How Streaming Is Changing Music
Over the next week, in a series called Streaming At The Tipping Point, we'll look at how streaming music services are reshaping the way we find, hear and experience music.
Music
Streaming Utopia: Imagining Digital Music's Perfect World
We asked everyone we could think of, from fans to musicians to label owners what the ideal streaming service should look like. Turns out the new world, even in our fantasies, is a work in progress.
Would You Like To Hear A Song, Dave?
The rise of the music recommendation algorithm suggests that the future of music curation may be in tracking individuals' behavior, not just mapping their taste.
How Do We Listen When We're Unable to Hear?
Percussionist and recording artist Evelyn Glennie is almost completely deaf, which means she listens to music with her body, not her ears.
A 25-Year-Old Opera Composer Who Does It All
At age 11, Matthew Aucoin memorized and performed at a piano all of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. As one of his own operas debuts, some critics are calling him the next big thing.
NPR Asks: What's On Your Road-Trip Playlist?
The All Things Considered road-trip playlist is adding songs every week, thanks to your suggestions. Here, listeners share some of the stuff they like to belt on a long car ride.
Telling Brian Wilson's Fractured Life Story On Film
NPR's Melissa Block talks with Bill Pohlad, director of the film Love & Mercy, about creating an intimate portrait of Wilson — in both The Beach Boys' heyday and the troubled years that followed.
Mumford & Sons On Plugging In And Turning Up
The electrified new album Wilder Mind turns the band's "arena folk" sound on a dime. "It's almost like being a teenager again," says singer Marcus Mumford.
Bringing Music And A Message Of Hope To Native American Youth
Teens living on reservations often face a daunting array of hurdles. To help them cope, Navajo sibling musicians Clayson and Jeneda Benally are working to inspire students to write songs of their own.
Every Song In 'The Last Five Years,' Ranked By Uncontrollable Sobbing
We proudly present a highly subjective sobfest ranking all the songs in the sobbing-est musical ever to blow your mind with its complex chronology.