Christian Nodal, 'Un Cumbión Dolido'
The pioneer of mariacheño uses the excitement of motion between bodies to distract from his heart's wounds.
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Skrillex & Eli Keszler, 'A Street I Know'
The producer links up with a drummer equally suited to creating tone poems at breakneck speeds.
Otay:onii, 'W.C.'
Lane Shi Otayonii warps Western notions of an imagined, unsanitary China through pounding industrial music.
The TOMS, 'Other Boys Do'
Songwriter Tommy Marolda delivers a deliciously clever power-pop soap opera in three minutes.
Musicians in New Orleans and Cuba explore their shared heritage and similar sounds
Musicians in New Orleans and Cuba are exploring their shared heritage and similar sounds. High school musicians from New Orleans are finding common ground with students at a Havana conservatory.
Planet Giza (feat. Saba), 'WYD'
Crushes prevail in the Montreal-based trio's new single.
Entries We Love: Little Moon, 'Wonder Eye'
This Tiny Desk Contest entrant's song about death is full of life.
Tamela Mann: Tiny Desk Concert
It's impossible to tell the history of Black people in America without the gospel, and Tamela Mann represented at NPR headquarters.
Chuck D on his new hip-hop documentary 'Fight the Power'
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with hip-hop artist Chuck D about the PBS documentary Fight the Power. The series describes the political and social conditions that gave rise to hip-hop.
At 3 she snuck in to play piano, at nearly 80, she's a Colombian classical legend
Teresita Gómez learned piano in secret at the exclusive fine arts school where her parents worked. She's now a celebrated classical pianist and a longtime promoter of music by Colombian composers.