Women To Watch: 3 Young Jazz Artists You Need To Know
Alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, tenor saxophonist María Grand and vocalist and flutist Melanie Charles each talk about their artistic process.
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The Lone Bellow On Mountain Stage
This set is book-ended by songs spanning the entirety of The Lone Bellow's career. Hear music from the group's self-titled debut and two songs from the band's 2018 acoustic EP, The Restless.
Watch The Great Tiny Desk Contest Videos We Discovered This Week
Our judges are one week closer to picking this year's winner! In the meantime, we hope you discover a new song or artist to love out of our favorite entries from this week.
Better Oblivion Community Center, A Project Built On Mutual Fandom
What could be better than a new project built on the friendship of two World Cafe favorites, Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst?
Can Musicians Avoid Commercial Pressure And Still Make A Living? WILLS Is Trying
Will Johnson is a successful producer and songwriter who found himself questioning the music industry and his place in it. So this time, he's trying a business approach from the world of fine art.
Laraaji: Tiny Desk Concert
Laraaji is best known to some for his ambient work with Brian Eno in the late '70s. He brings his meditative calm to the Tiny Desk in this hypnotic performance.
First Listen: A.A. Bondy, 'Enderness'
A.A. Bondy channels his eternal weariness into evocative blurs of languid, hypnotic sound.
Pete Seeger's Legacy Gets Immortalized With 'Smithsonian Folkways' Collection
Smithsonian Folkways archivist and Pete Seeger expert Jeff Place talks about Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, due out on what would have been Seeger's 100th birthday.
'Me Traicionaste' For The Throne: Our Favorite Latin Songs This Week
From a bilingual slow burner from the Game of Thrones soundtrack to Latinx innovation in experimental pop, there's something for everyone on this week's playlist.
Inspired By Environmental Crisis, Sigur Rós' Jónsi Announces New Duo Dark Morph
Dark Morph's "Beka Yalo" samples humpback whales, shrimp, Fijian bats and dark morph herons.