The Thistle & Shamrock: Jazz
Luka Bloom and Karan Casey are best known for singing traditional and contemporary folk songs. Hear them and others as they work with jazz artists to craft a different style of music.
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Songs We Love: Tera Melos, 'Don't Say I Know'
On its first song in four years, the aggressive, jazz-like punk of the trio's earlier self remains — it's just being utilized in a subtler manner.
Gregg Allman's Posthumous 'My Only True Friend' Ain't Just Another Road Song
Allman worked on Southern Blood in the years before his death in May. "I hope you're haunted by the music of my soul, when I'm gone," Allman sings on the first single.
Sylvan Esso: 'Slack Jaw,' From the Echo Mountain Sessions
Watch Sylvan Esso perform a spare and beautiful version of the the duo's song "Slack Jaw," with Jenn Wasner of the bands Wye Oak and Flock Of Dimes.
Lafayette Gilchrist Plays The 'Blues For Freddie Gray'
The jazz pianist's latest album with his go-go backing band features a powerful song he wrote in tribute to the young Baltimore man who died in 2015 of injuries sustained in police custody.
Feist On World Cafe
The Canadian indie-pop singer-songwriter and guitarist set out to make her latest record alone, but says she ended up experiencing a whole lot of togetherness.
A$AP Mob Hits The Runway With Raf Simons
The Harlem crew indulges its high-fashion lust in latest video with Playboi Carti and Quavo
With 'Sorry Is Gone,' Jessica Lea Mayfield Is Taking Back Her Life
"Sorry Is Gone," the title track to Mayfield's next album, is a song of empowerment that finds the singer moving past a difficult period in her life.
Songs We Love: From The Mouth Of The Sun, 'Light Blooms In Hollow Space'
"Light Blooms In Hollow Space" isn't overly complicated — no need to overthink the quiet power of a musically evocative space and the heart-melting melody that overtakes it.
Sylvan Esso: 'Die Young,' From The Echo Mountain Recording Sessions
Watch Sylvan Esso perform a version of the the duo's song "Die Young" with members of Wye Oak, The Mountain Goats, Hiss Golden Messenger, Mountain Men and Megafaun.