Dave Rosser, Guitarist For The Afghan Whigs, Dies At 50
The guitarist joined friend Greg Dulli on two projects and contributed to an stylistically eclectic range of albums.
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Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda's Stunning New Video For 'Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)'
A new mini-epic taken from The Hamilton Mixtape highlights the successes and struggles of immigrants in a country formed by them.
NPR Music's Essential Songs, Albums, Performances And Videos Of 2017 (So Far)
Nearly four dozen musical moments from the first half of 2017, selected by public radio staff and partners, that helped to make sense of the world, or offer relief from it.
Dreamy Post-Punks Flesh World Blast Off To 'Destination Moon'
Featuring members of Brilliant Colors and Limp Wrist, Flesh World's new album, Into The Shroud, both sharpens and expands the band's twilight-skating post-punk.
Deerhoof Gets Political On New Song, 'I Will Spite Survive'
The defiant new single is our first glimpse of the band's full-length, Mountain Moves, due out Sept. 8.
A Passionate Plea For Health Care, From She Keeps Bees
She Keeps Bees returns with a lacerating lament, the second song from the duo's upcoming EP Our Bodies/Head of Steak.
Siv Jakobsen Sings Of 'The Nordic Mellow'
Siv Jakobsen often remains lyrically tense and musically placid — though it could be hard to tell from the song we're premiering today, which rolls and rumbles uncharacteristically.
World Cafe Nashville: Devon Gilfillian, 'Here And Now'
Watch the video for the emerging Nashville R&B musician's Al Green-inspired groove tune about "slowing life down and living in the moment."
Songs We Love: Alex Cameron, 'Candy May'
With a video set on the Las Vegas strip, Cameron sings about a wound deeper than the layers of synth carved into the first single from Forced Witness. Angel Olsen sings backing vocals.
Geri Allen, Pianist, Composer And Educator, Dies At 60
The jazz pianist defied classification while steadfastly affirming her roots in the hard-bop tradition of her native Detroit. She died Tuesday in Philadelphia.