Three Miles Ahead
Hear three interpretations of the musical icon: on screen, with actor and director Don Cheadle; on the page, with co-biographer Quincy Troupe; and on stage, with trumpeter Keyon Harrold.
Music & Culture
Cecile McLorin Salvant And Sullivan Fortner
The communication between piano and voice often becomes deeply personal. Two rising stars of their instruments prove as much in duet at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
KCRW Presents: Miguel
Watch the boundary-pushing R&B singer perform "What's Normal Anyway" live in the studio.
Britney's Back: Spears Returns With Ninth Studio Album, 'Glory'
Tom Moon reviews the new album from Britney Spears, Glory. This is Spears' ninth studio album.
Rudy Van Gelder, Definitive Jazz Recording Engineer, Has Died
The man who captured hundreds of jazz's greatest recordings — by Miles Davis and John Coltrane, Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock — died Thursday at his home studio. He was 91.
Across the Blue Ridge #35 - The Carter Family Songs Live On
This week we take some time with the repertoire of early country music superstars The Carter Family. From their rural home in far southwest Virginia, the Carters – A.P., his wife Sara,
Norah Jones On Piano Jazz
The smoky-voiced singer reinvents standards like "The Nearness Of You" in a 2003 session.
Hard Working Americans On World Cafe
Hear the Todd Snider-fronted supergroup perform songs from its new album, Rest In Chaos.
Songs We Love: Sarah Potenza, 'Monster'
The brassy roots-rocker's anthem conveys her determination to revel in her corporeality and flamboyant performance style. "That kind of flash is Americana," she says. "It is big."
Nina Diaz: Tiny Desk Concert
As a solo artist on leave from Girl In A Coma, the singer finds new ways to sound ferocious. Here, she performs three songs from an album due out in the fall.