Lars Gotrich
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Costa's voice was a key part of the sound that combined Brazilian pop music, psychedelic rock and the avant-garde in the late 1960s. -
Joe Bussard not only sought out obscure 78-rpm records that otherwise would have disappeared, but shared the music with giddy excitement.
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On Kali Malone's "Living Torch II," distortion and feedback reshape mourning into triumph.
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Cruise's instrument, a voice of such intense calm it could be unsettling, made her a natural collaborator of director David Lynch — and, later, new-wave icons The B-52s.
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On the guitarist's first string quartet composition, she comes with a dramatic precision.
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At his last recorded concerts, the avant-garde outlaw's seemingly disparate sound worlds came together.
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Lucier changed the way we think about sound through monumental works like I Am Sitting in a Room and Music on a Long Thin Wire.
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"Jesus Maria" simmers the regal, brass-forward Christmas carol composed by Carla Bley into a sunset.
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WBGO's Nate Chinen was joined by saxophonist Branford Marsalis and harpist Brandee Younger in a live conversation about this recently unearthed live recording.
