Trumpeter Jon Hassell has one of the most distinct trumpet sounds in modern music and he created an entire sub-genre, Fourth World Music. We celebrate his 80th with commentary from Brian Eno, Steve Roach and more.
Jean-Michel Jarre’s 1976 album, Oxygene remains one of the signposts of electronic music. He returns to it with Oxygene 3 as he prepares to embark on his first ever US. Tour. He talks about his electronic evolution on Echoes.
We turn emerald green in our annual exploration of all things Celtic. We’ll hear music born in traditional roots, music that explodes those roots and sounds from the outer edges of the Celtic contingent.
We look back to the velvet side of the Velvet Underground and their debut album, The Velvet Underground and Nico, which was released 50 years ago on March 12, 1967.