Watch Ludovico Einaudi Perform 'Petricor' Live
Watch the pianist and composer, joined by a full band, in a stunning live performance for KCRW.
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The Lush Life Of Billy Strayhorn
The composer was remarkable not only for his harmonically rich collaborations with Duke Ellington, but for living as an openly gay black man in the 1940s.
First Listen: Sad13, 'Slugger'
Sadie Dupuis' new solo songs are brimming with taut hooks, layers of flittering keyboards and electronic beats that'll get everyone bobbing and moving on the dance floor instead of in the mosh pit.
First Listen: Bob Dylan, 'The 1966 Live Recordings'
During the months he spent on the road in 1966, Dylan refined a way of inhabiting and transforming his own songs that was different from anything he'd done before.
All Songs +1: Our Most Memorable Tiny Desk Jazz Sets
Patrick Jarenwattananon, former writer for NPR Music's A Blog Supreme, joins us to talk about the most memorable jazz artists to appear at the Tiny Desk.
First Listen: Sleigh Bells, 'Jessica Rabbit'
The duo's fourth album is a testament to the power of a celebration gone weird, with chopped-up and resequenced hooks working as the raw material for a scathing, fragmentary kind of pop.
Listen: Maggie Rogers Is About To Have Another Hit
The singer who brought Pharrell to tears with her viral earworm "Alaska" is back with a worthy followup called "Dog Years."
First Watch: Julia Jacklin, 'Don't Let The Kids Win'
The Australian singer writes stark songs with no frills. This one tackles a 20-something's classic problem: worrying about aging.
First Listen: Martha Wainwright, 'Goodnight City'
Wainwright's singing shows a deep awareness of the multiple meanings that can merge and overflow — even within utterances as direct as a lover's whisper or a lullaby.
First Listen: Ronnie Dunn, 'Tattooed Heart'
Three albums after wrapping his run with one of the most successful country duos of the '90s and early '00s, Dunn deftly carves out a role for himself amid the genre's current youthful landscape.