Music & Culture

With entries filmed in deserts and on mountains, in basements and bedrooms, alongside four-legged friends and more, this video features some of the many entries we received to this year's Contest.

As much as Pedigo's songcraft has changed, a tender smirk remains behind each pluck and strum here.

On her best album to date, Feist mines age and experience, love and loss to shape 12 songs about the hard-earned insights of simply existing.

At the reinstatement of expelled Tennessee lawmaker Justin Jones, a small gathering of Nashville musicians opened up the People's Songbook for a musically imperfect yet unforgettable Bob Dylan cover.

A long time coming, the South London-bred singer-songwriter performs at the Desk with the confidence of a veteran vocal powerhouse.

Every year, the Librarian of Congress announces 25 sound recordings to be preserved for posterity. Picks for 2023 include music by Queen Latifah, Daddy Yankee, John Lennon, Mariah Carey and more.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Palestinian Chilean singer Elyanna ahead of her performance at Coachella. She intends to sing her entire set in Arabic.

Elkhorn offers us a chance to hear music changing its mind in real time — spontaneous composition with nothing to prove.