R.E.M. On Reissuing 'Automatic For The People'
The band REM is releasing a 25th anniversary edition of their album Automatic for the People. NPR's Scott Simon talks to R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe and Mike Mills about their hit album.
Music Interviews
For Country Music Industry And Artists, Gun Politics Presents A Minefield
Country music long has been affiliated with the outdoors, small towns, hunting, and in turn, guns. Country music journalist Jonathan Bernstein talks about the dynamic between the two industries.
William Patrick Corgan On World Cafe
As we often learn when we invite famous people in for interviews, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman is not who you may think he is.
Benjamin Zander: How Does Music Transform Us?
Years of conducting a world-famous orchestra have shown Benjamin Zander the power of classical music. He says music speaks to our emotions — and has the ability to reach everybody.
Chris Forsyth On World Cafe
A live performance from the formidable guitarist and his Solar Motel Band.
Guest DJ: iLe Shares The Classic Sounds Driving Her New Solo Music
Puerto Rican artist iLe plays Guest DJ, joining us to spin the classics from another era, the raw material that helped her create the album iLevitable.
Beck On Healing Through Music, The Deep Art Of Pop And His New Album, 'Colors'
In this Guest DJ session with All Songs co-host Robin Hilton, Beck digs into his latest album, Colors, discusses its euphoric themes and shares some of the songs by other artists that informed it.
Grandaddy On World Cafe
The band's first album following a 10-year hiatus features everything that made it great — the meeting of fuzzed-out indie rock and the lo-fi psychedelia of video games.
Latin Roots: La Tribu De Abrante
From Puerto Rico to Philadelphia, hear a live set blending traditional bomba and plena with salsa, Latin jazz and lots of percussion.
Biographer Sought To Write The Kind Of Book Lou Reed 'Deserved'
"It wasn't like I had to go looking for the drugs and the sex," Anthony DeCurtis says. "Lou wrote about it ... so I felt it was fair game." DeCurtis' new book is Lou Reed: A Life.