River Whyless: Tiny Desk Concert
The North Carolina band uses a typewriter for rhythm, a toy piano for whimsy and a harmonium for mood, as well as a gong, multiple odd percussive accents and subtle guitar effects.
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Co-Founder Of The Eagles Glenn Frey Dies At 67
The Rock and Roll community has lost another musician. Glenn Frey, who was a founding member of The Eagles, died Monday in New York of complications from arthritis, colitis and pneumonia. He was 67.
World Cafe Next: Eliza Hardy Jones
The longtime Philadelphia musician emerges as a solo artist on her first album, Because Become.
Viking's Choice: Milk Teeth, 'Swear Jar (Again)'
The Bristol grunge-punk band's chunky, Big Muff'd guitars are played at a slo-mo headbanger's pace.
opbmusic Presents: DIIV
Watch the Brooklyn guitar band segue from "Yr Not Far" into "Dopamine," a frank song about addiction.
Songs We Love: Hayes Carll, 'The Love That We Need'
On the first song off his new album, Texas' latest, greatest, Grammy-nominated songwriting troubadour drops his droll wit for a heavier tone.
The Eagles' Glenn Frey Dies At 67
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with music critic Tom Moon about the death of Glenn Frey, a founding member of The Eagles.
Glenn Frey, Guitarist And Songwriter For The Eagles, Dies At 67
A founding member of one of the best-selling rock bands of all time, Frey was remembered by band mate Don Henley as "funny, bullheaded, mercurial, generous, deeply talented and driven."
Backlash After Singer Waves Taiwanese Flag Rouses Ruling Party Tensions
K-pop star Chou Tzu-yu was forced to apologize on TV after an unplanned political statement. The incident may have swayed presidential election voters in favor of Taiwan's winning opposition party.
From Meditation Music To Whaling Songs, 2 New Records Showcase Berendt's Mashups
German producer and musicologist Joachim-Ernst Berendt was an early champion of so-called world music. Critic Kevin Whitehead reviews two cross-cultural rarities Berendt produced in the late 1960s.