Bobby Rush Remembers Martin Luther King Jr.
Listen to the blues legend share his memories of the powerful message Dr. King delivered when they met.
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Vidya Vox Muses On Fusing Music Across Cultures
Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Vidya Iyer, who goes by Vidya Vox, an Indian-born American singer who blends her two identities through YouTube music videos that amass millions of views worldwide.
When Metal Goes Acoustic: Disturbed On Covering Simon & Garfunkel
The band's Grammy-nominated cover of "The Sound of Silence" seems to come out of left field — until you learn where lead singer David Draiman first cut his teeth as a performer.
Jennifer Holliday Won't Be Performing At Trump Inauguration Event After All
The Broadway singer had accepted an invitation to sing at a welcome event for Donald Trump as a "bi-partisan songbird." By Saturday, she backed out of that decision, "calling it a lapse of judgement."
'It's Better To Be An Outsider': Wolfgang Muthspiel's Global Guitar Odyssey
One of the most respected jazz guitarists working today, the Austrian musician has spent his career straddling borders, be they sonic or geographic.
The Flaming Lips Combats Evil Forces With New Album 'Oczy Mlody'
Beloved psych act The Flaming Lips delivers its newest brainteaser with the conceptual Oczy Mlody. Relishing in serious shenanigans, The Lips reach backwards in time with ceaseless self-reinvention.
In England, An Effort To Preserve Ancient, Epic Assyrian Poetry
Driven to save his culture, an ethnic Assyrian living in Britain is recording ancient tales of adventure sung by modern-day bards. The songs echo stories from ancient Greece to the Bible.
Jeannie Cheatham On Piano Jazz
The pianist and singer joins host Marian McPartland for a duet version of "Perdido" in a 1989 session.
Songs We Love: Ace Tee, 'Bist Du Down?'
Ace Tee takes us straight back to '90s R&B with a silky voice and a video filmed under train tracks in Hamburg.
How Sheep Teach Us To Hate Gun Violence
What begins as a bedtime story becomes a tale of what's wrong with a culture of violence. Watch as slam poet and hip-hop artist Watsky tackles a powerful issue in "Stick To Your Guns."