The 2024 Tiny Desk Contest is here
NPR's Tiny Desk has a passion for discovering new artists, and today, NPR Music is launching the 10th edition of Tiny Desk Contest.
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Billy Joel returns to the recording studio with first new song in nearly 20 years
The 74-year-old singer-songwriter's longtime label, Columbia Records, plans to drop 'Turn the Lights Back On' on Feb. 1st.
Want to play a Tiny Desk concert? The 2024 Contest is now open for entries
NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest is back.
Tiny Desk Premiere: Hania Rani
The Polish pianist and composer blurs the lines of ambient, classical and house in this performance.
One of the world's greatest instrument collections is in South Dakota, of all places
The National Music Museum has one of the world's largest and most significant collections of historical instruments. It's located in a place you might not expect — Vermillion, South Dakota.
Billie Joe Armstrong on Green Day's latest album 'Saviors'
Green Day has been critical of American society for decades, and its new album, "Saviors" is no exception. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about it.
Sleater-Kinney on their new album 'Little Rope'
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein about their new album, "Little Rope."
Mary Weiss, lead singer of The Shangri-Las, has died
With the 1960s pop girl group, Weiss found fame as a 15-year-old. She died on Friday, according to her husband.
Remembering Earnest Jackson, the only artist signed to Planet Money's record label
Earnest Jackson, the sole star of Planet Money's record label, died recently at 75. We look back at his life and the long lost song he recorded in the 1970s about inflation.
Musician Brittney Spencer says she has Baltimore to thank for her intro to country
NPR's Juana Summers talks with country singer Brittney Spencer, originally from Baltimore, about her debut album called 'My Stupid Life.'