Music & Culture

To mark the sesquicentennial of the composer's death — and a new box set of recordings — Berlioz biographer David Cairns celebrates the one-time musical misfit from France.

The 2017 Tiny Desk Contest winners are set to release their first major-label LP, Green Balloon, on May 3.

One half of Indigo Girls, Amy Ray makes her 10th appearance on Mountain Stage with songs from her latest album, Holler.

The sugar-coated experimental pop band works to redefine and undermine the concept of "kawaii" — the pervasiveness of delicate cuteness in Japanese culture.

The Akron, Ohio duo built its name off chugging, crunchy rock. Its latest single, "Lo/Hi" marks a return to this sound.

The Seattle singer-songwriter premieres a botany-themed vent session on NPR Music.

The singer and violinist's latest project is a symphonic love story set in World War II, inspired by the internment of Japanese Americans in the U.S.

A handful of recent experimental albums reach beyond our material world, turning away from familiar "cosmic" tropes, toward explorations of the elemental, the divine and the unknown.