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1 week ago | 
wrti.org | Nate Chinen
“Juneteenth as a national day of commemoration brings me so much joy,” reflects the jazz singer Christie Dashiell. “It also makes me question how we can celebrate freedom when many of us are still fighting for our rights everyday.”That animating tension — between joy and struggle, celebration and lament — flows throughout a new collaboration between Dashiell and acclaimed drummer-bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington.
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1 week ago | 
wrti.org | Nate Chinen
Kevin Day has composed well-received works for orchestra and jazz combo, but nothing has stretched his horizons quite like Lalovavi: An Afrofuturist Opera in Three Acts — his debut opera, which will premiere at the Cincinnati Opera, as part of its Black Opera Project, in the summer of 2026. "It's a combination of all of my musical training, all of my life experiences in this music," Day says.
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1 week ago | 
wrti.org | Nate Chinen
Moment’s Notice is WRTI’s regular guide to the Philadelphia jazz scene. We’re here to tip you off to the best shows during the week ahead. Sign up now to receive this service in your inbox every Sunday.
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2 weeks ago | 
thegig.substack.com | Nate Chinen
As I type this, from a hotel room in San Francisco, I’m seeing reports that Iran has sent dozens of missiles into Israel, in retaliation for a deadly wave of Israeli airstrikes. The situation in Gaza remains unimaginably dire.
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2 weeks ago | 
radiomilwaukee.org | Stephen Thompson |Nate Chinen
It's Friday, and we're happy to report that a handful of truly great albums were released at midnight. Los Angeles singer-songwriter Annahstasia — who you may have seen as Kendrick Lamar's love interest in the video for his No.1 hit "luther" — blew us away with her blend of gravity and grace. Celebrated jazz guitarist Mary Halvorson, who won a MacArthur "genius" grant in 2019, has a new album produced by Deerhoof's John Dieterich.
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2 weeks ago | 
lpm.org | Stephen Thompson |Nate Chinen
Embedded Player Brandee Younger. The Cure. Annahstasia. WRTI's Nate Chinen joins Stephen Thompson to discuss our favorite albums of the week. Featured albums:• Annahstasia, 'Tether' (Stream)• Mary Halvorson, 'About Ghosts' (Stream)• Brandee Younger, 'Gadabout Season' (Stream)• Joe Armon-Jones, 'All The Quiet (Part II)' (Stream)• The Cure, 'Mixes for a Lost World' (Stream)See our long list of albums out June 13 and sample more than 50 of them via our New Music Friday playlist on npr.org.
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2 weeks ago | 
wusf.org | Stephen Thompson |Nate Chinen
It's Friday, and we're happy to report that a handful of truly great albums were released at midnight. Los Angeles singer-songwriter Annahstasia — who you may have seen as Kendrick Lamar's love interest in the video for his No.1 hit "luther" — blew us away with her blend of gravity and grace. Celebrated jazz guitarist Mary Halvorson — who won a MacArthur "genius" grant in 2019 — has a new album produced by Deerhoof's John Dieterich.
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3 weeks ago | 
thegig.substack.com | Nate Chinen
Pusha T voiced this dedication (growled it, gutter-triumphal) on Sunday afternoon in Fairmount Park, Day 2 of The Roots Picnic. It’s a lyric from “The Games We Play,” off his excellent 2018 album Daytona. Of all the countless bars I heard over the weekend, it was the one that best articulated this festival’s defining tension. The Roots Picnic has been an annual early-summer staple in Philadelphia since 2008.
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3 weeks ago | 
kios.org | Nate Chinen
Al Foster, whose superbly alert and flexible drumming formed a swirling current in modern jazz for more than 60 years, propelling bands led by Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and many others, died on Wednesday in his New York City apartment. He was 82. Bonnie Rose Steinberg, his partner of more than 47 years, confirmed his death to NPR Music. She said Foster died from a serious illness.
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4 weeks ago | 
mprnews.org | Nate Chinen
Al Foster, whose superbly alert and flexible drumming formed a swirling current in modern jazz for more than 60 years, propelling bands led by Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and many others, died on Wednesday in his New York City apartment. He was 82. Bonnie Rose Steinberg, his partner of more than 47 years, confirmed his death to NPR Music. She said Foster died from a serious illness.
