TORRES, the performing name of singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and producer Mackenzie Scott, has an incomparable ability to blend pop melodies with full, fuzzy chord progressions to create timeless power-pop gold. Her...
Pop music has its expected moves, its reliable strategies to get a musical payoff by making the melody’s apex the main event. Torres isn’t interested in reserving her intensity for...
Torres, the performing name of the singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and producer Mackenzie Scott, hasn’t suffered from a lack of nerve or vision at any point during her recording career. She’s taken...
Listen to the latest edition of the Key Changes podcast The music industry evolves at a dizzying pace. And I’m here to help you make sense of the “Key Changes”...
As the small team at Nashville’s Music Experience, immersing ourselves in new music and then sharing the best cuts with WNXP listeners is not just our job, it’s our calling....
Tonight, Merge Records artist Torres — whose newest LP Thirstier was our #RecordoftheWeek (and the subject of a simultaneous NPR Music feature) not too long ago — graces one of...
It’s that time of year in the music world where we all — magazines, websites, radio stations, podcasts —look back and make lists. Everyone has been putting out their picks...
Today we get back to normal-ish. For the first time since the show began late last year, we have in-person special guests. Morning host Celia, evening host Marquis Munson and...
