Neil Young breaks down 'Barn,' track-by-track
Surrounded by an intimate group of trusted friends and musicians in a Colorado barn, Neil Young was able to make a new album just the way he wanted.
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Barry Harris, beloved jazz pianist devoted to bebop, dies at 91
Barry Harris, one of the leading musicians to emerge from Detroit's modern jazz explosion in the 1940s and '50s, died Wednesday.
The Top 10 Classical Albums of 2021
Discover a broad range of the year's best classical albums, from groundbreaking teenage percussionists and innovative opera singers to fierce orchestral composers and brainy pianists.
Arooj Aftab: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Watch the Pakistan-born singer and her masterful band perform songs of love and loss in a decrepit, yet generously resonant, convent in Brooklyn.
Greg Tate, a powerful chronicler and critic of Black life and culture, has died at 64
Tate was a longtime staff writer at The Village Voice, where he documented Black art and culture. He eventually became a leading figure in cultural criticism.
These NYC kids have written the history of an overlooked Black female composer
A group of sixth, seventh and eighth grade students realized there was no children's book about the composer Florence Price. So they wrote, illustrated and published their own.
Olivia Rodrigo: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
From the DMV, the pop star and her band take on new arrangements of songs from her debut album, SOUR.
Let's talk about the best new artists & breakthroughs of 2021
Join an online listening party featuring the NPR Music staff in a conversation about the artists who shaped 2021.
Aspidistrafly, 'The Voice of Flowers'
Aspidistrafly traffics in a lush tranquility, attuned to the ever-changing movement of age and landscape.
Kennedy Center honors creative excellence in the arts at annual gala
Motown founder Berry Gordy, opera star Justino Díaz, singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, entertainer Bette Midler and television impresario Lorne Michaels were among those celebrated this weekend.