Lucas Debargue, 'Nostalgie du pays' (Miłosz Magin)
A simple, wistful daydream of a piece that will make you wonder where this undervalued composer has been all your life.
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The Staves: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The three sisters play songs from their latest album, Good Woman, from the house they grew up in.
'Fresh Air' Pays Respect To Aretha Franklin, The Queen Of Soul
To mark the debut of the biopic RESPECT, we listen back to archival interviews with Aretha, as well as with Jerry Wexler, producer of the hit "Respect," and Dan Penn, who co-wrote "Do Right Woman."
On 'Drama,' Rodrigo Amarante Reconsiders Masculinity Through Childhood Memories
Inspired by a memory of Rodrigo Amarante's father asking the young singer-songwriter — as a child — to cut his hair, Drama is the perfect slice of lush, tropical jazz-inspired pop.
Ida Leveled The Karnofsky Shop, Louis Armstrong's Second Home
The Karnofsky Shop was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its outsized impact on Louis Armstrong's life. The family that lived there encouraged him to pursue music.
'Candyman' Composer Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe Sings, Scares The Body Electric
The sound artist and composer took a deeply unique, and wonderfully successful, approach to the composing of his score for the new Jordan Peele-written horror reboot.
Tyshawn Sorey & Alarm Will Sound, 'For George Lewis'
Composer Tyshawn Sorey's symphonic salute to one of his mentors, For George Lewis, evolves gradually in tranquil, multi-textured waves of sound.
Little Simz: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The London rapper performs songs from her new album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert from a living room dropped inside a void.
Remembering Jamaican Producer Lee 'Scratch' Perry
Jamaican producer Lee "Scratch" Perry has died at age 85. His idiosyncratic work in reggae and dub had an oversize impact on popular music around the globe.
Chubby And The Gang, 'The Mutt's Nuts'
The title track from this London group's second LP provides a perfect punch in the mouth, perhaps needed in a world flooded with oversexed modern pop.