Nine Artists To Watch For At AmericanaFest 2016
NPR Music is headed to Nashville for this week's AmericanaFest where we'll be checking out some of the newest and most promising voices in roots music, along with a few veterans.
Music & Culture
'Sing For Your Life' Recounts A Journey From Juvenile Detention To The Opera House
Ryan Speedo Green grew up in a trailer park and did time in juvenile detention before discovering he had a unique singing voice. He now performs at New York's Metropolitan Opera.
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'A Real Little Taste Of Heaven': Visionary Guitarist Jack Rose In 11 Songs
To celebrate new reissues of his work, friends, fans and peers share favorite songs and memories of the musician whose influence on American Primitive Guitar has grown to monumental heights.
Hear Neil Young's New Anti-Pipeline Protest Song
"Indian Givers" is a jangly, folk-rock song that takes on the Dakota Access Pipeline, a vast oil duct under construction near Native American land in North Dakota.
Songs We Love: Jamie Lidell, 'Walk Right Back'
The English soul singer invokes the purity of parent-child love in his new video, a surreal interpretation of what the world might look like to a baby seeing it for the first time.
Metropolis: 9/17/16
Hear new tracks from Justice, Robyn, Phantogram and more in a two-hour EDM mix from KCRW's Jason Bentley.
For The Handsome Family, Music Is A Safe Place To Express 'Terrifying Things'
Married couple Rennie and Brett Sparks have been writing songs together for 21 years. Their latest album, Unseen, is based on their experiences living in the Southwest.
Encore Week: Car Seat Headrest, Bonnie Raitt, Mudcrutch And More
Hear from newcomers and veteran artists alike in five recent World Cafe sessions worth another listen.
Corinne Bailey Rae: Tiny Desk Concert
There's real joy in this genre-defying performance by the English singer-songwriter, who performs material from her first album in six years.
The 2016 Americana Honors & Awards Ceremony
NPR Music returns as the exclusive webcast home for Nashville's big night on Sept. 21, with performances by Bob Weir, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, George Strait, Jason Isbell and The Lumineers.