Sense Of Place Asheville: The Honeycutters
Hear a set by singer-songwriter Amanda Anne Platt and her longtime band, recorded live at The Grey Eagle in Asheville, N.C.
Music
Ibrahim Maalouf Plays Umm Kulthum
Born in Lebanon and raised in France, trained in both Western classical and traditional Arabic music, the trumpeter has always bridged worlds. He puts a jazz spin on the Arab world's most famous star.
All Songs +1: Explosions In The Sky Finds Its Way Through 'The Wilderness'
Members of Explosion in the Sky talk about the challenge of making "The Wilderness," the most adventurous record yet from an already sonically mind-bending band.
Take Alt.Latino's 'Ladies Of Spring' Mix For A Spin
Cuban disco, Colombian love ballads, breezy Honduran-American anthems and winding Brazilian hip-hop: Meet the women who are here to start the season off right.
Songs We Love: The Glands, 'Straight Down'
Ross Shapiro was that surly record store clerk, but was also the frontman for one of the great late '90s Athens bands. We remember the late musician with a perfectly perverse rock 'n' roll dance song.
Viking's Choice: Pinkwash, 'Burning Too'
The noise-punk-prog-stoner-pop band goes for full-contact catharsis in this two-minute barnstormer.
The Thistle & Shamrock: New Spring Sounds
Just in time for spring, hear new Celtic-roots music from rising artists and established favorites.
Watch Robert DeLong Perform 'Long Way Down/Global Concepts' Live In The Studio
The multi-instrumentalist and remixer (and former L.A. punk) performs live at KCRW.
First Listen: Brass Bed, 'In The Yellow Leaf'
On the Louisiana band's fourth album, its catchy and dynamic songs sound invigorated, immediate and more forceful than ever.
Song Premiere: San Fermin & Sam Amidon, 'Shiver'
Sam Amidon's son played the drum pattern that eventually served as the beat for this collaboration between his father and the band San Fermin.