PinkPantheress, IRL
The artist doesn't need TikTok anymore to prove she can make a hit. Her debut album, Heaven Knows, makes it clear she's ready to conquer worlds beyond the web.
Music Features
The largest musical instrument in the world is underground in a Virginia cave
Luray Caverns in Northern Virginia is celebrating 50 years of being a National Natural Landmark. It's also the place that holds the largest musical instrument in the world.
Revisiting 'Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)' 30 years later
To mark the 30th Anniversary of the album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) we explore the martial arts influences that helped to inspire the Wu-Tang Clan and their debut album.
Malcolm X arrives — finally — at New York's Metropolitan Opera
An opera about civil rights leader Malcolm X opens Friday — nearly 40 years after X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X premiered. The creative team says its message feels more relevant than ever.
The Queen of Outlaw Country Music Jessi Colter talks faith and finding love again
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with country artist Jessi Colter on her latest record, "Edge of Forever."
A band, a brand, a spectacle, a Sphere
U2 could sell out stadiums across the globe, but it would have been business as usual. At its Las Vegas residency, the band harnesses its superpower: relentless earnestness.
De Colombia p'al mundo: How Feid became Medellín's reggaeton 'ambassador'
Colombian artist Feid recently became the first artist to sell out Puerto Rico's 'El Choliseo' arena in an hour or less. It's just one example of how he has reached a new level of global stardom.
Maluma takes the Tiny Desk
Colombian musical artist Maluma performed at NPR's Tiny Desk last week and shared some big news.
Hauschka's prepared piano is a layered canvas of sounds in new album
On Philanthropy, the artist's 14th studio album, Volker Bertelmann, also known as Hauschka, returns to his signature prepared piano sound in music he hopes will strengthen connections between people.
Can the Tupac Shakur murder trial salvage any justice from a 27-year-old case?
The arrest of Duane Davis in the 1996 shooting of the rapper in Las Vegas is a huge development in a case that has evaded closure, as competing narratives and mythologies have emerged in its place.