There is no one truth as to why Screw started slowing records down, or exactly when—though his cousin Big Bubb was there for one of the earliest instances. There are lots of stories, and lots of influences. The only sure thing is that it was Screw who took his mixes in that direction through experimentation.

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Monterrey (MARCO) transforms its normally hushed, elegant central courtyard into a frenetically energized and raucous music venue for its Noches de Verano (Summer Nights).

Andrew Scott talks with guitarists Phil Upchurch and Cornell Dupree, and Atlantic Records producer Arif Mardin to help demythologize Donny Hathaway’s 1974 live masterpiece.