Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard On Small-Town Life, Big-Time Music
Howard was raised on her father's junkyard in the small town of Athens, Ala. "It was a really interesting way to grow up," she tells Fresh Air.
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Let Twitter Be Your Guide Through This Michael Jackson Casting Mess
When the news leaves you speechless, let Twitter take the wheel.
Front Row: Charles Kelley, 'The Only One Who Gets Me (1 Mic 1 Take)'
Lady Antebellum singer turns wistful and reflective on a stripped-down performance for 1 Mic 1 Take, and discusses the unexpected direction of his solo album.
World Cafe Presents: Dr. Dog
Watch from a front-row seat as the trippy Philly band performs "Bring My Baby Back" in its hometown.
Songs We Love: Nicholas McCarthy, 'The Man I Love'
The one-handed British pianist pours the optimism of a young man at the dawn of his career into a classic Gershwin song.
Parlour Tricks, 'Broken Hearts/Bones'
Parlour Tricks draws romance and free expression out of the mundane aisles of a supermarket in the video for "Broken Hearts/Bones. "
First Listen: Elliott Smith, 'Heaven Adores You'
The soundtrack to a new documentary inventories the periphery of the late singer's catalog: unheard early recordings, instrumentals, collaborations, live appearances and other illuminating footnotes.
First Listen: Dr. Dog, 'The Psychedelic Swamp'
The Philly psych-rock band revisits some of its earliest material, now fully fleshed out. Loopy, charming idiosyncrasy abounds.
First Listen: Lucinda Williams, 'The Ghosts Of Highway 20'
The singer-songwriter's new double-length set is a road album of a sort, as well as a remarkable distillation of Williams' writerly gifts.
First Listen: Sidestepper, 'Supernatural Love'
Richard Blair reassembles his innovative Afro-Colombian pop band, and the result never looks back. Instead, it shimmers and percolates while ignoring boundaries altogether.