Jan 11th, 2007 · "Ain't Got No/I Got Life" sounds like the product of an unearthly collaboration involving Simone, Sly Stone and the Stax Department of Horns. Originally loping and straightforward, it now shimmies and swings, a model of loopy, unrestrained exuberance its originators could never have imagined.
Oct 5th, 2005 · Motown's success has made its musical catalog one of the most recognizable in American history. Oliver Wang says it takes some guts to tackle these iconic tunes, but the producers have pulled it off.
Sep 30th, 2005 · Sister Gertrude Morgan -- folk artist, preacher, nurse -- made a distinctive album of gospel music in 1970. Philadelphia DJ King Britt has created a tribute to the New Orleans musician.
Jul 25th, 2005 · Contributor David Was used to be half of a band called Was Not Was. They had a club hit in 1979 called "Wheel Me Out," and it has now been remixed into a big hit in England. David Was explains what a remix is, how it's done, and how it feels to have your work run through a technological blender.
Jun 13th, 2005 · Dave Gilbert, a professor at Marymount Manhattan College, has had his students record their own audio guides for exhibits at the Museum of Modern Art. He discusses his students' projects.
Nov 9th, 2004 · Tom Terrell reviews a CD of funk collaborations between Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby, The Original Jam Sessions: 1969, and a companion CD called The New Mixes Volume One. He says while the 1969 tracks were fairly ordinary, the remixes are full of musical surprises.
Oct 17th, 2004 · Paul D. Miller, also known as DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, has taken his talents remixing sound and music for the club scene, and applied them to a new medium: film. He's been touring the world presenting a remix of D.W. Griffith's controversial 1915 film The Birth of a Nation as Rebirth of a Nation.