Writing Feeling Into Song With Sharon Van Etten (Rebroadcast)
The "Our Love" singer talks with us about her new record "Remind Me Tomorrow," and more.
Music & Culture
In Memoriam 2019: The Musicians We Lost
NPR Music celebrates the alt-rock heroes, Hollywood idols, Pulitzer-winning composers, jazz luminaries, cult legends, bold activists, old masters and rising stars the world lost this year.
Obama Releases His List Of Favorite Songs Of 2019
Former President Barack Obama has shared his favorite songs of 2019, including selections from Lizzo, Bruce Springsteen and Lil Nas X. It's a tradition he's continued since he was in office.
Spanglish Fly: Tiny Desk Concert
Spanglish Fly is one of the pioneers of the boogaloo revival scene happening on the East Coast. For about sixteen minutes, they turned the NPR Music offices into the hottest Latin dance club in D.C.
Neil Innes, Monty Python Collaborator And Rutles Member, Dead At 75
The singer and writer performed in The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, appeared in Monty Python and the Holy Grail and later formed the Beatles pastiche, The Rutles, with Eric Idle.
The Woman Leading The Fiddle Revival In Country Music
Fiddler Jenee Fleenor is the first woman ever to win the Country Music Association's Musician of the Year Award. Her work is partly responsible for the instrument's resurgence.
Gloria Gaynor: 'I Will Survive' Is 'The Core Of My Purpose'
NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with singer Gloria Gaynor about her Grammy-nominated album, Testimony.
1924 Copyrighted Works To Become Part Of The Public Domain
A number of important literary and musical works are headed for the public domain on New Year's Day — including George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue."
Inside 'Uncut Gems': A Cosmic Score In A Frantic Film
Uncut Gems hurtles along with Howard Ratner's compulsion to gamble, bet his winnings instead of paying off debts and chase down the next high. A lot of the score is, counterintuitively, New Age.
Broadway Legend Jerry Herman Is Dead At 88
The Broadway songwriter died in Miami of pulmonary complications, according to his publicist.