Heat Check: Got A Big Ego
Amaarae comes through with fire and Dijon breaks the mold of song structure. These are the new tracks putting names on the swirl of unfamiliar emotions.
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Our Daily Breather: Steve Reich Composes During The Coronavirus Crisis
In Our Daily Breather, we ask writers and artists to recommend ways to find calm in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Steve Reich tells NPR Music about his new composition.
Nduduzo Makhathini And Omagugu Makhathini: Alone Together Duets
Watch Blue Note recording artist Nduduzo Makhathini and vocalist Omagugu Makhathini perform a healing duet from their home in South Africa.
Jimmy Cobb, The Pulse Of 'Kind Of Blue,' Dies At 91
The drummer was the last surviving musician to play on Miles Davis's iconic 1959 album.
Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong Go 'Cheek To Cheek' On A 4-Disc Set
Fitzgerald's warm, yet ultra-cool voice was at the opposite pole of jazz singing from Armstrong's gravelly growl. There's absolutely no reason their voices should blend so effortlessly — but they do.
Noah Cyrus On Growing Up In Public And 'The End Of Everything'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to the singer-songwriter about stepping out from under her family's shadow, the end of the universe and the influence of her grandfather's gospel music on her songs.
The Coronavirus Pandemic Canceled His Concerts. This Is The Song That Helps Him Cope
Peter Russell of Washington, D.C., shares the song that's helping him get through these times, Franz Schubert's 'An Die Musik.'
Clem Snide With Scott Avett: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Clem Snide and Scott Avett play spiritually searching songs from Forever Just Beyond while maintaining social distancing for their Tiny Desk (home) concert.
Inspired By Sleepless Nights, The New Woods Album Is 'Strange To Explain'
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Jeremy Earl about his band Woods and its new album, Strange to Explain, which he wrote in the months following the birth of his daughter.
Pandemic Strikes Jazz Community
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Christian McBride, the host of Jazz Night in America, about the toll the pandemic has taken on the jazz community.