Borromeo String Quartet: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Members of the celebrated Borromeo String Quartet – playing it safe with masks – unlock the sillier side of Beethoven in music he wrote late in life.
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Heavy Rotation: Public Radio's Most Popular Songs Of 2020
Phoebe Bridgers, Tame Impala, Black Pumas and many more of your favorites landed on this list of the most-played songs on public radio stations across the country.
50 Years Later, 'Feliz Navidad' Still Delivers On Its Bilingual Message
Puerto Rican singer José Feliciano first came up with the Spanish/English Christmas song because he missed his family. Now, 50 years later, he's recorded a new version with 30 friends.
Jonathan Biss: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
To mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, pianist Jonathan Biss explores the solitary side of the composer in extraordinary music written after Beethoven became deaf.
Country Legend Charley Pride Dies Of COVID-19 Complications At 86
We remember Charley Pride, one of the first African Americans to become popular as a country artist. Pride died yesterday at the age of 86, of complications from COVID-19.
A Song A Day: Two Performers Create Digital Advent Calendar With Original Tunes
Holiday joy is in short supply, but Julia Mattison and Joel Waggoner have created a social media advent calendar of silly carols to lighten up a dark season. They talk with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
The Avalanches Release Their Highly Anticipated Third Album
Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi of The Avalanches share the inspiration for and some of the sounds on their third album, We Will Always Love You.
Charley Pride, Country Music's First Major Black Star, Dies At 86
Pride died Saturday from complications of COVID-19 in Dallas. The baritone-voiced singer was the first Black man inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's Pivot Online Brings Accessibility
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra principal cellist Rainer Eudeikis explains how the pandemic has changed the way they're bringing music to their audience.
Caught In The System
When rapper Nipsey Hussle was killed in 2019, he was known as an advocate for the people in the neighborhood where he grew up and made his name. But the LAPD couldn't let his gang affiliation go.