Jazz/Blues
Black History Month on WQXR: 'I, Too, Sing America: Music in the Life of Langston Hughes' Explores Harlem Poet as Composer
Weasel Walter's Defunct ugEXPLODE Label Posting Brilliant Older Titles to Bandcamp for Discount Prices
Weasel Walter's ugEXPLODE Records hit the scene in 1991, built upon his wiley notion that extreme metal, noise rock and free jazz could exist peacefully on one man's mail-order imprint. Albert Ayler, Captain Beefheart, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, The Residents, Deicide, Cecil Taylor, Whitehouse, Iannis Xenakis and Black Flag all contributed to the catalog's formation. Black History Month on Hulu: Watch Les Blank's Brilliant Doc 'The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins' for Free
The great Sam John "Lightnin'" Hopkins was immortalized in the late Les Blank's 1968 documentary The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins. And now, you can watch this great piece of filmmaking, for free, via Hulu.