nate Chinen...
This week Ben Ratliff, Jon Pareles and Nate Chinen discuss some of the most memorable songs of 2011.
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The Best Albums of 2011
Jon Pareles, Nate Chinen and Ben Ratliff, pop music critics for The Times, discuss their favorite albums of 2011.
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Three Artists Expanding Their Horizons
This week we talk to three artists who are expanding their horizons: the jazz violinist Jenny Scheinman, the Australian pop star Gotye and the indie folk singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten.
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Box set deluge: Ben Ratliff and Jon Caramanica listen to...
Box set deluge: Ben Ratliff and Jon Caramanica listen to and discuss some of the season’s most notable reissues.
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New albums from Drake, Romeo Santos and The Fall
This week: Jon Caramanica on Drake; Larry Rohter on Romeo Santos; and reviews of new releases by Caveman, Los Campesinos! and the Fall. Ben Ratliff is the host.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 07/01/2009
This week: Jon Pareles on Michael Jackson's legacy and Ben Sisario on the self proclaimed King of Pop's record breaking sales after his death. Sia Michel is the host.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 06/03/2009
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "New Again" by Taking Back Sunday plus Connie Lynn Petruk and Christmas Davis of The Tall Pines talk to Ben Sisario about their influences and perform a song in our studio.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 05/27/2009
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "Relapse" by Eminem; Ben Ratliff takes a listen to "Fondo" by Vieux Farka Tour; and Ben Sisario with his take on surprising sales numbers from some of pop music's biggest acts.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 05/13/2009
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "21st Century Breakdown", Green Day's highly anticipated follow up to 2004's "American Idiot" and also takes a listen to "Cryptomnesia" by El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez, a side project of the Mars Volta guitarist. Folk singer Abigail Washburn and electronic musician Dave Liang discuss their new project "Afterquake" with Ben Sisario, which commemorates the first anniversary of the earthquake in Sichuan. Sia Michel is your host.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 04/29/2009
This week: Ben Ratliff reviews "Together Through Life" by Bob Dylan and gives us his take on Allen Toussaint's "The Bright Mississippi". Also, singer-songwriter Sarah Siskind performs live in our studio and talks to Ben Sisario about writing songs for other performers. Sia Michel is your host.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 04/22/2009
This week: Ben Sisario with a recap of this year's Coachella festival and the Irish rock band Bell X1 performs in our studio. Sia Michel is your host.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 04/15/2009
This week: Pop music critic, Ben Ratliff, pulls double-duty this week. First he reviews "Live", a new album from the gospel singer Smokie Norful then Ben chairs a roundtable discussion on the Grateful Dead where the participants debate the eternal question -- what was the best Grateful Dead performance ever captured on tape? Sia Michel is your host.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 04/08/2009
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "Yonder Is The Clock" by The Felice Brothers and Ben Sisario reports on the 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 04/01/2009
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "It's Blitz" by the New York band Yeah Yeah Yeahs and former Hsker D and Sugar vocalist and guitarist Bob Mould performs in our studios and talks to Ben Sisario about his new album.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 03/25/2009
Jon Pareles discusses his favorite new acts from SxSW and Ben Sisario interviews James Hetfield of Metallica before the band gave an unannounced performance at the festival.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 03/18/2009
This week: Ben Ratliff reviews the album "Beware" by singer-songwriter Will Oldham's alter-ego, Bonnie "Prince" Billy; Jon Pareles on "Cuculand", a new solo album from Yerba Buena frontwoman CuCu Diamantes; and Danish pop singer Tina Dico talks to Ben Sisario and performs the song "No Time to Sleep" in our studio.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 03/11/2009
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "Scream" by Chris Cornell; Ben Ratliff on Robbie Fulks online offering, "50-Vc. Doberman"; Sia Michel looks at more big releases in March; and the Brooklyn band Bishop Allen performs in our studio.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 03/04/2009
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "No Line on the Horizon " by U2 and the latest solo offering from New Pornographers vocalist Neko Case entitled "Middle Cyclone". And also on this super-sized Popcast, singer/songwriter Eleni Mandell talks to Ben Sisario and performs the track "Personal" in our studio.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 02/25/2009
This week, a focus on Latin music. Ben Ratliff reviews "Juntos Para Siempre" by Bebo and Chucho Valds and Portuguese Fado singer Mariza performs in our studio.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 02/18/2009
This week: Ben Ratliff takes a listen to Morrissey's "Years of Refusal"; Jon Pareles on Ryan Leslie's self-titled U.S. debut; and British duo, Psapp, play their unique homemade instruments for Ben Sisario.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 02/11/2009
This week: Ben Sisario with his take on the Grammy Awards; Jon Pareles on India.Arie's fourth album, "Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics"; and Ben Ratliff reviews "Coward", a solo effort from Wilco guitarist, Nels Cline.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 02/04/2009
This week: Ben Sisario with a Grammy preview and Jon Pareles on the self-titled debut from Two Tongues, a collaborative effort from the emo bands Say Anything and Saves the Day.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 01/28/2009
This week: Ben Ratliff reviews "The Tiffany Transcriptions" by Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys and "Se Feliz" by Descemer Bueno and Fernando Alvarez plus Krishna Das joins Ben Sisario in our studio and performs his unique yogic chants.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 01/21/2009
This week: Jon Pareles on Erin McCarley's "Love, Save The Empty" and the self-titled debut from the Scottish band Glasvegas; plus Calypso Rose performs in the studio and talks to Ben Sisario about her long career.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 01/07/2009
This week: Ben Sisario chairs the second part of our special "year in music" roundtable conversation with the Times's pop music critics Jon Pareles, Ben Ratliff, Nate Chinen and Jon Caramanica.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 12/24/2008
This week: Ben Sisario chairs a special "year in music" conversation with the Times's pop music critics Jon Pareles, Ben Ratliff, Nate Chinen and Jon Caramanica; and Kyp Malone of TV On The Radio talks to Ben about his favorite albums of 2008.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 12/17/2008
This week: Ben Ratliff reviews "When The World Comes Down" by The All American Rejects, Jon Pareles on Anthony Hamilton's "The Point Of It All", and Brendan Canning of the Toronto band Broken Social Scene performs live and talks to Ben Sisario about his new album.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 12/10/2008
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "Gracias" by Omara Portuondo, Ben Ratliff on "Traced in Air" by Cynic, and Artist of the Week Anne Heaton talks to Ben Sisario and performs the song "Jump" live in the studio.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 12/03/2008
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "Circus" by Britney Spears and "Electric Arguments" by Fireman, a Paul McCartney side-project, and Artist of the Week Kassin+2 talk to Ben Sisario and perform live in the studio.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 11/26/2008
This week: Jon Pareles on "Chinese Democracy" by Guns N' Roses, Ben Ratliff reviews "24 Hours" by Tom Jones, and David Grubbs, the Artist of the Week, talks to Ben Sisario and performs live in the studio.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 11/19/2008
This week: Jon Pareles on "Sycamore Meadows" by Butch Walker; Ben Ratliff reviews "Shontelligence" by Shontelle Layne; and Ane Brun, the Artist of the Week, talks to Ben Sisario and performs a song from her new album.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 11/12/2008
This week: Ben Ratliff on American Idol runner-up David Archuleta's self-titled debut; Jon Pareles reviews "The Promise" by Deborah Cox; and Ben Sisario talks to Jim White, the Artist of the Week.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 11/05/2008
This week: Jon Pareles on the latest release by The Cure, "4:13 Dream"; Ben Ratliff reviews "Hemisphere" by Jim Hall and Bill Frisell; and Ben Sisario discusses mixtapes and Sonic the Hedgehog with Artist of the Week, Charles Hamilton.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 10/29/2008
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "Evolver" by John Legend, Ben Ratliff on "There's Me and There's You" by the Matthew Herbert Big Band, and our Artist of the Week Jay Reatard talks to Ben Sisario.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 10/22/2008
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "Lucky Old Sun" by Kenny Chesney and Ben Ratliff joins Jon to list the artists they're most looking forward to seeing at the 2008 CMJ Music Marathon in New York City.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 10/15/2008
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "Appeal To Reason" by Rise Against, Ben Ratliff on "Kinsmen" by Rudresh Mahanthappa, and Ben Sisario interviews Artist of the Week, The Citizens Band.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 10/09/2008
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "Tell Tale Signs" by Bob Dylan and "In Ear Park" by Department of Eagles, Ben Ratliff on "Dig Out Your Soul" by Oasis, and Ben Sisario interviews Artist of the Week, Luke Doucet.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 10/01/2008
This week: Ben Ratliff reviews folk legend Pete Seeger's newest record "At 89", Jon Pareles on "Red Letter Year" by Ani Difranco, and Ben Sisario talks to the Artist of the Week, Annuals.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 09/24/2008
This week: Ben Sisario talks to Artist of the Week Julie Fowlis, Jon Pareles reviews "Doll Domination" by Pussycat Dolls, and Ben Ratliff on jazz pianist Bobo Stenson's new CD "Cantando".
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NYT: Music Popcast for 09/17/2008
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "That Lucky Old Sun" by Brian Wilson, Ne-Yo's "Year of the Gentleman" and Ben Sisario talks to the Artist of the Week, Cory Chisel.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 07/30/2008
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "Diamond Hoo-Ha" by Supergrass and the Old 97's "Blame It On Gravity" and Ben Sisario talks to the Artist of the Week, Jennifer O'Connor.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 07/23/2008
This week: Jon Pareles reviews the new CD by Ratatat, "LP3", Ben Ratliff on Miley Cyrus's first self-titled album, "Breakout" and Ben Sisario talks to Abraham Gomez-Delgado of the band Zemog El Gallo Bueno, this week's Artist of the Week.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 07/16/2008
This week: Jon Pareles reviews the new CD by John Mellencamp, "Life, Death, Love and Freedom", Ben Ratliff on Randy Travis's first secular album in over 9 years, "Around the Bend" and Ben Sisario talks to Jay Brannan, this week's Artist of the Week.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 07/09/2008
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "Fire Songs" by The Watson Twins, Ben Ratliff on Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis's "Two Men With The Blues" and Ben Sisario talks to Willy Braun of this week's Artist of the Week, Reckless Kelly.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 07/01/2008
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "At Mount Zoomer" by Wolf Parade and Ben Sisario reports from the Montreal Jazz Festival.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 06/25/2008
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "Real Animal" by Alejandro Escovedo and Martha Wainwright's "I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too". Our Artist of the Week, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, talks to Ben Sisario about his debut album.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 06/18/2008
This week: Jon Pareles on the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Ben Ratliff on "Lie Down in the Light" by Bonnie "Prince" Billy and our British folk singer Laura Marling performs a song from her new album and talks to Ben Sisario.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 06/11/2008
This week: Jon Pareles reviews New Orleans rapper Lil' Wayne's latest album "Tha Carter III"; Ben Ratliff on "Loverly" by Cassandra Wilson and our Artist of the Week, Essie Jain, talks to Ben Sisario and performs a song from her new album.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 06/04/2008
This week: Ben Ratliff reviews the new album "Revelation" from veteran rockers Journey, Jon Pareles on "We Started Nothing" by The Ting Tings, and Ben Sisario talks to Joan Wasser a.k.a. Joan as Police Woman, the Artist of the Week.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 05/28/2008
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "Here I Stand" by R&B superstar Usher, Ben Ratliff on "Esperanza" by jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding and Ben Sisario talks to Donald Cumming of The Virgins, the Artist of the Week.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 05/21/2008
This week: Ben Ratliff reviews "Crayons" by Donna Summer, her first new music in 17 years. Jon Pareles reviews "II Trill" by Texas rapper Ben B and Ben Sisario talks to Eli "Paperboy" Reed, the Artist of the Week.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 05/14/2008
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "Tooth of Crime" by T Bone Burnett, Ben Ratliff on Vetiver's "Thing of the Past" and Ben Sisario speaks to Reggie Youngblood of Black Kids.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 05/14/2008
This week: Jon Pareles reviews "Tooth of Crime" by T Bone Burnett, Ben Ratliff on Vetiver's "Thing of the Past" and Ben Sisario speaks to Reggie Youngblood of Black Kids.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 05/07/2008
This week: Ben Ratliff reviews the latest offering from Elvis Costello, Ben Sisario speaks to Slug of the hip-hop group Atmosphere and Jeff Leeds on British R&B singers Estelle, Duffy and Adele.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 04/30/2008
This week: Madonna, Santogold, and an interview with Tim Fite.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 04/23/2008
This week: Ashlee Simpson, Atmosphere, Neil Hamburger, and The Jealous Girlfriends.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 04/16/2008
This week: Mariah Carey and Tapes 'n Tapes.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 04/16/2008
This week: Mariah Carey, Tapes 'n Tapes, and an interview with Zooey Deschanel of She and Him.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 04/09/2008
This week: Foals, Ellis Marsalis, and an interview with Ryan Ross of Panic At The Disco.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 04/02/2008
This week: George Strait, Justin Townes Earle, and a look at the summer music festival season.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 03/26/2008
This week: The Raconteurs, Panic At The Disco, and an interview with Lil Mama.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 03/19/2008
This week: The Kills, and highlights from the South by Southwest music festival.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 03/12/2008
This week: Nine Inch Nails, Howlin' Rain, and an interview with DJ Junkie XL.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 03/05/2008
This week: Kathleen Edwards, Stephen Malkmus, and the story behind one of this year's best-selling country songs.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 02/27/2008
This week: Janet Jackson, Dolly Parton, Lizz Wright, and Erykah Badu.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 02/20/2008
This week: Chris Cagle, Michael Jackson, Genghis Tron, and a look at the Oscar nominees for Best Original Song.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 02/13/2008
This week: The Whigs, Laura Marling, Cascada, and a report on the Grammy Awards.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 02/06/2008
This week: Nada Surf, the soundtrack to Step Up 2 The Streets, Cuong Vu, and an interview with The-Dream.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 01/30/2008
This week: Vampire Weekend, Willie Nelson, Ben Allison, and the outlook for the recording industry in 2008.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 01/23/2008
This week: Patty Larkin, Raheem DeVaughn, Drive-By Truckers, and an interview with Dragonforce's Herman Li.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 01/16/2008
This week: Ringo Starr, Billie Holiday, Hans Glawischnig, and an interview with The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 12/26/2007
This week: The New York Times' music critics present their favorite releases of 2007.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 12/19/2007
This week: Lupe Fiasco, Birdman, and a look at this year's top-selling albums.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 12/12/2007
This week: Beanie Sigel, The-Dream, Wu-Tang Clan, and a look at this year's Grammy nominees.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 12/05/2007
This week: Wyclef Jean, Ghostface Killah, Scarface, and the making of a Christmas favorite.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 11/21/2007
This week: Celine Dion, The Hives, Freeway, Yeasayer, and Led Zeppelin finally comes to iTunes.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 11/14/2007
This week: Seal, Cam'ron, Carla Kilhstedt and Satoko Fujii, and the changing face of the Billboard charts.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 11/07/2007
This week: Jay-Z, Josh Turner, Chris Brown, Buck 65, Carla Bley, and an interview with Duran Duran.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 10/31/2007
This week: Britney Spears, The Eagles, Project Pat, and the experimental music scene in China.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 10/24/2007
This week: Carrie Underwood, Serj Tankian, Juanes, Bassekou Kouyate, and a report on the CMJ Music Marathon.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 10/17/2007
This week: Radiohead, Angie Stone, Ween, and an interview with Debbie Harry.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 10/10/2007
This week: LeAnn Rimes, Jens Lekman, Robert Wyatt, and a report on Radiohead's latest release.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 10/03/2007
This week: Soulja Boy, P.J. Harvey, Rascal Flatts, and an interview with Bruce Springsteen.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 09/26/2007
This week: Foo Fighters, Keyshia Cole, Iron and Wine, The Weakerthans, and an interview with Frankie Valli.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 09/19/2007
This week: Gloria Estefan, Thurston Moore, Motion City Soundtrack, and Simian Mobile Disco.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 09/12/2007
This week: Kenny Chesney, 50 Cent, and the MTV Video Music Awards.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 09/05/2007.
This week: Manu Chao, Yung Joc, Just Jack and a look at Hilly Kristal.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 08/29/2007.
This week: Joe Nichols, Jacky Terrasson, and Every Time I Die.
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NYT: Music Popcast for 08/22/2007
This week: Rilo Kiley, Hurricane Chris, and The Mekons.
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Music Popcast for 08/15/2007
This week: Luciana Souza, UGK, Lori McKenna, High School Musical 2 and a conversation with Terence Blanchard.
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Music Popcast for 08/08/2007
This week: Plies, Crowded House and Okkervil River.
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Music Popcast for 08/01/2007
This week: Korn, Sean Kingston, Common and Behemoth.
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Music Popcast for 07/25/2007
This week: Prince, Chamillionaire, Mick Turner and Tren brothers and an interview with Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello.
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Music Popcast for 07/18/2007
This week: Tegan anad Sara, The Magic Numbers and Aly and AJ.
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Music Popcast for 07/11/2007
This week: Spoon, Maria Schneider and Against Me.
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OpCast: Little America, and The Break-In That History...
This week: David Shipley, The Times's deputy editorial page editor, speaks with recent Op-Ed contributors Ted Widmer and Egil Krogh.
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Music Popcast for 06/27/2007.
This week: Kelly Clarkson, Sinead O'Connor, Brad Paisley and Bobby Sanabria.
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Music Popcast for 06/20/2007.
This week: Bonnaroo, The White Stripes, and Fabolous.
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Music Popcast for 06/13/2007.
This week: Queens of the Stone Age, T-Pain, Turf Talk and Wooden Wand.
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Music Popcast for 06/06/2007.
This week: Rihanna, Marilyn Manson, Jerry Bergonzi, Tiger Army and Richard Thompson.
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Music Popcast for 05/30/2007.
This week: R. Kelly, The Bravery, Von Sudenfed and Perry Farrell's Satellite Party.
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Music Popcast for 05/23/2007.
This week: The Used, The National and Voxtrot.
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Music Popcast for 05/16/2007.
This week: Linkin Park, Wilco, Gretchen Wilson and Mavis Staples.
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Music Popcast for 05/09/2007.
This week: Bone Thugz-N-Harmony, Shannon Wright and The Sea and Cake.
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Music Popcast for 05/02/2007.
This week: The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Angelique Kidjo, Tori Amos and Fred Hersch.
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Music Popcast for 04/25/2007.
This week: Nine Inch Nails, Arctic Monkeys, and Calle Trece.
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Music Popcast for 4/18/2007.
Music Popcast for 4/18/2007.
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Music Popcast for 04/11/2007.
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Music Popcast for 03/14/2007.
This week: Amy Winehouse, Pat Metheny, Brad Mehldau and Apostle of Hustle.
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This week: The Stooges, Arcade Fire, Ry Cooder and Wynton Marsalis.
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This week: The Frames, Charlie Louvin, and Jay Farrar.
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This week: The Police and Anberlin.
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