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William Onyeabor Does First-Ever Radio Interview with BBC, Discusses New Album and Future Plans

William Onyeabor spoke about his newest LP in his first radio interview with BBC Radio 6.Throughout the past week, BBC Radio 6 aired a series of segments from elusive electronic artist William Onyeabor’s first radio interview conducted by Lauren Laverne. In the interview, Onyeabor discusses his plans for a new album to be released by Luaka Bop.“I’m sending out another LP now, but this time around I’m talking strictly about Jesus Christ. It will come to you through my men from the U.S., from New York [Luaka Bop],” he said.This interview comes at an exciting time for Onyeabor, whose complete discography box set was named “Best New Reissue” with a 9.0-rating from Pitchfork. Onyeabor is a bit of a mystery to the music world. Following the eight albums Onyeabor self-released between 1978 and 1985, he became a born-again Christian, refusing to speak about himself or his music again.
By Jaime Prisco

  • Studies Show that Listening to Classical Music Can Help You Ace Your Finals, Always Helps to Lower Blood Pressure

    University research in France has recently found that listening to classical music while studying can actually help students score higher on tests.Research published in "Learning and Individual Difference" found that students who listened to a one-hour lecture where classical music was played in the background scored significantly higher in a quiz on the lecture when compared to a similar group of students who heard the lecture with no music. Researchers speculate that the music puts students in a heightened emotional state, which makes them more receptive to information“It is possible that music, provoking a change in the learning environment, influenced the students’ motivation to remain focused during the lecture, which led to better performance on the multiple-choice quiz,” they wrote.
    By Jaime Prisco

  • Benh Zeitlin's 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' to Be Screened with Live Accompaniment by Wordless Music Orchestra and the Lost Bayou Ramblers

    Director Behn Zeitlin’s acclaimed film "Beasts of the Southern Wild" will be screened with live accompaniment by the Wordless Music Orchestra and the Lost Bayou Ramblers under Ryan McAdams Jan. 23 and 24 at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space in New York City.This event has only happened once before in New York, but the score to this four-time, Oscar-nominated movie has taken a life of its own. In July, excerpts were performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel at the Hollywood Bowl, and the live score was performed to the complete film at the Barbican Arts Center in London. The Symphony Space performances will be the first live showings with the Grammy-nominated Lost Bayou Ramblers, who appear onscreen in the film. The soundtrack was composed by Zeitlin with Dan Romer and it will be performed to a music-less print of the film created especially for this project.
    By Jaime Prisco
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