The Hip-Hop Song That's Driving Cuba's Unprecedented Protests
The song Patria y Vida, or homeland and life, is a spin on the communist regime's decades-old slogan in Cuba of "patria o muerte" — homeland or death.
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Kalie Shorr, 'Love Child'
With autobiographical lyrics built on a '90s alt-rock-crossover guitar rock sound, Kalie Shorr writes her own origin story on "Love Child."
Bleachers: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
From a sun-drenched spot outside Electric Lady Studios, Jack Antonoff and company perform intimate revisions of songs from their forthcoming album, Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night.
Spears' Case Goes Back To Court — Here's What Could Be Next For Her Conservatorship
While a flurry of petitions and requests were made after the popstar's testimony, no one has filed a petition to end the conservatorship.
Music: Snoh Aalegra
R&B singer Snoh Aalegra is out with a new album, Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies.
David Baddiel On England's Soccer Anthem
Ahead of Sunday's Euro 2020 final, NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with British writer and comedian David Baddiel, who helped write the English soccer anthem "Three Lions (Football's Coming Home)."
From Haydn To Flying Lotus, Attacca Quartet Embraces Music Non-Stop
Known for its deft handling of canonical classics and contemporary music, the Attacca Quartet breaks new ground on a major-label debut featuring music by Flying Lotus, Squarepusher and other EDM acts.
This Education Minister Is A Renaissance Man (And He's Got A Music Video To Prove It)
Sierra Leone's education minister and MIT graduate David Moinina Sengeh is shooting for the moon when it comes to his country's future, from schools to health-care to ... space travel.
Joy Oladokun Finds Her Spotlight
Singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun joined All Things Considered's Ari Shapiro to talk about her latest album, in defense of my own happiness.
City Girls, 'Twerkulator'
City Girls' latest single, "Twerkulator," bounces between sensually whispered hooks and bombastic verses guaranteed to induce a twitch of movement in even the grumpiest of grandfathers.