Sufjan Stevens To Release New Age Album 'Aporia' With Lowell Brams
The 21-track album, patchworked from years of jam sessions, is a swan song, of sorts, for Lowell Brams, Sufjan Stevens' stepfather and business partner.
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Some Favorite Things From Sharon Van Etten's New Video
A mountainous landscape, a flowy jumpsuit, serene horses and a beautiful song: What more could you want?
Station Breaks: The Best New Songs From NPR Member Stations
Hear exciting new tracks from Philadelphia's rising one-woman project Orion Sun, Chicago multi-instrumentalist NNAMDÏ, Californian folkster Tré Burt and more.
The Overlooked Activist Power Of Marlena Shaw
As part of NPR's "One-Hit Wonders/Second-Best Songs," Vanderbilt professor Emily Lordi recommends "Woman of the Ghetto" by Marlena Shaw. She's known mostly for her 1969 hit, "California Soul."
Another Sky: Tiny Desk Concert
The strength of this London band is matching message with music. There's intensity and clear intention in their use of rock as an art.
Trixie Mattel Balances Genre, History And Humor On 'Barbara'
The drag performer and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars champion talks to NPR's Ari Shapiro about her folk and country music icons and performs a song from her new album.
On 'Warna,' Joey Alexander Transforms From Child Prodigy To Jazz Fixture
Piano prodigy Joey Alexander is a fixture of the jazz world at the age of 16 and his new album shows how his sound has matured and grown into graceful original compositions.
The Tiny Desk Contest Is Back For 2020
You can enter starting next week by sending us a video of you playing an original song at a desk. If you win, you'll come play a Tiny Desk concert and tour the country with NPR Music.
Modern Baseball's Jake Ewald Explores A New Sound In Slaughter Beach, Dog
The co-frontman of the Philadelphia band Modern Baseball pulls in some of his former bandmates for a different sound in Slaughter Beach, Dog.
Viking's Choice: Skull-Melting Feedback, Free-Jazz Psych, Experimental Lute
You can absolutely judge an album by its cover, especially when it involves a possessed Toad King surrounded by dead toad soldiers. Plus new music from Sunwatchers, Jozef Van Wissem.