Spoken word artist Kae Tempest looks inward to search for peace in the daily rush
Scott Simon speaks with novelist, playwright, musician and spoken word artist Kae Tempest about their latest album, "The Line Is a Curve."
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Lucky Daye, R&B poet, levels up
Lucky Daye marries contemporary and classic R&B on the expansive Candydrip. "It meant everything to everybody," he says, including album producer D'Mile and engineer John Kercy.
The Academy bans Will Smith for 10 years for Chris Rock slap
In a statement, Academy president David Rubin said Will Smith's behavior was unacceptable and harmful.
Encore: To get kids hooked on math, teacher brings rap music into the classroom
A Texas teacher helped struggling math students find success by integrating music into the curriculum. He's now teaching this method to other instructors.
A long lost tape shows the artist Prince back when he was another kid in Minneapolis
As a child, the late artist Prince was interviewed about a teacher's strike in Minneapolis for a local news story. The rediscovered tape proves that even artists as big as Prince were kids once.
Yung Lean (feat. FKA twigs), 'Bliss'
Yung Lean goes full Joy Division by rapping over a brooding, fuzzy guitar line with the tonality of a Swedish Ian Curtis.
Maggie Rogers, 'That's Where I Am'
The first single from Surrender is a chunky-boot strut through a floral pop fantasia.
Wet Leg talks about their friendship and their journey to their new debut album
Hear the duo of Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers perform a handful of singles from their new, debut self-titled album, live.
Leif Ove Andsnes: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Hear the award-winning pianist offer two sides of Mozart's genius from inside the composer's own home in Vienna.
How (members of) Pink Floyd reunited to record a song for Ukraine
Pink Floyd's "Hey Hey Rise Up" features vocals by Boombox singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk; it's the band's first new original music since 1994's "Division Bell."