wnyc.org / 93.9fm / am 820

As part of our weekly series "Seven Sins: The Deadly Medley," we look at how wrath is manifested in music and lyrics. Washington Post pop music critic J. Freedom du Lac and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang (creator of such sinful-sounding works like "Cheating, Lying, Stealing") join us to show ...

Langston Hughes’ poem "Ask Your Mama" was published in 1961 and it was a mix of high culture and street talk on black life, music and culture. Hughes wrote an imaginary soundtrack in the margin of that poem and gave it the subtitle of "Twelve Moods for Jazz." Emmy Award-winning ...

So our weekly series of music inspired by the Seven Deadly Sins now brings us to wrath. One of the great things about this series has been to show that art can be art even when its intentions are not to express humanity's noblest aspirations and emotions. Some great ...

In the latest installment of our Friday series, “Seven Sins: The Deadly Medley,” we examine wrath, better known as plain ol’ anger. Our guest David Lang shares this list.

Gregorian Chant, "Dies Irae"

Hector Berlioz (From Requiem), "Dies Irae"

Henry Cowell, "Anger Dance"

Igor Stravinsky, "In Memoriam Dylan ...

In the latest installment of our Friday series, “Seven Sins: The Deadly Medley,” we examine wrath, better known as plain ol’ anger. Our guest J. Freedom du Lac shares this list.

-John Lee Hooker, "I'm Bad Like Jesse James"

-Bob Dylan, "When the Ship Comes In"

-2Pac, ...