Dec 3rd, 2008 · Ra Ra Riot features swooning strings, pop hooks and sinuous rock rhythms in a session from WXPN. After the tragic death of drummer and songwriter John Pike in 2007, the recording process for The Rhumb Line proved to be cathartic. The album takes a positive outlook on the darker side of life.
Oct 14th, 2008 · Ra Ra Riot features swooning violin and cello lines, pop hooks and sinuous rock rhythms like Spoon with strings. After the tragic loss of their drummer, The Rhumb Line was a cathartic recording process that takes on a positive outlook on the darker side of life.
Oct 8th, 2008 · Ra Ra Riot's first two years of existence have been difficult, but the band just put out a beautifully polished and inspired debut, The Rhumb Line. The group will showcase the album in a full concert, webcast live at NPR.org on Oct. 12. The performance from the Black Cat in Washington, D.C., will begin online at approximately 10:30 p.m. ET.
Aug 29th, 2008 · The young band overcame the accidental death of its drummer to release its widely hailed debut full-length, The Rhumb Line. Ra Ra Riot performs in the studio and talks about nautical charts, string sections and the influence of Kate Bush.
Aug 24th, 2008 · The New York rock group Ra Ra Riot returns from an emotional roller coaster with a fantastic new CD. Hear a cut from The Rhumb Line. Singer Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley mixes it up on her latest solo CD, Acid Tongue. Argentinian singer Juana Molina has a mesmerizing new album out in October. We've got a sneak preview. Also on the show: Brooklyn duo High Places, the "Dreamend" songs of Ryan Graveface, "Failure" from singer Laura Marling, and PCP, also known as the Portland Cello Project.
Feb 28th, 2008 · After the discovery that pitcher R.A. Dickey lacked a key ligament derailed his major league career, he learned how to throw the unconventional pitch known as a knuckleball. Now, Dickey has signed as a prospect for the Seattle Mariners.
Oct 31st, 2007 · Whenever he took the stage, audiences were guaranteed a musical spectacle. Half mystic, half visionary, the pianist and bandleader charted a relentlessly adventurous course through the jazz tradition.
Sep 24th, 2005 · The second of the Lost & Found Sound Memphis trilogy presents a glimpse of life through the recordings of African American photographer RA Coleman, making his living by documenting the black community in the 1950s South.