Matthew Dear And Tegan And Sara Address The 'Bad Ones'
"Bad Ones" could come straight out of Tegan And Sara's remarkable pop crossover Heartthrob, but is indelibly wired to Matthew Dear's own rich frequencies.
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'Cosmus' From Mitú Marks An Evolution In Roots-Meets-Electronic Music
New music from two Colombian musicians who wanted to recreate the landscape of the jungle through a combination of palenquero roots music and electronic wizardry.
Wadada Leo Smith's Defiant And Fearless Elegy For Emmett Till (In 360˚ VR)
Watch Wadada Leo Smith play a tribute to Emmett Till while floating down the same river where, over 60 years earlier, Till's lifeless 14-year-old body was found.
Celebrities And Companies Pitch In To Harvey Relief Effort
A country artist donates $100,000, comedian Kevin Hart puts in $25,000 and challenges his famous friends to do the same and Amazon promises to match customers' donations.
Latin Roots: Balún
Hear a live performance from the band, whose sound combines shoegaze-pop with pan-Caribbean identity, recorded at Nuevofest 2017 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Grizzly Bear Details The Confessionals Of 'Painted Ruins' Track By Track
Ed Droste, Daniel Rossen and Chris Taylor reveal the emotional chaos, missteps and hopeful perseverance behind Painted Ruins, the band's first new album in five years.
Shocking Omissions: Taylor Swift's 'Red,' A Canonical Coming-Of-Age Album
The album traverses Swift's country roots and enters proper pop territory while tackling more complicated aspects of love and relationships. Here, an artist grows up alongside her audience.
Jason Isbell: Tiny Desk Concert
The Alabama singer-songwriter and his band perform three songs from The Nashville Sound, but their set includes a few surprises, too.
Taylor Swift's 'Look What You Made Me Do' Video Is A Lot
A swirl of shiny self-parody and attack — about what was expected, judging by the first single — defines Swift's first video from Reputation.
Kinan Azmeh Brings The Magic Of Music To Summer Camp For Refugee Children
The acclaimed Syrian clarinetist has performed all over the world, but recently played before a different type of international audience: refugee children at a summer camp in New Jersey.