The Thistle & Shamrock: Karine Polwart Live
Scottish songwriter and musician Karine Polwart curated a special evening of songs with connections to literature, poetry and stories for the 2019 Birnam Book Festival.
Music
Dua Lipa: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The defining disco diva of 2020 performs four songs from her album Future Nostalgia for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.
The Best Music Of 2020: NPR Staff Picks
The staff of NPR Music sifts through the best of 2020 to present personal lists of top 10 songs and albums.
'Song Of The Avatars' Resurrects Guitarist Robbie Basho's Lost Recordings
Basho helped invent the playing style known as American primitive, but his music was nearly forgotten after his death. Then a few years ago, a trove of never-before-heard recordings suddenly surfaced.
The 100 Best Songs Of 2020
The great songs of 2020 were as abundant as the rest of the year was a drag. Think of these 100 jams as a silver linings playlist for the worst year of our collective lives.
The 100 Best Songs Of 2020
Think of these 100 songs (Nos. 60-41 here) as a silver linings playlist for the worst year of our collective lives.
The 100 Best Songs Of 2020
Think of these 100 songs (Nos. 40-21 here) as a silver linings playlist for the worst year of our collective lives.
New Documentary 'Billie' Explores Mysteries Of Billie Holiday And Her Biographer
The film continues writer Linda Kuehl's unfinished investigation into Holiday's life through never-before-heard interviews with jazz luminaries, and explores her experiences with institutional racism.
Becoming Isis Tha Saviour
A former ward of the state who gave birth while imprisoned, Philly rapper Isis Tha Saviour uses hip-hop to transform her trauma into freedom.
Listen To NPR Music's 100 Best Songs Of 2020
Think of it as a silver lining playlist, a whopper of a mixtape to close out a bummer of a year.