Brittany Howard Makes Her Declaration As A Solo Star
Alabama Shakes frontwoman Brittany Howard named her debut solo album, Jaime, after her older sister who died as a teenager.
Music Interviews
mxmtoon Leaps From Online To Make Her Debut
The teen singer-songwriter started secretly uploading music online when she was still in high school. Now, she calls her debut album, the masquerade, "rhyming diary entries to music."
Ibeyi's Voices Rise Up
The sisters share how their Yoruban traditions have shaped the people they become.
Marc Chouarain On Pulling Music Out Of Thin Air
Multi-instrumentalist, film composer and rare instrument enthusiast Marc Chouarain teaches host Talia Schlanger how to play the theremin.
Jack White And Brendan Benson On The Raconteurs' Return
Help Us Stranger marks the first Raconteurs album recorded at White's studio in Nashville.
Country's New Supergroup 'The Highwomen' Unite To Make Way For Unsung Female Artists
Natalie Hemby and Amanda Shires talk about the formation of their new all-female supergroup, a gutsy move within a male-dominated genre.
Belle And Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch On 'Days Of The Bagnold Summer'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Stuart Murdoch of the Scottish indie pop band Belle and Sebastian about their new album Days of the Bagnold Summer.
Ken Burns Gets To The Heart Of 'Country Music'
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with filmmaker Ken Burns about his latest PBS documentary, Country Music.
Bruce Hornsby Seeks Out The Strange
Bruce Hornsby has an appetite for the unusual that may surprise those who know him best for his 1986 smash hit "The Way It Is."
Linda Ronstadt On Making Music: 'I Knew How To Sing My Whole Life'
The Mexican-American singer spoke with Terry Gross in 2013 about her career and her Parkinson's diagnosis. The documentary, The Sound of My Voice, traces Ronstadt's career from the late '60s onward.