The Thistle & Shamrock: The Longest Day
Ancient festivals and rituals have long marked the summer solstice. Join in the celebration with music by Kathryn Tickell, Richard Wood and more.
Music & Culture
Lucy Dacus Doesn't Want To Be Funny Anymore
Lucy Dacus is a great new voice, mixing a soulful Southern sound with power-pop. Her debut album is now being re-released by Matador Records.
First Watch: Royal Canoe, 'Somersault'
Royal Canoe's super-colorful new video for "Somersault" is exactly what you need to nerd out to this summer.
Songs We Love: Lori McKenna, 'The Bird & The Rifle'
The singer-songwriter turns a joke from the sitcom Modern Family into something profound with a slow-building ballad.
Bob Boilen Talks 'Your Song Changed My Life' On World Cafe
The All Songs Considered host asked 35 artists about the music that shaped them. But what song changed his life?
How The Band Eggs Over Easy Kicked Off London's Pub-Rock Movement
In the mid-1970s, a hard-luck band from California was in the right place at the right time and changed London's rock-and-roll scene. Their album Good 'N' Cheap has just been reissued.
New Mix: Bellows, Cornelius, Keaton Henson, A-WA, The Wild Reeds, More
On this week's All Songs Considered: psychedelic rock from the '90s, new songs from Tiny Desk veterans and electro-folk from the Israeli sisters in A-WA.
Songs We Love: Gensu Dean & Denmark Vessey, 'Black Love'
Love is complicated, but love songs these days tend not to be. Still, rapper Denmark Vessey and producer Gensu Dean have stormy weather in mind on their bluesy love song.
Fans, Family And The Freakin' Weekend: What's Next In Nashville
Ann Powers and Jewly Hight, NPR Music's team in Nashville, dive deep into the country music industry's biggest annual party and report back on what's in store for the genre in the coming year.
Brett Dennen On Mountain Stage
Hear the singer-songwriter perform six heartfelt songs, recorded live on stage in West Virginia.