Five Eight's Anthem To Fleeing A Troubled Marriage
In an oddly chaotic — and comical — new video for the song "Florida," the band digs into the sad necessity of sometimes having to flee in order to survive.
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Folk Musician Tom Rapp Dies At 70
Tom Rapp, the founder of the 1960s folk outfit Pearls Before Swine, has died. He went on to become a civil rights attorney and his music enjoyed a revival in the 1990s.
Brandi Carlile On Practicing Forgiveness, Even When It's Hard
"It's a really radical and ugly, difficult process that, you know, great beauty comes from." The folk singer discusses her new album, By The Way, I Forgive You, with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.
Loma's Debut Album Marks Both A Beginning And An End
The trio and its first album are the product of two bands joining forces — but the creation of something new often requires the sacrifice of something known.
Nick Hakim: Tiny Desk Concert
The music of Nick Hakim occupies a space and time that feels out of this world, with songs that explore the quietude of inner thoughts.
69 Love Songs From World Cafe
You would think that people would've had enough of silly love songs? Not a chance. Hear our playlist modeled after The Magnetic Fields' classic album.
Announcing The 2018 Tiny Desk Contest
Send us a video of you or your band playing an original song behind a desk (any desk). You could win a chance to play your own Tiny Desk concert and tour the U.S. with NPR Music.
Tom Rapp, '60s Folk Experimentalist And Civil Rights Attorney, Dead At 70
Rapp's band, Pearls Before Swine, sold an impressive number of records and contained strains of experimentalism that reverberated for decades after. He thought it was all fine.
Celia Cruz's 'Son Con Guaguancó' And The Bridge To Fame In Exile
Recorded five years after Cruz left Cuba for good, Son Con Guaguancó depicts the singer on the cusp of major stardom as she adapts to a new life in the United States.