The song sparrow might be nature's best DJ
Instead of playing the same old tune, male song sparrow's sing a variety of songs to keep potential mates interested.
Music & Culture
Questlove and Black Thought help kids 'Rise Up, Sing Out' in a new Disney series
The musicians are executive producers of animated musical shorts intended to be "an inspiring, empowering and optimistic message about race, culture, community and celebrating differences."
Want to play your own Tiny Desk concert? Enter the 2022 Tiny Desk Contest
Unsigned artists: Starting next week, you can submit your songs to the 2022 Contest. If you win, you'll get to play behind Bob Boilen's desk.
'Hadestown' creator Anaïs Mitchell's new solo album reaches forward in looking back
Anaïs Mitchell spent more than a decade developing her hit musical Hadestown, a retelling of a Greek myth set in hell. Now, after eight Tony Awards and a Grammy, she has changed the scenery.
World Cafe Black History Month: New Voices
Drawing on numerous genres, including jazz, singer-songwriter, rock, alt-R&B, hip-hop, rock and soul, these are artists making exciting music for the current moment.
Keb' Mo', 'Good to Be (Home Again)'
A new single that still retains the full-band treatment found on Keb' Mo's more recent albums, but leans more heavily into the kind of acoustic guitar sound that originally put him on the map.
Analog Players Society (feat. Masta Ace), 'Home in America'
With myriad examples of American harm to Black people, Masta Ace sums up an ambient feeling perfectly — flatly concluding that it's like someone took "the welcome mat and put a torch to it."
Premiere: 'Divine Intervention - The D-Vine Spirituals Story'
The two-volume compilation features 28 gospel soul sides, recorded for the Memphis based D-Vine Spirituals record label.
On 'Pompeii,' Cate Le Bon makes meaning from the opulent and absurd
The Welsh songwriter's deeply romantic sixth record draws on Dionysian imagery, letting the listener figure out what she's thinking through the twists and turns of her wonderfully oblique songwriting.