David Crosby & The Lighthouse Band: Tiny Desk Concert
David Crosby, Becca Stevens, Michelle Willis and Michael League are The Lighthouse Band, and together they harmonized the heck out of the Tiny Desk.
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How Bessie Smith Influenced A Century Of Popular Music
Bessie Smith's songs are tales of liberated women who are not afraid to speak openly about what they want, what they need and what they are tired of.
Haydée Milanés Embraces Her Dad's Legacy With Her Own Vision
How does one carve out a path of her own with a famous parent? Haydée Milanés talks about Pablo Milanés and stamping out her own musical identity.
'The Balance': Abdullah Ibrahim Is Deeply Rooted Yet Sounds Like No One Else
The latest album from the 84-year-old South African composer and pianist showcases his work as a master composer of melodic mood pieces.
From The Tent Show To The Parlor: Bessie Smith's Travels In Her Time
Bessie Smith could wrap the blues around anything. She was the voice of freedom and of dislocation, heard by black audiences on the vaudeville circuit and white ones at Manhattan parties.
Spacebase Was The Place: The Life Of Ras G, Blunted Saint Of The L.A. Beat Scene
The prolific and beloved musician, born Gregory Shorter Jr., died last week at the age of 40 — but not before helping found a musical movement in his hometown that has since spread worldwide.
Viking's Choice: Spanish Screamo, Bubblegum Punk, Eastern Orthodox Black Metal
This week's mix table-flips Drei Affen's shreddy screamo and Lisa Prank's lovesick-punk dance party, plus examines two versions of Batushka, metal's latest spicy drama.
Calexico And Iron & Wine, A Collaboration Renewed
Years to Burn is a beautiful slow-burn of an album that often feels at ease, and occasionally doesn't resemble either of the bands that made it.
Crock Of Ages: New Exhibit Reveals Ancient Pottery's Millennia-Long Songs
Sculpture seems like an inherently visual art, but Oliver Beer has made it auditory. He dropped microphones into a mishmash of objects from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to craft an orchestra.
All Songs Rewind: The Worst Songs Of All Time?
Carrie Brownstein joins the All Songs gang to chat about relentless earworms, annoying novelty songs and other songs our hosts think of as quite possibly the worst of all time