30A Songwriters Sessions: James McMurtry
Watch McMurtry perform "Jackie" via WMOT Roots Radio and NPR Music Live Sessions.
Music & Culture
Sara Bareilles thought 'Into the Woods' would last 2 weeks — she ended up on Broadway
What started as a stripped-down production with a limited run became a Grammy award-winning Broadway musical with six Tony nominations. Bareilles plays the Baker's Wife: "I'm so glad that I said yes."
Arturo O'Farrill puts piano in the foreground on 'Legacies'
Three generations of O'Farrills are represented on this new album, reminding us what tradition is at heart: our ongoing conversation with those who came before us, and those who come after.
30A Songwriters Sessions: Ruthie Foster
Watch a mini-concert, recorded live at the 30A Songwriters Festival back in January.
At 25, Pernice Brothers' debut throws even brighter sparks — and darker shadows
Threadbare demos on a new reissue of 1998's Overcome by Happiness illuminate Joe Pernice's songwriting paradox: Brill Building pop woven from homespun scruff, sarcastic but always sure-footed.
'I'm an outlier too'
Rico Nasty and her fans know what it's like to be judged for being themselves. For anyone who feels like an outsider, Nasty Mob is a space to forget that alienation.
It's time to get on the billy woods bandwagon
A longtime hero of the underground rap scene for his worldly, wily lyrics that are erudite and streetwise, billy woods has made his clearest, most engaging album yet with Maps.
The eternal paradox, and 'Quantum Criminals,' of Steely Dan
What does it mean to illustrate the world of Steely Dan? NPR Music contributor Marissa Lorusso spoke with the Danfans behind the new book Quantum Criminals.
A celebration of albums turning 20
From Radiohead's Hail to the Thief to The Strokes' Room On Fire, enjoy a playlist of songs from 2003.
Lewis Capaldi: Tiny Desk Concert
If you didn't know anything about Capaldi before this Tiny Desk, the self-deprecating humor mixed in between gut-wrenching ballads will quickly catch you up to speed.