BEAM: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The Miami-based reggae singer brings a green screen to his Tiny Desk quarantine concert.
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A Different Kind Of Pride: Perspectives On 50 Years Of Celebration, Part 5
We asked writers in the LGBTQ+ community to reflect on the relationship between celebration, protest, music and LGBTQ+ activism. Sasha Geffen reflects on a Pride that feels "fed up with symbolism."
Dixie Chicks Change Band Name To The Chicks
The country trio has changed the band's name to The Chicks in an apparent distancing from its association with racism in the South. The move was accompanied by a new song, "March March."
Americana Singer Amy Helm Offers Curbside Delivery Of Songs
Amy Helm, an acclaimed Americana singer and the daughter of famed drummer and singer Levon Helm of The Band, has decided during the lockdown to do a kind of curbside delivery of her own — songs.
Watch Tiny Desk Contest Top Shelf Episode 3 Featuring Raina Douris Of World Cafe
Live on YouTube, Bob Boilen and Raina Douris watched their favorites entries to the 2020 Contest and discussed what made them stand out from the thousands we saw this year.
Hear 'I'm So Happy I Cry,' Fantastic Negrito's New Song With Tarriona 'Tank' Ball
The first-ever song to feature two Tiny Desk Contest winners comes from Fantastic Negrito's forthcoming album, Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?, out in August.
M. Ward: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The acclaimed guitarist (and masculine half of She & Him) performed seven songs in his Tiny Desk quarantine concert.
Chance Encounter Leads To Viral Video Of 'Star Spangled Banner' Duet
A Portland State University student was singing the national anthem for her virtual graduation program when a stranger walked by and began to sing with her. That stranger is a trained opera singer.
A Different Kind Of Pride: Perspectives On 50 Years Of Celebration, Part 4
We asked writers in the LGBTQ+ community to reflect on the relationship between Pride, music and LGBTQ+ activism. Gerrick D. Kennedy shares songs that help him stand in his power as a Black queer man.
K-Pop's Digital 'Army' Musters To Meet The Moment, Baggage In Tow
There's a growing narrative highlighting K-pop fans' political progressiveness. But the reality is far more complicated.