Laurie Anderson's First New Album in Five Years Is About Amelia Earhart
Electronic music pioneer says album is "inspired by her pilot diaries, the telegrams she wrote to her husband, and my idea of what a woman flying around the world might think about"
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N.W.A, Gladys Knight Score Laughs, Praise With Lifetime Achievement Grammys
Laurie Anderson, the Clark Sisters, Donna Summer, Tammy Wynette, Peter Asher, and DJ Kool Herc also lauded for career achievements in special ceremony
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Herbie Hancock, John Paul Jones, Laurie Anderson Lead 2024 Big Ears Fest Lineup
Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker, Digable Planets, and Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens are among those featured at the diverse fest
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A Cultural Force That Transcends GenerationsBy providing your information, you agree to ourTerms of Use and ourPrivacy Policy.We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services.Mikhail Baryshnikov Details 75th Birthday Concert With Laurie Anderson, Regina Spektor
The event will also feature Diana Krall and Kaoru Watanabe
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Beastie Boys' AdRock Shares a Hardcore Squawk on Volume Three of 'For the Birds'
Latest installment of the ambitious five-volume set also features contributions from Natalie Bergman, Laurie Anderson, Alice Coltrane, John Cale, Greta Gerwig, and Conor Oberst
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This Lou Reed Demo Sat in an Envelope Unopened For Nearly 50 Years
Hear the earliest-known recording of "I'm Waiting For the Man," off the upcoming archive collectionWords & Music, May 1965
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New York City's Music in the 1980s at Museum of the City of New York Exhibit
The new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York, located along Manhattan’s “Museum Mile,” features Madonna, MTV, Run-DMC, Talking Heads, Sonic Youth, John Zorn, Liquid Liquid, Max Roach, Fort Apache Band, and much more. “During the Eighties, there was a community-driven musical renaissance in New York City. It was an era of creativity and genre-defying performance […]
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See Laurie Anderson Perform 'Big Science' Songs for 'Tiny Desk (Home) Concert'
Electronic music pioneer delivers "Let x=x" and "O Superman" along with violin cello improvisation
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'Sisters With Transistors': A Brief History of Electronic Music's Unsung Pioneers
80-minute documentary is a much-needed spotlight on women like Pauline Oliveros and Suzanne Ciani, despite significant gaps in the story it tells
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Lou Reed's Lost Tapes and Back Pages
Between a mysterious 1975 song set and a bounty of new publications, the late trailblazer continues to fascinate new generations of scholars and superfans
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