The Top 9 Places to Hear (and See) Experimental Music in Brooklyn, According to Musicians
The Brooklyn avant-garde music scene is no longer burgeoning; it is flourishing.
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Lyrical Economy and the Art of Subtle Songwriting
Many songwriters are lauded for their descriptive lyrics. It’s rarer for a lyricist to do the same thing within a much tighter word budget.
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Self Control
Let’s take a trip back to 1984. Hair was big, pants were tight, Dallas was on TV every Friday, and two recording artists on either side of the Atlantic deployed a most unusual strategy.
Radio Free Brooklyn presents: “Changüí, Music of Cuba”
Come join RFB on a musical journey into the heart of Cuba’s Changüí country with RFB host Gianluca Tramontana.
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#RFBinTribute: Millie Small
In the mid-1960s, teenage Millie Small’s hit song, “My Boy Lollipop,” helped pave the way for Jamaican music and musicians (especially ska), to become internationally popular.
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RFB Artist Interview: Noah Dreiblatt
“I’ve always thought if you can’t laugh into the abyss, it’ll laugh into you.” Experimental pop artist Noah Dreiblatt talks to RFB’s Girl Wunder about his debut solo album, Doomscrolling, on the eve of his appearance on this week’s (05/07) Virtual Voyager!
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RFB Artist Profile: LoveHoney’s New Album Release
Lovehoney frontwoman Aly Quiñones on what it was like for the band to create their new album (releasing 02/14/21) while the Covid-19 pandemic is still, sadly, a thing, being a little brown grrrl in a band making noise — and the William Burroughs quote she lives by.
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#RFBinTribute: Adam Schlesinger
RFB editorial star Emily Scott penned this poignant tribute to the Fountains of Wayne frontman, who died from complications of COVID-19 in April 2020 at age 52.
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RFB Artist Profile: Dan Berg interview with Girl Wunder
Jessica Wu (a.k.a Girl Wunder of RFB’s Virtual Voyager), chats with electro-soul-jazz-house music producer Dan Berg (a.k.a. Fireberg) on the debut of his latest mix, “Supernova,” making music during a global pandemic — and the sounds you might find in outer space.
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Securing Their Future: Grace Exhibition Space Celebrates Its Evolution with #Give2Grace
From September 22–28, Grace Exhibition Space presents a week-long virtual art event and fundraiser to celebrate its evolution — and survival as a dedicated home for performance artists.
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