World Cafe #TBT: 1993
Indulge in '90s nostalgia with a playlist highlighting The Smashing Pumpkins, Liz Phair and more.
Music & Culture
Herbie Hancock On His Next Album, Flying Lotus And Jupiter's Satellite
Next week the great pianist presents a new lineup in concert. As he sees it, he's borrowing from the techniques of young cutting-edge musicians — who were themselves preceded by Miles Davis.
First Listen: Kelsey Waldon, 'I've Got A Way'
It's the immediacy of Waldon's storytelling, utterly unsentimental yet deeply heartfelt, that makes the young country singer a queen of the cool rejoinder and an all-around contender.
Singer-Songwriter Joan Shelley On Sky Diving And Stage Fright
While on tour for her album, Over and Even, Shelley stopped by WHYY to play some of her songs along with accompanist Nathan Salsburg. She tells Fresh Air's Sam Briger she's always wanted to perform.
Watch Imarhan Perform Live In The Studio
Watch the Algerian band with ties to Tinariwen play "Tarha Tadagh" live for KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.
Watch A Video For Trust Fund's Giddy Pop Song 'Crab Line'
The Bristol indie-pop band likes to burrow between the sheets of sweetness and sadness, but also likes to perform body slam after body slam in Norwegian hostels.
All Songs +1: A Conversation With Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood
On this week's +1 podcast, Bob chats with Radiohead's visionary guitarist Jonny Greenwood about the making of the band's newest record, A Moon Shaped Pool.
Songs We Love: Beach Slang, 'Punks In A Disco Bar'
Beach Slang offers a glimpse into what it's like to be young, misunderstood and out of place. The video is "a gritty, cinematic collage of Americana, debauchery and youth," frontman James Alex says.
First Listen: Blind Pilot, 'And Then Like Lions'
The band makes wistful late-summer music — songs of reflection and connection, carried out in a subtle swirl of strings, horns, pianos and voices.
First Listen: Of Montreal, 'Innocence Reaches'
After 14 albums, Kevin Barnes' music still bursts like an overripe peach. He retains his knack for supple, indelible melody, as well as pomp, melodrama and lavish flourishes of texture and verse.