First Watch: Chastity Belt, 'Lydia'
A dreamy black and white video for the prettiest and most vulnerable song off the feminist punk band's last album, Time To Go Home.
Music
The Dry Spells End Their Dry Spell
Spirited and full of stellar harmonies, the new song by the Bay Area band working in the English folk genre takes inspiration from Greek mythology.
The Music Of 'Creed' Puts A Modern Character Into Rocky Balboa's World
When filmmaker Ryan Coogler and composer Ludwig Goransson went to work on Creed, they wanted to create an ambient, urban score like the one Goransson composed for Fruitvale Station. But they found they couldn't get away from the iconic theme Bill Conti composed for the original Rocky.
A Rational Conversation: How Do You Convince Kids To Listen To Vinyl?
The new compilation, This Record Belongs To______, comes packaged with a kids' turntable. Will future generations who are not under the spell of their parents' nostalgia ever learn to use them?
An Artist Grows Into His Talent: Revisiting Sinatra's Radio Years
"It's these fresh vocal cords that haven't been abused yet, broken in yet." Susan Stamberg dives into Frank Sinatra: A Voice on Air, a box set of rare radio broadcasts.
Songs We Love: Paul Burch, 'Meridian'
One of Nashville's secret piano-playing treasures discusses his new musical biography of the great Jimmie Rodgers, and the changes taking place in Music City.
Broadway Composer John Kander Reflects On A Career Of 'Hidden Treasures'
Kander and his partner, Fred Ebb, wrote the songs for a number of musicals, including Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Cabaret. His new double album is John Kander: Hidden Treasures.
Boy & Bear On World Cafe
The Australian folk-rock band is making strides in the U.S. with its new album, Limit of Love.
'You Can't Prepare Yourself': A Conversation With Adele
The singer's career has been a story in numbers, and not just the ones in her album titles. She discusses motherhood, stage fright, the Spice Girls and more in an extended chat with Ari Shapiro.
Hans Abrahamsen Wins The Grawemeyer Award For Music
The Danish composer's evocative song cycle let me tell you features an ingenious mashup of all the words allotted to Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.