Walter Trout Returns From The Edge Of Oblivion With 'Battle Scars'
The guitarist has been playing the blues for five decades, but drugs and alcohol almost did him in. He joins NPR's Scott Simon to discuss a raw new album.
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'We Didn't Wanna Be Anybody Else': A Tribe Called Quest Reflects On Its Debut
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm is 25 this year. Ahead of their Fallon performance, Phife Dawg and Ali Shaheed Muhammad discuss the group's game-changing first album.
FFS On World Cafe
Franz Ferdinand and Sparks perform together as FFS, recorded live at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre.
Stolen Jars Tell Their Story In "Waves"
A tale of memory and the emotional waves of memory as told by the band Stolen Jars.
'Fresh Air' Remembers Hit Songwriter, Pianist And Producer Allen Toussaint
Toussaint, a central figure in the New Orleans rhythm-and-blues scene during the 1950s and '60s, died in Spain on Monday. He was 77. Originally broadcast in 1988.
First Watch: Poliça, 'Lime Habit'
Poliça's latest album is a love letter to the band's hometown of Minneapolis, recalling the city's troubled history of economic injustices, corruption and racism.
Rahim AlHaj: Tiny Desk Concert
Though wordless, the Baghdad-born oud player's music tells powerful stories about the blessedness and fragility of life.
Songs We Love: Paris, 'Lethal Warning Shot'
Veteran Bay Area rapper re-emerges with snarling Black nationalism on an urgent and aggressive declaration of intent.
Review: Alessia Cara, 'Know It All'
The 19-year-old is ascending pop music's hierarchy by standing strong in herself.
Missy Elliott's Return Is Everything We Crave
"We need it," says critic Ann Powers of the rapper's comeback, which yielded an eye-popping new video on Thursday. "There's really no other figure like her in all of hip-hop."