Music News

Music & Culture

'Night Shift' Is A 2018 Favorite Song Of An 'All Songs Considered' Host

6:15am December 28, 2018

As the year winds down, we're asking people about which song was their favorite from 2018. Bob Boilen, host of All Songs Considered shares his favorite song: "Night Shift" by Lucy Dacus.

Queue Listen Now

Late rapper The Notorious B.I.G. performs in Chicago in September 1994.

'Hip-Hop Deserves That Respect': Honoring The Notorious B.I.G., Wu-Tang Clan In NYC

11:44am December 27, 2018

by Chloee Weiner

The New York City Council voted last week to honor hip-hop greats the Notorious B.I.G. and Wu-Tang Clan with streets named after them. LeRoy McCarthy, who led the effort, says it's long overdue.

Queue Listen Now

Music & Culture

Female Country Music Singers In Nashville Navigate Gender Bias To Be Heard

6:58am December 26, 2018

by Jewly Hight

In the era of #Time'sUp and #MeToo, women continue to struggle in the world of country music. Many are taking matters into their own hands and bypassing the industry's gatekeepers.

Queue Listen Now

Music & Culture

Best Song Of 2018: Malcolm Gladwell Shares His Choice

6:58am December 26, 2018

It's the end of the year and as we look back over 2018, we were wondering: What are the best songs of the year? New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell offers his favorite song of 2018.

Queue Listen Now

During the months leading up to Christmas, parang music can be heard just about everywhere in Trinidad.

Trinidad And Tobago Remixes Caribbean Christmas Traditions

7:49am December 24, 2018

by John Otis

The twin-island nation is famous for the infectious genres of calypso and soca. But during the Christmas season another type of music dominates.

Queue Listen Now

A statue of George M. Cohan, prolific Broadway composer and performer, stands in New York's Times Square.

Music & Culture

George M. Cohan, 'The Man Who Created Broadway,' Was An Anthem Machine

4:45pm December 20, 2018

by Bob Mondello

Cohan was a myth builder: Songs like "Yankee Doodle Dandy, "Over There" and "Give My Regards to Broadway" celebrated both life in early 20th-century America and the glowing allure of the stage.

Queue Listen Now

Ronnie Van Zant in 1975, onstage with Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta.

Music & Culture

Unfurling 'Sweet Home Alabama,' A Tapestry Of Southern Discomfort

6:30am December 17, 2018

by Felix Contreras

More than 40 years after its release, Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama is still one of the most recognized rock anthems celebrating the deep South. It's also a song with a complicated legacy.

Queue Listen Now

Grammy-winning singer Nancy Wilson performs in 2003 at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York during a concert titled "Nancy Wilson With Strings: Celebrating Four Decades of Music."

Nancy Wilson, Legendary Vocalist And NPR 'Jazz Profiles' Host, Dies At 81

8:31am December 14, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

Wilson, who won three Grammy awards and recorded more than 60 albums, died at her California home Thursday after a long illness. From 1996-2005, she hosted NPR's documentary series Jazz Profiles.

Nathaniel Smith and Miykael Goodwin have a band name now, Cold Weather Sons, and a professionally produced single, "One of These Days." The song is a lament for the town lost to the Camp Fire in 2018.

A Song Of Tribute To The Lost Town Of Paradise

2:05pm December 13, 2018

by Rachael Myrow

A songwriting duo from Paradise, Calif., wrote an ode to their hometown, destroyed in last month's Camp Fire, called "One of these days." They've just released a professionally produced version.

Queue Listen Now

Bruce Springsteen Springsteen on Broadway, which will have its final date on Dec. 15, 2018. The show has been documented in a new film, to be released just after that final performance.

As 'Springsteen On Broadway' Closes, Its Excellent Film Welcomes A New Audience

2:01pm December 13, 2018

by Lauren Onkey

Springsteen has performed his one-man show over 230 times since its debut last year. But, just as the Boss bids adieu to Broadway, a new film documenting the show is set to premiere on Netflix.