Shirley Collins: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
British folk singer Shirley Collins is a living legend. Watch her perform five songs for her Tiny Desk quarantine concert.
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World Cafe's Best New LatinX Playlist
We've launched a Best New LatinX Spotify playlist of new music from established and rising artists from the United States, Central and South America.
Mickey Guyton: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Country music's breakout star of 2020 performs three songs for her Tiny Desk quarantine concert, including "Black Like Me."
Mariah Carey's Memoir Is Further Proof: She Has A Gift For Storytelling
The hitmaker, now celebrating 30 years into her career, has released a memoir — The Meaning of Mariah Carey — as detailed and entertaining as her songs.
The Ballad Of Billy Joe Shaver And Jerry Jeff Walker, Country Outlaws
The deaths of Walker and Shaver this month prompted critic Charles Aaron to consider the impact of their work on the wider sound of American music.
Cándido Camero, A Father Of Latin Jazz, Dies At 99
The Cuban percussionist brought the rhythms of Havana to New York's jazz clubs in the 1940s and never stopped performing.
Kylie Minogue On Making Dance Music In A Year Without Discos
"Disco lights shine out of the darkness," says the pop veteran, who channels lockdown despair into glittery escapism on her 15th album, simply titled Disco.
King Von, Emerging Chicago Rapper, Dead At 26
King Von, an emerging rapper who was quickly gaining attention for his incisive storytelling, was shot and killed in Atlanta on Friday morning.
Jazz Singer Cécile McLorin Salvant Doesn't Want To Sound 'Clean And Pretty'
MacArthur fellow McLorin Salvant sings jazz standards as well as forgotten early songs. "In jazz, I felt I could sing these deep, husky lows," she told Terry Gross in this 2015 interview.
Namir Blade's Beautiful, Dystopic, Extraterrestrial Rap
Blade, based in Nashville, has parlayed a youth of solitude into an artistic practice based inspired by video game soundtracks and visions of a dark, silver-lined future.