Virginia rapper McKinley Dixon on the power of community and making music for himself
A self-described "musical time traveler," Dixon uses genres from hip-hop to jazz to analyze the past and enact change in the present.
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Pastor Shirley Caesar: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The "First Lady of Gospel Music" delivers a sampling of her vast music ministry in this Tiny Desk home Concert.
Entries We Love: Elora, 'Ridley'
This is folk band Elora's first time entering the Tiny Desk Contest, but thanks to lead singer Elora Aclin's warm and welcoming voice, "Ridley" sounds like a familiar embrace.
Erin Rae's songs of empathic, exacting quiet
For a new album, Lighten Up, the singer-songwriter brought her broadly empathetic piece of mind to to Topanga, Calif. to gain a light wash of psychedelia.
Entries We Love: Melody Angel, 'In This America'
Artist Melody Angel exudes strength while singing of fear in her Tiny Desk Contest entry.
At the Rothko Chapel, Tyshawn Sorey explores sound — and silence
Invited to write a new work for Houston's Rothko Chapel, the composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey created a work that is both intimate and vast, like those Mark Rothko paintings.
Todd Snider on Mountain Stage
Todd Snider makes his 16th appearance on the Mountain Stage.
Russia will still participate in Eurovision 2022, despite Ukraine invasion — for now
The organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 say they will allow Russia to participate in this year's competition, despite the invasion of Ukraine, but that they will "monitor the situation."
The gospel according to Damien Sneed
Hear music from jazz and gospel pianist/vocalist Damien Sneed and how he got his start in Augusta, GA and went onto work with Wynton Marsalis and give piano lessons to Aretha Franklin.
Singer-songwriter Mitski brings surging energy and emotions to 'Laurel Hell'
Mitski claims new ground on her sixth album, spreading herself across different kinds of pop music with each new song. The result is more varied than anything she's created thus far.