The Builders And The Butchers: White-Knuckle Americana
On The Spark, due out May 19, the band's acoustic folk-rock sound is shot through with nervy, hellfire-and-brimstone intensity.
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Tiny Vipers Returns With First Album In 8 Years, Shares Synthetic Hymnal 'K.I.S.S.'
"Laughter came out of this awkward place of losing myself." After her last album, Jesy Fortino went back to school to become a civil engineer. Her new album sounds like nothing she's done before.
Delicate Steve: Tiny Desk Concert
This fierce and lyrical guitar player writes playful instrumental music led by hooky vocals — but there is no voice, just the human-like twang of a glass slide on a guitar.
How Lenny Kaye, The Godfather Of Garage Rock, Illuminated 'The Psalms'
Lenny Kaye is an elemental force in music and a spiritually attuned diviner of sounds. On this episode, he walks us through his process and his inspirations.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict Crosses Into Singing Contest
Ukraine is hosting the annual Eurovision Song Contest this May, which includes entrants from countries around the world. But Ukraine has banned Russia's singer from entering the country.
Jidenna On What It Means To Be 'The Chief'
On his debut album, the "Classic Man" singer reaches back to his Nigerian roots and explores the concept of a figure whose fierceness belies his deep love for family.
World Cafe Nashville: Kyshona
By day, this Nashville transplant is a music therapist; by night, she's a soul singer with a compassionate, uplifting voice.
Muldrow Meets Mingus
Vocalist and producer Georgia Anne Muldrow's interpretive tribute to Charles Mingus aligns with the Afrocentric current that flows through underground hip-hop, avant-R&B and psychedelic soul.
'I Called Him Morgan' Is A Tale Of Marriage, Murder And Jazz, Told From Two Sides
The brilliant trumpeter Lee Morgan, whose shocking and untimely death at the age of 33 is at the center of I Called Him Morgan, doesn't star in this documentary so much as haunt it.
Gorillaz Announces New Album, Hits Haunted House In 'Saturnz Barz' Video
The cartoon band's new album, Humanz, is due out April 28. Popcaan sings on the new single, which is accompanied by a short horror film.