Phil Cook On World Cafe
Last on World Cafe with Hiss Golden Messenger, Cook returns with songs from his first solo album.
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Foundation In Austin, Texas, Subsidizes Mental Health Care For Musicians
Musicians who are dealing with mental health and substance abuse problems in Austin, Texas, can get help from an organization there that provides reduced cost care --basically whatever the musicians can afford to pay-- from cooperating doctors and therapists.
Paul Bley, Influential Jazz Pianist, Has Died
Bley's long-standing commitment to thoughtful yet intuitive performance proved adaptable to many different settings for nearly seven decades. He was 83.
Rapsody: Tiny Desk Concert
In 2015, the young rapper had her big moment. This year, she's seizing it. Watch Rapsody perform three songs from Beauty And The Beast, recorded live at the NPR Music offices.
Metropolis: 1/2/16
KCRW's Jason Bentley spins a two-hour EDM mix for the new year, with a guest DJ set by Duke Dumont.
Songs We Love: TEEN, 'Tokyo'
The Brooklyn quartet's latest musical evolution culminates in a buoyant synth-pop song, that's also a tale of infidelity and agism.
Natalia Lafourcade Explains The Roots Of 'Hasta La Raíz'
The Mexican musician revisits the creation of the title track from her Grammy-winning album Hasta La Raíz. "I wanted to sing about something that would remind me of Mexico and home," she says.
KEXP Presents: Hinds
Carefree attitudes, slightly off-kilter harmonies, imperfect pronunciations, frequent signature changes, normcore attire and incurable grins buoy the jangly pop of the young Spanish band.
Encore: A Tribe Called Quest Recalls Debut Album
A Tribe Called Quest talk about the 25th anniversary remastered release of People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. This story originally aired on Nov. 13, 2015, on All Things Considered.
World Cafe's 2016 Preview
The new year in music starts here, as NPR Music's Ann Powers recommends forthcoming releases from Jeff Buckley, Santigold, Wet and more.