'Rolling Stone' Sells Minority Share Of Magazine To Singapore Entrepreneur
It's the first time Jann Wenner has allowed an outside investor to buy a part of the fabled magazine he founded in 1967.
Music
The Gospel Of The R&B Singer: Anthony Hamilton's Journey Home
This summer, Hamilton met NPR Music in his hometown of Charlotte, N.C. for a tour of some of the places — from his boyhood church to the where he cut hair as a singing barber — that shaped his voice.
Y La Bamba's Luz Elena Mendoza On Valuing One's Voice
Mendoza says she's often felt caught between cultures. But she's learned to embrace multiple identities simultaneously — and it shows in her music.
Buckwheat Zydeco's Stanley 'Buckwheat' Dural Jr. Dies At 68
The international ambassador for Louisiana roots music died early Saturday morning of lung cancer.
'It's Familiar To All The Women In My Family:' Adapting Von Trier For The Opera
Composer Missy Mazzoli wouldn't call Lars von Trier's film Breaking the Waves, a feminist project. But its portrayal of a woman's experience was part of what drew her to help reimagine it onstage.
BANKS On What Happens When You Give Your Fans Your Phone Number
Social media isn't Jillian Banks' style, so she told her fans to text her instead. "Something that I'm still learning and have had to learn is how to put boundaries up," she says.
Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing
Hear new songs by Amanda Shires, The Minders, Izo FitzRoy and more in a mix curated by public-radio hosts across the country.
Cecilia Smith On Piano Jazz
The acclaimed vibraphonist joins Marian McPartland for "Old Devil Moon" and solos on "Mourning Before Grace," a piece dedicated to her mother.
Songs We Love: Jaala, 'Junior Spirit'
Frontwoman Cosima Jaala tries and fails to leave someone in a proggy freakout of a song about feeling all kinds of different ways at once.
Hear Dirty Projectors' First New Song Since 2012
David Longstreth's band returns from a long absence with "Keep Your Name," a song about betrayal and loss with a tortured, deeply conflicted video to match.