Jenny Hval, 'Year of Love'
The Norwegian pop experimentalist trains her encompassing talent for shibboleth deconstruction towards a new "normcore institution" — her own marriage.
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On 'CAPRISONGS,' FKA twigs vibrates at her highest frequency
The artist's community-oriented mixtape is a milestone of personal and professional transformation.
Review: 'Caprisongs,' the latest from FKA twigs
Pop singer FKA Twigs released new music on Friday, a mixtape called Caprisongs.
The famed country music broadcaster Ralph Emery has died at age 88
Emery became known as the dean of country music broadcasters over more than a half-century in both radio and television. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
Grammy-nominated artist Cordae on his latest album, 'From A Bird's Eye View'
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist Cordae about his second full-length album, From A Bird's Eye View, and the benefits and drawbacks of sudden fame.
Two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage turns a triple play in New York City
Nottage, the only woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice, has a new play on Broadway, an opera at Lincoln Center Theater and a Michael Jackson musical opening soon.
Cultural critic Terry Teachout is remembered as 'unafraid of being human in public'
Teachout has died at the age of 65. He wrote acclaimed biographies of such arts figures as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and George Balanchine.
Amaarae (feat. Kali Uchis, Moliy), 'SAD GIRLZ LUV MONEY (Vigro Deep Amapiano Remix)'
This latest remix of the 2020 track might be the Trojan Horse we need to introduce amapiano, a spacious form of deep house music, to America.
Remembering Oscar-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman
Bergman and her husband Alan worked together for more than 60 years, writing songs for Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand and others. Marilyn died Jan. 8. Originally broadcast in 2007.
FKA twigs (feat. Shygirl), 'papi bones'
A highlight of the British singer-songwriter's first major-label mixtape, "papi bones" is addictive and cathartic in its physicality.