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Back to SearchTHE 5TH — MOVEMENT I, A Battle Brewing
Episode 182
You know Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. You’ve heard it in films, advertisements, parodied in Saturday morning cartoons and disco-ized in Saturday Night…
5 years, 6 months ago
Announcing "The 5th" with The New York Philharmonic
A podcast mini-series in IV movements explaining and reconsidering Beethoven’s game-changing symphony. Episodes air Tuesdays & Fridays starting Sept …
5 years, 7 months ago
The Resistance is Dancing in the Streets (ICYMI)
Episode 181
Our Switched on Summer Throwback Series continues with “Dancing in the Street,” the 1964 Motown hit by Martha and the Vandellas that was co-written b…
5 years, 7 months ago
Benee and the Art of the Sad Banger
Episode 180
How does it feel to become a global pop star under lockdown? Benee’s “Supalonely” had been out for over 5 months when in March of 2020, it quickly be…
5 years, 7 months ago
90s Music Canon
Episode 179
Matt Daniels, editor of the publication The Pudding, wanted to find out what songs from his youth would last into the future. So he designed a study …
5 years, 7 months ago
Bruno Major restyles the Great American Songbook
Episode 178
Bruno Major blends old song structures from The Great American Songbook with contemporary production on his new album “To Let A Good Thing Die.” The …
5 years, 7 months ago
Black Is King (ICYMI Beyoncé's Gift To Africa ft. Ivie Ani)
Episode 177
Beyoncé' has released "Black Is King," a visual album based off of music that she released last year. We're rerunning that piece so that you can plac…
5 years, 8 months ago
folklore: taylor swift's quarantine dream
Episode 176
Taylor Swift has released folklore, her unexpected eight studio album. It is an understated work that firmly puts celebrity gossip behind her (there …
5 years, 8 months ago
The Women Reclaiming Nu-Metal ft. Rina Sawayama
Episode 175
Nu-Metal, the mid 90s creation that blended metal, rap and pop, is one of the most critically derided pop genres. So it is strange that this genre is…
5 years, 8 months ago
Rosie: Investigating a Crime at the Heart of the Music Industry
Episode 174
Listen closely to the start of the 2015 hit "Hey Mama" by David Guetta, Nicki Minaj, Afrojack, and Bebe Rexha and you'll hear voices intoning a chant…
5 years, 8 months ago