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The Healing Power of Pop with Esperanza Spalding
It. Has. Been. A. Year. We’ve felt it; you’ve felt it. Sometimes, it’s comforting to consider how universal that overwhelming sense of blah is. Other…
4 years, 4 months ago
Janet Jackson's Legacy After 'Control' from It's Been A Minute with Sam Sanders
Sam Sanders is one of our favorite friends of the podcast. His NPR show, It's Been A Minute, has released an outstanding three part series exploring …
4 years, 4 months ago
James Bond and the Sound of Spycraft
The latest installment of the James Bond franchise, No Time To Die, closes the book on the Daniel Craig era of the international superspy. The film’s…
4 years, 4 months ago
James Blake & The Return of Harmony
For a decade James Blake has crafted an idiosyncratic sound. His early work as a minimalist electronic producer fused lush R&B chords with lyrical co…
4 years, 5 months ago
Sparkle spoke out against R Kelly. It cost her her career.
On this week’s episode we're sharing a story fromThe Cut where senior writer Angelina Chapin and co-host Jazmín Aguilera talk about and talk with Spa…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Mystery of Montero AKA Lil Nas X (feat. Take A Daytrip)
Lil Nas X has a talent for creating productive controversy. First with “Old Town Road,” he challenged expectations about blackness in country music. …
4 years, 5 months ago
Deja Vu: Why Olivia Rodrigo keeps giving up songwriting credits
Episode 25
In the last few years music copyright claims have skyrocketed. More and more artists are giving songwriting credits away. Frequently, credits are giv…
4 years, 5 months ago
CHVRCHES and the sound of 80s horror
CHVRCHES is well-known for their comprehensive use of synthesizers and their updated take on “synthpop”, a subgenre of pop we most closely associated…
4 years, 6 months ago
From Taylor Swift to Bon Iver, Aaron Dessner Finds Meaning in Musical Community
On August 27th Big Red Machine, the joint musical project of Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner - artists known for their work as Bon Iver and in the ro…
4 years, 6 months ago
Modern Classics: Carina del Valle Schorske on Cat Power's "Manhattan"
Recently the hosts of Switched on Pop kept seeing the same byline next to their favorite pieces of music writing. A moving profile of Bad Bunny? Ther…
4 years, 6 months ago