Andre 3000 released new music for the first time in 17 years this week. But "New Blue Sun" is not what most fans may have expected. The record has no rap music. What it does have is the flute.

Baroque pop was one of the many sub-genres of rock and roll that emerged as the ‘60s rolled on. It was a time when certain artists were compelled to test the boundaries they could expand upon, or ...

This week, Andre 3000 released an instrumental album featuring the flute instead of an expected rap album. Scott Simon asks LA Times' August Brown... Reflecting on the legacy of the flute in pop music ...