Rachel Barton Pine: Tiny Desk Concert
Watch the genial violinist commune with nearly 300-year-old music by J.S. Bach, played on an instrument built during the composer's heyday.
Music
Songs We Love: Whitney, 'No Woman'
After a couple of months in the summer sun, the folk-rock band's debut album finally feels ripe. "No Woman" conveys the circuitousness of an aimless, lovesick road trip.
World Cafe #TBT: 1993
Indulge in '90s nostalgia with a playlist highlighting The Smashing Pumpkins, Liz Phair and more.
Herbie Hancock On His Next Album, Flying Lotus And Jupiter's Satellite
Next week the great pianist presents a new lineup in concert. As he sees it, he's borrowing from the techniques of young cutting-edge musicians — who were themselves preceded by Miles Davis.
First Listen: Kelsey Waldon, 'I've Got A Way'
It's the immediacy of Waldon's storytelling, utterly unsentimental yet deeply heartfelt, that makes the young country singer a queen of the cool rejoinder and an all-around contender.
Singer-Songwriter Joan Shelley On Sky Diving And Stage Fright
While on tour for her album, Over and Even, Shelley stopped by WHYY to play some of her songs along with accompanist Nathan Salsburg. She tells Fresh Air's Sam Briger she's always wanted to perform.
Watch Imarhan Perform Live In The Studio
Watch the Algerian band with ties to Tinariwen play "Tarha Tadagh" live for KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.
Watch A Video For Trust Fund's Giddy Pop Song 'Crab Line'
The Bristol indie-pop band likes to burrow between the sheets of sweetness and sadness, but also likes to perform body slam after body slam in Norwegian hostels.
All Songs +1: A Conversation With Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood
On this week's +1 podcast, Bob chats with Radiohead's visionary guitarist Jonny Greenwood about the making of the band's newest record, A Moon Shaped Pool.
Songs We Love: Beach Slang, 'Punks In A Disco Bar'
Beach Slang offers a glimpse into what it's like to be young, misunderstood and out of place. The video is "a gritty, cinematic collage of Americana, debauchery and youth," frontman James Alex says.