Songs We Love: Morning Teleportation, 'Re-wiring Easily'
Take a bicycle ride and float through water in a dreamlike, interactive video for the twinkly, banjo-driven singalong.
Music Reviews
Folk Musician Lizzie No On Anger That Heals
The harpist, guitarist and singer says the title track of her debut album, Hard Won, represents her realization that anger and conflict can coexist with triumphant healing.
Basking In Sin: Some Initial Thoughts On Kendrick Lamar's 'DAMN.'
The NPR Music staff spent Friday morning listening to the rapper's new album. Here are eight reactions to what will likely go down as one of the best albums of 2017.
Songs We Love: Orgone, 'I Sold My Heart To The Junkman (Feat. Cyril Neville)'
A Los Angeles funk band and a New Orleans icon transform a jazz ballad turned girl-group number into an irresistibly boogieable groove — on a soul label out of suburban Ohio. Yeah, sure.
First Listen: Charlie Worsham, 'Beginning Of Things'
With his wry, subtle wit intact, the Nashville mainstay embraces great playing, sophisticated lyricism and the insight that comes from being the guy in the room who sits back and takes it all in.
Songs We Love: Hurray For The Riff Raff, 'Be My Baby'
Alynda Segarra takes her love of The Ronettes' lust-drenched rock 'n' roll Rosetta stone one step further and re-creates the trio's iconic 1965 TV performance.
First Listen: Valgeir Sigurðsson, 'Dissonance'
Hear music both bleak and magisterial by an Icelandic composer and engineer who wields darkness into a singularly mesmerizing art.
First Listen: Charly Bliss, 'Guppy'
Guppy is one of those ecstatically empowering records you'll return to again and again.
First Listen: Overcoats, 'Young'
Care and tenderness are integral to this minimal and memorable album, one of Bob Boilen's favorites of 2017.
First Listen: The Black Angels, 'Death Song'
Composed during the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election, the band's fifth album dwells on the toxicity of the current political climate.