Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The flute’s fate in pop tends to ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Like most people, I presume, when the news dropped that André 3000 — the ...

This week, Andre 3000 released an instrumental album featuring the flute instead of an expected rap album. Scott Simon asks LA Times' August Brown about the flute's decades-long role in pop music.

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In recent years, the André flute sighting has become urban legend on the level of the Bill Murray noogie. People will see André walking alone down a Tokyo street late at night, or standing around in a ...

André 3000 Surprised by Album of the Year Grammy Nomination for 'New Blue Sun' The legendary ATL artist said in a new interview that he 'didn’t think that that many people even knew' about the album.

The flute is one of the more overlooked instruments in jazz, but it’s been making an impact on improvised music for more than 50 years. Let 10 experts take you on a guided tour. By Giovanni Russonello ...

I walked into Brooklyn’s Crown Hill Theatre wondering what kind of set to expect at the first stop of André 3000’s New Blue Sun tour. I had never been to the Crown Heights venue; I didn’t know whether ...

André 3000, “That Night in Hawaii When I Turned Into a Panther and Started Making These Low Register Purring Tones That I Couldn’t Control… That Sh¥t Was Wild” (Epic) Now that the novel sensation and ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by She is marking her 24-year effort to expand the instrument’s repertoire with performances, including a Carnegie Hall series, as well as a box set and ...