Music & Culture

One of Bob Boilen's favorite live bands explores the comforts of breaking from day-to-day routines in a brutally honest and comical new video.

The Oregon-bred sister act tackles "Everybody Wants To Rule The World," bathing the song in sweet harmonies while adding a few new lines.

The second solo album from the Liturgy, Zs and Ex Eye drummer sounds like a celestial hummingbird feeding from the nectar of the cosmos.

The singer offers a candid breakdown of her latest album track by track, with stories about serial killers, suicide and how she emerged from the darkest period of her life.

The Brooklyn-based band crafts infectious pop music that builds dramatically before giving way to a quiet calm.

The songwriter has gone from playing dive bars to performing at the Grand Ole Opry. Hear Ashley McBryde's studio performance, recorded live at Nashville's Sound Stage Studios.

"Influenced by many, but I'm a whole new star." Rapsody ascends on the shapeshifting first single from Laila's Wisdom.

Watch the rising singer perform a highlight from her excellent debut EP, 3:33am, live in the studio for KCRW.

After learning that billionaire and Warner Music Group owner Len Blavatnik donated to President Trump's inauguration, a professor at Oxford University's Blavatnik School of Government has resigned.