Songs We Love: White Denim, 'Holda You (I'm Psycho)'
Rocking first single from the Austin band's new album, Stiff, simultaneously struts and sprints, and then explodes.
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2015 In Album Sales: Adele, Adele, Adele
According to Nielsen Music, the singer's stratospheric success with 25 made her the year's top-selling artist by far — even though 25 was available in only the last six weeks of 2015.
16 Number One Songs From Our First 16 Years
All Songs Considered is celebrating its Sweet 16 this month, so to mark the occasion on this week's show we're counting down our favorite songs from each of the past 16 years.
First Listen: Baaba Maal, 'The Traveller'
On his first album since 2009, the Senegalese legend seeks a balance between his instantly wrenching voice and the modern tools he uses to enhance it.
First Listen: Dylan LeBlanc, 'Cautionary Tale'
The third album from the Muscle Shoals singer-songwriter unfolds with the wariness of a social and spiritual outsider who broods his way to graceful defiance.
Flamin' Groovies On World Cafe
Known for '70s power-pop, the San Francisco band celebrates its 50th anniversary in this session.
Remembering French Composer, Conductor And Musical Provocateur Pierre Boulez
Once an outspoken avant garde critic of the establishment, Boulez went on to serve as the conductor of both the New York Philharmonic and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Originally broadcast in 2005.
Composer Pierre Boulez, A Revered Iconoclast, Has Died At 90
Saying that a musical language always includes both rational and irrational parts, Boulez told Fresh Air in 2005, "What I tried to find, that's freedom — but a freedom which is based on discipline."
Song Premiere: Chris Bathgate, 'Calvary'
Hear the Michigan singer-songwriter's first new song in five years, from an EP called Old Factory.
Songs We Love: Siimba Liives Long, 'W.I.A.'
Delivered over a Brazilian jazz-funk sample, the Ethiopian-American rapper's quizzical style is Native Tongues-meets-Dr. Seuss, esoteric yet accessible