Jessi Colter On World Cafe
The country singer tells stories of her wild ride with her husband of 30 years, Waylon Jennings. She was the only woman featured on his genre-defining 1976 album Wanted! The Outlaws.
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Watch The Truly Bizarre Video For Fall Out Boy's New Song, 'Young And Menace'
The strange creatures that chase after a young girl in Fall Out Boy's new video, for the song "Young And Menace," are like demented versions of the beasts from Where the Wild Things Are.
Songs We Love: Francine Thirteen, 'Lust Heals, Give Me My Sin Again'
In a meditative take on the Bible's creation story, the self-described "ritual pop" singer seeks a feminine-based understanding of the divine — the hidden female face of God.
Warren Zevon On Mountain Stage
From the Mountain Stage archives: a little-heard performance from the gifted singer-songwriter-rocker, recorded live in 1991.
Dee Dee Bridgewater: Fearless And Free
In words as well as music, hear how seriously Bridgewater takes her role as a music mentor and how it connects to her own experience in the jazz lineage.
Chance The Rapper Cheekily Roasts The Major Labels Onstage
The artist is lambasting the majors during his live show in a series of tongue-in-cheek puns.
Gorillaz Are Human After All
The latest album from the dystopian cartoon band — whose lone consistent musical member is the British musician Damon Albarn — emphasizes real suffering and salvation in a contemporary setting.
Jonathan Demme's Musical Moments Made Sense
The director's gleeful fusion of song and subject matter provided a guide to how personal playlists could serve broader narratives.
'I'm Not Going To Be Broken': Mary J. Blige On 'Strength Of A Woman'
"It's a responsibility being Mary J. Blige," the singer says. She speaks with NPR's Rachel Martin about finding catharsis through music — and says that even she works out to her songs.
Songs We Love: Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, 'Diaspora'
The trumpeter stretches into trap and electronics on Diaspora. Flutist Elena Pinderhughes guests on the soothing and locomotive first single.