Music For Our Emergency
No, songs addressing climate change aren't new. But the new music that does seems animated less by a sunny streak of mainstream activism, and more by a certain feeling we all seem to be sharing.
Music & Culture
Viking's Choice: The House That Jack Rose Built
Jack Rose helped revive and reset acoustic guitar music — a new compilation pays tribute to the artist, who died 10 years ago today. Plus, a playlist of 2019's phenomenal crop of guitar records.
On 'Bird Songs Of A Killjoy,' Bedouine Only Feels LA's Sunshine Sometimes
Azniv Korkejian knows she writes songs infused with melancholy. On her sophomore album, she owns the title of "killjoy" across 12 pensive tracks.
'1973: Rock At The Crossroads' Acts As A Mirror For One Moment In Time
Via popular music, Andrew Grant Jackson paints a vivid portrait of a year that was the last gasp of an age of possibility, when idealism gave way to economic recession and cynical disillusionment.
The Who Returns To Cincinnati 40 Years After Concert Tragedy
Forty years ago, 11 concert-goers were killed in a stampede to see The Who in Cincinnati. The group just announced it will return to play another concert there all these years later.
Hootie & The Blowfish Comeback Album Brings The Band Into The 21st Century
Singer Darius Rucker and his band have released their first new record in more than a decade. Imperfect Circle is a well-made and frequently thoughtful album, enhanced by Rucker's warm, buttery tones.
Mercy Bell And Joy Oladokun On Finding Their Voices, And Common Ground, Through Folk
"I want them to be like ... this is the music she makes. And she just happens to be gay and happens to love soul music and happens to love folk, and it kind of all works.' "
Evgeny Pobozhiy, Russian Prodigy, Wins International Jazz Guitar Competition
The guitarist, who hails from a small town on the edge of the West Siberian Plain, competed against two Americans for one of, if not the, most prestigious prizes available to younger jazz artists.
The Go-Betweens' Perfect Pop Cracked Open
The Go-Betweens made music that hit people's pop-pleasure receptors in an almost sneaky, definitely brainy sort of way. The band's second anthology hints at what might have been.
Sheryl Crow: Tiny Desk Concert
Sheryl Crow's Tiny Desk Fest concert included a handful of early hits that have become pop standards.