Jim Parker, 68: The Beatles' 'Blackbird'
A father who learned and shared the lessons of The Beatles' "Blackbird" with his daughters.
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Olivia Newton-John, a sexy nerd for the rest of us
She was never just that prim prude from the start of Grease, nor the strutting vamp from its finale. Her superpower, for over 50 years, was embodying both at once.
Megan Thee Stallion gets vulnerable on hot sophomore album 'Traumazine'
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sidney Madden from NPR Music about Megan Thee Stallion's sophomore album Traumazine.
Megan Thee Stallion (feat. Rico Nasty), 'Scary'
On 'Scary,' two of rap's premier smack talkers find a demented glee in menacing those who might otherwise belittle them.
Sylvan Esso ditches its guiding principles of pop for its new album 'No Rules Sandy'
Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, the duo of Sylvan Esso, talk about their new album No Rules Sandy and how they came up with it.
How a Grammy-winning Pueblo musician influenced the soundtrack for 'Prey'
Prey, the new prequel to the 1987 blockbuster Predator streaming on Hulu, features a sophisticated soundtrack influenced both by Native cultures and video games
Abdul Wadud, expressive cellist who blazed a trail in improvised music, dies at 75
Although much of his work was as a sideman, Wadud was one of the most important jazz musicians of the 1970s, '80s and '90s.
'Fresh Air' remembers Motown songwriter Lamont Dozier
Dozier and his songwriting partners Brian and Eddie Holland wrote the Motown hits "Stop in the Name of Love," "Baby Love" and "You Can't Hurry Love." He died Aug. 8. Originally broadcast in 2003.
'Misadventures Of Doomscroller' hopes to pull you away from the information overload
In this session, frontman Taylor Goldsmith talks about how he was inspired to fight short attention spans with longer, proggier, jazzier songs that sound nothing like what Dawes have done before.
Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine: Tiny Desk Concert
The two Tiny Desk veterans bring a spirit of serious fun to each other's songs.