Atmosphere's Seventh Album: Representing 'Southsiders'
Hip-hop pair Atmosphere has a new album out called Southsiders. NPR's Arun Rath talks with MC Sean Daley, aka Slug, who's led the duo for nearly 20 years.
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In The Studio With Rodrigo Y Gabriela
The Mexican-born, metal-gone-acoustic duo speaks with NPR's Arun Rath and performs songs from the new album 9 Dead Alive.
Sam Baker: Finding Grace In The Wake Of Destruction
In 1986, a bomb planted by the Peruvian terrorist group Shining Path exploded in the luggage rack above Sam Baker. Somehow, during his long recovery, songs focused on empathy started coming to him.
Sri Lankan Opera Singer Followed Her Dream To American Stage
A Sri Lankan soprano is shattering stereotypes. Tharanga Goonetilleke tells NPR's Scott Simon about being an opera singer and the first Sri Lankan woman accepted to The Juilliard School.
Composer Elliot Goldenthal's New Work In An Odd Key
NPR's Arun Rath speaks with composer Elliot Goldenthal about the upcoming world premiere of his "Symphony in G-sharp Minor," and some of his recent work in classical and film music.
tUnE-yArDs: Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
On Nikki Nack, Merrill Garbus worries over the notion that she's just an accumulation of her influences, and she fights back wonderfully.
Sonny Rollins: 'You Can't Think And Play At The Same Time'
"Jazz improvisation is supposed to be the highest form of communication," says the 83-year-old sax legend, who is about to release the third volume in his prized Road Shows series.
The Animals: The British Invasion That Wasn't
Largely ignored today, the rough-and-tumble quintet from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne gets reassessed in a new box set, titled The Mickie Most Years & More.
Album Review: 'Everyday Robots'
Tom Moon reviews the solo album by Blur and Gorillaz frontman, Damon Albarn. The new album, called Everyday Robots, examines the human toll of our ever-present technology.
At 90, 'Fiddler' Lyricist Tells His Story
"Any successful lyricist has to be part playwright and has to be able to put himself into the minds and the hearts and the souls of the characters," Sheldon Harnick tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross.