Declan McKenna: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The 21-year-old McKenna performs a four-song quarantine concert with a full band.
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Hanging Tree Guitars: The Wood's 'Not Good, Not Bad, Not Ugly — Just Strange'
Freeman Vines is an African American luthier who creates what have been called "contemporary art sculptures hidden as guitars" out of old wood, some of it from a tree used for a lynching.
Rita Indiana Returns To Music After Decade-Long Hiatus
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Rita Indiana, an award-winning Dominican novelist, about her album, Mandinga Times. It's her first after a decade hiatus from music.
Reggae Legend Toots Hibbert Dies At 77
Toots Hibbert, the co-founder and lead singer of Toots and the Maytals, was one of the most distinctive and important voices of reggae and one of its founding fathers.
A Karaoke Bar Is Helping A Japanese Town Come Back To Life After Fukushima Disaster
Run by a South Korean woman, the Cosmos Karaoke Bar in Namie, Japan, is a haven for residents who've come back to live in a town that was evacuated and fell into decay after the 2011 nuclear disaster.
Toots Hibbert, Reggae Ambassador And Leader Of Toots And The Maytals, Dies At 77
The reggae star had been hospitalized in intensive care for more than a week while awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test.
City Scenes: Philadelphia's Best Of The Bass, Part 3
Here is the third of three stories highlighting a cross-section of some of the incredible bassists to have come out of Philly.
Making Sense Of Megan Thee Stallion's Shooting, And What Followed
All Things Considered speaks with writer Clover Hope about how an act of violence against a famous Black woman was reduced to a joke online.
Keeping Up With Amanda Jones, Score Composer On The Rise
Jones is the first African American woman ever nominated for an Emmy for an original television score. She got her start because producer/writer Lena Waithe took a chance on her.
Ronald Bell, Co-Founder, Songwriter And Producer Of Kool & The Gang, Dead At 68
Ronald Bell, along with his brother, Robert "Kool" Bell, brought generations of music fans together on the dancefloor with hits like "Celebration," "Get Down On It" and "Jungle Boogie."