Music Interviews

Music & Culture

Jazz Singer Cécile McLorin Salvant Doesn't Want To Sound 'Clean And Pretty'

9:27am November 23, 2018

by Terry Gross

McLorin Salvant first studied classical voice, but turned to jazz because it offered her more range. "In jazz, I felt I could sing these deep, husky lows," she told Terry Gross in this 2015 interview.

Queue Listen Now

Clockwise from left: Aniba Hotep, Brian McKnight, Isaiah Sharkey, Shoshana Bean.

Music & Culture

Four Musicians Pay Their Gratitude Forward On Thanksgiving

4:29pm November 22, 2018

by NPR Staff

All Things Considered's Thanksgiving music chat returns, as Ari Shapiro speaks with artists Shoshana Bean, Brian McKnight, Isaiah Sharkey and Aniba Hotep about musicians they're thankful for.

Ruston Kelly performing at WXPN's Free At Noon Concert, recorded live for this session.

Music & Culture

Ruston Kelly On World Cafe

12:29pm November 22, 2018

by Talia Schlanger

Kelly's been to the brink and back. You can hear that journey in the moving songs that make up his latest album, Dying Star.

Music & Culture

Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis On Singing Harmony And Living A 'Wild!' Life

8:29am November 22, 2018

by Terry Gross

Fulks and Lewis come from different generations, but both play the old style of country music. They shared songs and stories from their new album during this September 2018 interview.

Queue Listen Now

Rami Malek stars as Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody.

'You Better Own This': How Rami Malek Came To Embody Freddie Mercury

4:10pm November 21, 2018

by Terry Gross

Malek sang at the top of his lungs while playing Queen's iconic lead singer in the new biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. Still, he says, "No one can sing like Freddie Mercury."

Queue Listen Now

Kacey Musgraves performing live at WXPN's Free At Noon Concert, recorded live for this session.

Music & Culture

Kacey Musgraves Finds Freedom During Her 'Golden Hour'

9:57am November 21, 2018

by Talia Schlanger

"Once you present yourself as who you are, and kind of make no apologies for it, then you don't ever have to concede to anything else," the boundary-pushing country artist tells host Talia Schlanger.

Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers, and Julien Baker played a Tiny Desk Concert together as boygenius.

Music & Culture

Guest DJ: boygenius

9:58am November 19, 2018

by Bob Boilen

The trio of Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers share the songs they love most and talk about the ways they inspire each other in their new band, boygenius.

Queue Listen Now