Jazmine Sullivan: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The R&B star celebrates her new album, Heaux Tales, with a Tiny Desk quarantine concert.
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Joshua Abrams' Chameleonic Quartet Gets Exuberantly Ornery On 'Cloud Script'
Abrams' quartet can groove and play pretty, but they can also do free jazz. Their new album is about being part of something bigger, where each player is stronger for all the ways they interlock.
Investment Firm Buys Rights To Neil Young's Music Catalog
Hipgnosis Songs Fund announced it has acquired a 50% interest in Neil Young's catalogue of 1,180 songs. Hipgnosis also has made deals with producer Jimmy Iovine and musician Lindsey Buckingham.
His Vaccine Story Inspired His Father To Write A Disney Classic
As a kid, Jeffrey Sherman told his father, songwriter Robert Sherman, about his experience getting a polio vaccine. It sparked Robert to craft the now famous Mary Poppins song, "A Spoonful of Sugar."
On 'Greenfields,' Barry Gibb Takes The Bee Gees' Legacy To Nashville
Though best known for his disco days, the last living Gibb brother is a lifelong country fan. His new album reimagines the Bee Gees' catalog as duets with some of Nashville's biggest stars.
With 2021 Off To A Rocky Start, There's At Least New Music To Listen To
Members of the NPR Music team this week have been previewing the new music out this year. Another member of the team spotlights two of the albums he's looking forward to hearing.
The Thistle & Shamrock: 'These Are The Hands'
Meet internationally-acclaimed author Alexander McCall Smith and award-winning composer James Ross, who collaborated on song cycle These Are The Hands.
Slingshot's 2021 Artists To Watch
It's a new year, which means new opportunities for emerging artists to rise above the noise. Here are public radio's 17 artists to watch this year.
A Preview Of New Music To Start Off 2021
Another member of the NPR Music team previews two of the albums she's looking forward to hearing in 2021.
On 'Remember Me Beautiful,' Brandy Clark Processes Death And Celebrates Life
Country singer Brandy Clark wrote her new song, "Remember Me Beautiful," for the Morning Edition Song Project after a writing session with friends who had lost relatives during the pandemic.