Songs We Love: The Classic Brown, 'Christmas Sweaters'
Stacey Brown-Downham's rootsy alterna-rocker understands that solemnity during the holidays doesn't always mean sadness, but resilience with the one you love.
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Warning: This Christmas Carol May Haunt Your Dreams
A team of scientists at the University of Toronto has taught a computer to compose and perform its own Christmas song — one perhaps destined to be on a Westworld soundtrack.
Talia Schlanger's Top 10 Albums Of 2016
World Cafe's contributing host shines a spotlight on the brilliant artists who provided the soundtrack to an eventful year.
In Memoriam 2016
NPR Music remembers musicians — singers, songwriters, instrumentalists — and other visionaries we lost in 2016. Explore and celebrate their musical legacies.
Metropolis: 12/17/16
KCRW's Jason Bentley spins a two-hour EDM mix featuring a guest DJ set from Louie Vega.
The Oh Hellos: Holiday Tiny Desk Concert
The nine-piece, family-centered band returns to the NPR Music offices to fill the air with fake snow and real joy.
World Cafe Next: Kate Tempest
Hear two scarily contemporary tracks from the extraordinary British spoken-word artist.
Regina Spektor On World Cafe
The Moscow-born singer turns back to her roots for her latest record, Remember Us To Life. Hear her tell the stories behind the songs and perform an old Russian lullaby.
Songs We Love: Low, 'Some Hearts (At Christmas Time)'
With its buzzy loops, clean guitar lines and a soaring Mimi Parker vocal, the band's exquisite new holiday song feels, appropriately enough, like an actual gift.
Folk Alley's 10 Favorite Albums Of 2016
Folk Alley's Elena See and Linda Fahey share their takes on the best Americana, roots and folk records of the year.