Songs We Love: BOSCO & Speakerfoxxx, 'Hot Boyz'
The Atlanta singer and DJ follow closely, but not wholly, in Missy Elliott's empowering footprints in this flip of her subversive hit single from 1999.
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Cellist And Conductor Allegedly Helped Russians Move Billions Of Dollars
Russian musician Sergei Roldugin's name has emerged in the massive data leak known as the Panama Papers. He is allegedly at the center of his country's offshore banking activities.
World Cafe Next: Birds Of Chicago
Hear two songs by the ecstatic folk-gospel band, which is built around Allison Russell and JT Nero.
Across the Blue Ridge - New Takes On Old Music
This week's Across the Blue Ridge treats us to field and studio recordings of historic musicians from the 1920s to the 1990s; contrasts between old and new renditions of classic tunes. Our fe
Music Review: 'Trade Winds: Cuba,' Matt Geraghty Project
Tom Moon reviews an album chronicling some unscripted jam sessions from a variety of Cuban musicians.
Gay Glam Comes To HBO
Is Vinyl's latest fictionalized New York music character a tribute to Jobriath, the post-Bowie 'space clown' who was rock's first openly homosexual performer?
Watch Parquet Courts Perform 'Berlin Got Blurry' Live In The Studio
The Brooklyn garage-rock band plays a sharp, smart song from its upcoming album live for KEXP.
PWR BTTM: Tiny Desk Concert
The queer, glammy, wildly dressed duo has a keen sense of mischief and a gift for honest, punk-infused, tongue-in-cheek pop gems. Watch PWR BTTM perform four songs in the NPR Music offices.
Metropolis: 4/2/16
KCRW's Jason Bentley spins music by Robyn, Anohni, SNBRN, Cut Snake and more in a two-hour EDM mix.
Grammy Winner, Sax Legend Gato Barbieri Dies At 83
Known for his ever-present black fedora, Barbieri could never be pinned down. "My music is the same. I play Gato," Barbieri once told The Tavis Smiley Show.