Sense Of Place North Carolina: Hiss Golden Messenger With Tift Merritt
Hear M.C. Taylor's roots-rock band perform with collaborator Tift Merritt in a session recorded for World Cafe's North Carolina trip.
Music & Culture
Jack DeJohnette: A Drummer Who Stays 'In Movement' By Keeping Good Company
DeJohnette has been playing jazz long enough to have jammed with two generations of Coltranes. He speaks with Robert Siegel about staying fresh after 50 years behind the kit.
The Legacy Of The Benny Goodman Quartet
The small group that made a bespectacled white clarinetist a star happened to be of jazz's first racially integrated bands. Wendell Pierce and four young clarinetists tell the story live on stage.
The 'Leningrad' Symphony At Carnegie Hall
Dmitri Shostakovich's powerful Seventh Symphony was written during the devastating World War II siege of Leningrad. Hear Mariss Jansons lead the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
The Appalachian Inspiration Of The Black Lillies
The Knoxville band's regional roots are at the center of its sound. Members Cruz Contreras and Trisha Gene Brady explain how the mountains inspire their music.
First Listen: Snarky Puppy, 'Culcha Vulcha'
To the extent that Snarky Puppy has a core sonic idea, it's an intricate melody over a multifaceted groove, as generated by multiple horn players, guitarists, keyboardists and percussionists.
Throwback Thursday: Watch The Avett Brothers Perform At The Tiny Desk
For Throwback Thursday, we share an intimate, energetic 2009 performance by the Avett Brothers, from the earliest days of the Tiny Desk.
Watch Mayer Hawthorne Perform 'Fancy Clothes' Live In The Studio
The soul singer performs a track from his new album, Man About Town, live in the studio for KCRW.
First Listen: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, 'Nonagon Infinity'
The Melbourne psych-rock septet unleashes a thoroughly realized journey, embedded in a frenzied barrage of riff-heavy head-bangers.
First Listen: Original Broadway Cast Recording, 'Bright Star'
Edie Brickell and Steve Martin team up again, this time to compose a Broadway musical about star-crossed couples in North Carolina during the first half of the 20th century.