The 20th century was a time of musical revolutions and innovations. Composers searched for new harmonies, rhythms and forms. What doors are left to kick open this century? Precious few. With no ...

What do we possess today as “art”? A faked music, filled with artificial noisiness of massed instruments; a failed painting, full of idiotic, exotic and showcard effects, that every ten years or so ...

To commemorate Women's History Month, World Cafe is looking back on a century's worth of music history. Every week in March, we're pinpointing distinct moments of every year from the past 100 years, a ...

No genre of music is without its controversy, and country music is no exception. Even before the age of the internet, plenty of scandals rattled the country music world. Let’s look at just a few ...

How will the first quarter of this century be remembered? In this episode of a multi-part series, we explore how file-sharing and streaming totally transformed the music industry. Sponsor Message : ...