Heat Check: Money In My Hand
Whatever your goals, remember to move with your energy on ten. New tracks from Kari Faux, Yung Baby Tate, Odunsi (The Engine), Skepta and more will help.
Music & Culture
When Pandemics Arise, Composers Carry On
Plagues and epidemics are ages-old phenomena. They've triggered both fear and inspiration. NPR's Tom Huizenga surveys musical responses from composers over the centuries.
Afro-Colombian Music Offers Youths A Rhythmic Alternative To Drug Gangs
Currulao combines drums and marimbas and is popular along the country's Pacific coast where most of the population is Afro-Colombian. One verse goes: "We no longer have peace in our paradise."
Why Lido Pimienta Had To Become Her Own 'Miss Colombia'
With electro-cumbia, porro, and bullerengue rhythms, Miss Colombia takes a thread and needle from Lido Pimienta's heart to a country that doesn't always love her back.
Opera Singer Bocelli Offers Easter Concert For Free On YouTube
Let's hear one sound of Easter Sunday: Opera singer Andrea Bocelli told us Friday how he would live-stream a concert, almost alone in a Milan cathedral. It is not too late to listen.
Tōth: Tiny Desk Concert
Alex Toth, who played the Tiny Desk back in 2015 as a member of Rubblebucket returns front and center with his own band, Tōth.
Rita Wilson And Naughty By Nature On Remixing 'Hip Hop Hooray' For Charity
Rita Wilson and Naughty by Nature have collaborated on a remix of the group's hit "Hip Hop Hooray." The proceeds of the song will go to a charity that is helping musicians affected by the coronavirus.
Monthly Music Roundup With Alt.Latino's Felix Contreras
Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras offers a playlist of music that's comforting him and his listeners amid the coronavirus pandemic.
A Song To Help Cope With The Coronavirus Pandemic
Lisa Davenport of Pembroke Pines, Fla., shares the song that's getting her through these times: "Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley and the Wailers.
Laura Marling On Maya Angelou And Arming A Younger Generation Of Women
NPR spoke to the British singer-songwriter about releasing her new album, Song For Our Daughter, four months early and looking back at the version of herself who entered the music industry at 16.