Brandee Younger, 'You're a Girl for One Man Only'
Rooted in the lineage of Black music, Younger interprets a tune by Dorothy Ashby, a pioneer of genre-bending harp.
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The Thistle & Shamrock: Celtic Fusion
Fiona Ritchie explores new music with Celtic roots. Hear featured artists Paolo Nutini and The Chieftains, Afro Celt Sound System and more.
Rapper Nipsey Hussle's killer is sentenced to 60 years to life in prison
Eric R. Holder Jr. will likely remain in jail for the rest of his life for the murder of Nipsey Hussle, a beloved figure in south LA who was killed in 2019 outside his clothing store.
Entries We Love: Jesus Gonzalez, 'Forever'
This four-time Tiny Desk Contest entrant's video for "Heaven" looks as gorgeous as it sounds.
Remembering Burt Bacharach, master of the melodic hook
No '60s pop composer wrote more sophisticated songs than Bacharach, who died Feb. 8. Dozens of his best songs endure for all the right reasons; they're inventive, challenging and linger in your ear.
The meditative, ambient calm of Kelela's 'Raven'
If the singer was taking herself apart before, she is now presenting a unified and independent version of herself, all while actively maintaining a sense of distance from the audience.
M. Sage, 'Crick Dynamo'
Water is a fitting metaphor for Sage's music, in which stories, sounds, emotions and motions overlap not with a clash but a surprising ease.
New Orleans R&B great Huey 'Piano' Smith dies at 89
Huey "Piano" Smith, who died earlier this month, recorded many influential singles including "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu." He wrote the Freddie Ford hit "Sea Cruise."
Tanlines, 'Outer Banks'
Eight years after Tanlines' last proper album, the synthpop duo has returned with this clear-eyed, reflective track.
PinkPantheress (feat. Ice Spice), 'Boy's a liar Pt. 2'
The London pop producer and viral Bronx drill rapper team up for a track that highlights self-confidence in the face of insincerity.