Kendrick Lamar's Video For 'LOVE.' Brings Us All Down To Earth
The fifth video from DAMN. is just as beautiful as the rest — and examines a topic just as universal and intractable as the others. Maybe more so.
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Coroner Releases Causes Of Death For All 58 Victims Of Las Vegas Shooting
Nearly all of the fatalities were caused by a single gunshot wound, though six died from multiple wounds. The deaths were all ruled homicides.
Kendrick Lamar Tells Story Of Our Time In Prophetic Terms With 'DAMN.'
Kendrick Lamar's album DAMN. has topped dozens of best of lists for 2017. NPR's hip hop critic Rodney Carmichael says that Lamar is telling the story of our time in prophetic terms.
Across the Blue Ridge #105- Breaking Up Christmas
Here's a reprise of Paul Brown's Breaking Up Christmas: A Blue Ridge Mountain Holiday, produced for NPR member stations and first aired in late 1996. Across the Blue Ridge h
Wear My Headphones: Damon Krukowski On How Digital Culture Changes Us
NPR Music's year-end interview series concludes with an analog baby turned digital savant, who says that how we consume music today has become a political, emotional and existential choice.
Trombonist Roswell Rudd Packs A Lot Of Wisdom Into Every Note Of 'Embrace'
Rudd started out playing dixieland before graduating to free jazz. Now he's collaborating with singer Fay Victor on his latest album. Critic Kevin Whitehead says Embrace has a "valedictory air."
Remembering Jazz Singer Keely Smith
Smith, who died Saturday, was discovered by bandleader Louis Prima as a teenager. She later married Prima, and the two became a popular Las Vegas lounge act. Originally broadcast in 2000.
Loud Or Soft? It's All In Dynamic Variation
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ... dynamic variation. In this episode, Peter explains the importance of loud, soft--and everything in between--in Classical music.
Lil Wayne Takes On Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar And 21 Savage Beats For 'Dedication 6'
The Young Money CEO teases new music from the next installment in his long-running mixtape series.
Priscilla Presley Remembers Christmas With Elvis
From the first gifts they ever exchanged to their tree-trimming traditions at Graceland, hear heartwarming holiday stories and music from Christmas with Elvis and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.