For Bartees Strange, Everything Is Everything
"I need to build a new world around this music." Bartees Strange speaks to NPR Music about the people and places that made Live Forever, his debut album.
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Jhené Aiko: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
One of R&B's biggest stars performs an eight-song medley for her Tiny Desk quarantine concert.
Singer, Songwriter Mac Davis Dies At 78
Mac Davis had his own TV variety show, acted in movies and was a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He released 19 albums over 25 years. His song Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me was a hit in 1972.
Heavy Rotation: 15 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing
NPR member stations bring you a mix of the most popular songs on their airwaves, including music from Janelle Monáe, Labrinth, SAULT, Omar Apollo, New Order and more.
Ann Powers Recommends 3 New Nashville Albums For Fall 2020
World Cafe Nashville correspondent Ann Powers shares three recent releases that she's excited about.
Mac Davis, 'Painter' Of Classic Songs, Dead At 78
Davis parlayed a middling career as a promotions man into a successful one writing songs for the stars and scoring hits of his own.
'I Am Woman' Singer Helen Reddy Is Dead, Aged 78
The Australian-born singer whose feminist anthem "I Am Woman" became a hit at the height of the women's liberation movement died Tuesday in Los Angeles. She had dementia.
On Her Influential Debut, Peaches Seized Her Pain And Pleasure
From humble beginnings, The Teaches of Peaches has spent 20 years seeping into the mainstream, widening pop's window for abrasive sounds and NSFW sexual expression.
Jason Isbell And Amanda Shires: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Americana's most famous couple perform a Tiny Desk quarantine set in their barn, backed by gorgeous stain-glassed windows.
Tank And The Bangas Have 'Feelings' On The COVID-19 Era
The New Orleans band says its new song, "Feelings," came out of a need to process the overwhelming input of the pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests unfolding all at once.