Music & Culture
Den-Mate's Twinkling 'Charlotte' Explodes With Energy
Loceke, Den-Mate's forthcoming album, tells stories of death and rebirth, darkness and renewal, set against songwriter Jules Hale's most colorful and expansive compositions yet.
Watch The Dixie Hummingbirds Perform Live
A Gospel Roots of Rock And Soul performance from one of the most influential gospel groups of all time.
Esperanza Spalding Is The 21st Century's Jazz Genius
The ways in which Spalding's music is the most radical are perhaps the most easily overlooked: how, through her singing and playing, she challenges gender norms across styles.
The Strange Story Of Those Supposedly Fake Michael Jackson Songs
Last week, you couldn't escape headlines saying Sony Music had "admitted" to releasing songs under Michael Jackson's name that the pop icon hadn't actually sung himself. That's not quite the case.
Blood Orange Bottles The Spirit Of An Outsider In Soulful Sweetness
Dev Hynes, better known in the music world as Blood Orange, gets more experimental and more personal on his latest album 'Negro Swan.'
First-Rate Performances Drive 'King Of The Road' Tribute To Roger Miller
Miller, who died in 1992, had a career that spanned three decades. A new 36-track tribute album features a very eclectic line-up, including Dolly Parton, Ringo Starr and actor John Goodman.
Don't Get It Twisted: 'We're Not Gonna Take It' Can Be Anyone's Protest Song
Talk about ironic: Twisted Sister's 1984 anthem to bucking authority has since been adopted by religious entities, teachers and even politicians, each bending it to their own definition.
Kikagaku Moyo's 'Dripping Sun' Encompasses A State Of Psychedelia
The Japanese band takes a trip through psychedelic boogie, floating acid-folk and laid-back funk in the genre-skipping, eight-minute track.
T.I.: Tiny Desk Concert
In the fifteen years since he released Trap Muzik, Tip Harris has reinvented himself a thousand times over. But the stories he recounts from that era make his Tiny Desk a memorable one.