Jaime Wyatt On World Cafe
Wyatt discusses the firsthand experience with incarceration that informed her album Felony Blues. "People get stuck in the system," she says. "I feel like that's a great injustice to our society."
Music & Culture
Mayte Garcia Knew She Would Marry Prince, But Could Never Have Predicted How
In her new book, The Most Beautiful, Garcia explains how an unlikely meeting at one of the pop icon's concerts sparked a relationship full of love, surprises and, ultimately, heartbreak.
Oxbow Marks Its Return With The Sweet, Snarling And Ambitious 'Other People'
Strings and horns are integral to Oxbow's dark, perverse, Baroque rock experimentalism.
Lawrence English, Philosopher Of Sound, Kindly Requests You Lie Down
Lawrence English considers it his job to document sound, to question the mechanics underpinning our ways of listening. It's not always simple.
Songs We Love: Den-Mate, 'Fall'
D.C. producer and songwriter Jules Hale zeroes in on the darker, denser side of her sound with a dream-pop salve for women, who she says "deserve to swim in euphoria for a bit."
The 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Dave Holland, Dick Hyman and Ira Gitler are recipients of the Jazz Masters award — the highest honor the U.S gives to a jazz musician or advocate.
Kishori Amonkar, Leading Indian Classical Vocalist, Dies At Age 84
A musicians' musician who shunned the spotlight, Amonkar was a revered singer in the Hindustani (North Indian) tradition. According to Indian press reports, she died today after a brief illness.
Noname: Tiny Desk Concert
The power of language to penetrate a difficult subject, and the power of performance to share that language, are the gifts Noname brought to the Tiny Desk.
Confronting Anti-Semitism In Russia, In Words And Then Music
After the death of Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko on April 1, we revisit a 2000 feature about his most famous work, 'Babi Yar,' and the collaboration it inspired with composer Dmitri Shostakovich.
Metropolis: 4/1/17
This week's episode features a special guest mix from the Australian duo Yolanda Be Cool.