Sparks: Tiny Desk Concert
The duo bring their twisted musical sense of humor, honed for over 50 years, to the Tiny Desk.
Music & Culture
Taylor Swift just made Billboard history, again
Taylor Swift has become the first female artist to have four albums on the Billboard 200 chart at the same time. (This first aired on All Things Considered on July 17, 2023.)
Prolific Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato dies at 88
He helped lay the groundwork for bossa nova but defied confinement to any single genre.
Remembering André Watts, the American pianist who opened doors of possibility
The pianist, who died last week, was an inspiration to a generation of Black and brown musicians who followed in his pioneering footsteps.
Taylor Swift becomes 1st female artist with 4 albums on Billboard 200 chart
Taylor Swift has become the first female artist to have four albums on the Billboard 200 chart. The artist has been deep in re-recording her early albums to keep artistic and financial control.
It was great while it lasted: Dead and Company has concluded final tour in California
The Grateful Dead's offshoot band, Dead and Company, concluded its final tour in California on Sunday. For fans and vendors who have been following the bands for decades, it's the end of an era.
Two new books take an unusual approach to music history and blues appreciation
Ken Tucker reviews Robert McCormick's Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey, and Robert Mugge's Notes from the Road: A Filmmaker's Journey Through American Music.
Taylor Swift just made Billboard history, again
Swift became the first woman and third artist ever to have four of the Top 10 albums on Billboard's 200 chart. This latest milestone comes weeks after the release of Speak Now (Taylor's Version).
How the DMV and Virginia Beach made rap safe (and profitable!) for eccentrics
From one little resort town came some of weirdest, boldest changes to hip-hop's sound. A few hours away, flowery backpack raps and a splash of mambo sauce helped the nation's capital break through.
How New York defined rap's attitude
Beneath the 8 million stories in the culture's birthplace lies a bigger one: the story of American Blackness, which crystallized in a music that can't and won't stop growing.