Susana Baca: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The Peruvian musician gives an intimate El Tiny performance befitting her status as a curator of folklore and culture of the highest order.
Music & Culture
Country music icon Loretta Lynn dies at 90
Loretta Lynn, the country music star who brought unparalleled candor about the domestic realities of working-class women to country songwriting, died at her home in Tennessee on Tuesday. She was 90.
Ashley McBryde's 'Lindeville' is a glorious detour into downhome character studies
McBryde could've made another record of tough and tender country songs, like the ones that established her. But first, she wanted to have fun with the genre's long tradition of character-driven tales.
Billy Strings & Terry Barber, 'Long Journey Home'
The bluegrass star and his dad are a match made tender by the familiar harmonies of two lifelong picking partners.
Loretta Lynn, country music icon, has died at 90
The country singer brought unparalleled candor about the domestic realities of working-class women to country songwriting over the course of her 60-year career.
Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter, the most interesting man in music?
He's a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist who took up a side hobby as a ballistic missile defense specialist — and added counterterrorism expert for good measure.
Paramore, 'This Is Why'
On "This Is Why," Paramore's sound is somehow aqueous and taut, showing its three members barreling ahead at the most thrilling heights of their musicianship.
Unreleased for decades, Joyce Moreno's 'Natureza' is a snapshot of newfound freedom
Recorded with Claus Ogerman, Natureza could have made the Brazilian singer-songwriter an international star. Now released, the long lost album captures a turning point in her approach to music.
The Syrian Cassette Archive, preserving a disappearing history
When Yamen Mekdad and Mark Gergis met in 2018, the pair combined their love of Syrian cassettes into a project aiming to save them — and share them more widely.
Mexico's Son Rompe Pera bang the marimba at the crossroads of cumbia and punk
Tradition and modernity coexist peacefully within Son Rompe Pera, where punk collides with the cumbia the band grew up playing.