Celebrate Bob Dylan's 80th Birthday With 80 Cover Songs
World Cafe celebrates one of the greatest songwriters of all time with covers performed by artists who love him.
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Mdou Moctar: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The African guitarist assembled a band in Niger for this special Tiny Desk quarantine concert.
'Shuffle Along' Changed Musical Theater 100 Years Ago
Though much of it is unwatchable today — it contains blackface and other minstrelsy — Shuffle Along brought jazz to Broadway and was the first African American show to be a smash hit.
Ian Brennan's New Album Is A Unique Look At The Comoros Islands
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to producer Ian Brennan about the new album, We are an Island, but We are not Alone, which he produced with local musicians in the Comoros Islands.
On 'Sour,' Olivia Rodrigo Is A Lowercase Girl With Caps-Lock Feelings
The debut album by the "drivers license" phenom plays like one bottled-up soliloquy after another, bursting from a quiet observer who has been paying closer attention than you think.
Muscle Shoals Drummer Roger Hawkins Dies At 75
Roger Hawkins, drummer and cofounder of Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, has died. He played on albums for everyone from Aretha Franklin to Wilson Pickett.
On 'Surrounded By Time,' Tom Jones Goes Beyond Simply Covering Others' Songs
Whatever you do, do not call Tom Jones' latest album a "covers album."
What's More Punk Than Teens Screaming In A Public Library?
The Linda Lindas, a punk group made up of Asian and Latinx teen and pre-teens, went viral this week after a performance of their song "Racist, Sexist Boy" was posted by the Los Angeles Public Library.
Lights! Camera! Factions! Your Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Cheat Sheet
After taking a year off, the Eurovision Song Contest is back, and for the first time a major streaming service — Peacock — is carrying it live in the U.S. Here's what to look for.
'We Can Rock The World's Foundation': 1971 And Black Music In Revolt
The tension and loss that drove Marvin Gaye wasn't lost on his peers: In the same year as What's Going On, a wave of Black artists released explosive new work that put its politics front and center.