World Cafe 30th Anniversary Playlist: 2018
From Hozier to Kacey Musgraves, Nathaniel Rateliff, Jade Bird, Janelle Monae and Hop Along, 2018 was peppered with excellent releases from all genres of music.
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PUP stays honest and true to their roots in 'The Unravelling of PupTheBand'
PUP is an acronym for Pathetic Use of Potential ... which has proven to be untrue as they've seen a lot of success over the last decade.
The rapper Kidd Creole is sentenced to 16 years over a fatal stabbing
Rapper Kidd Creole, who was a founding member of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison for stabbing a homeless man to death on a New York City street.
A former Gap employee embarks on a quest to collect every in-store playlist
Michael Bise collected the paper playlists for the music his Gap store played in the '90s. Now he's on a mission to hunt down a generation's worth of playlists.
Ron Carter: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Watch the legendary jazz bassist and members of his trio perform from The Blue Note's prestigious stage.
Naomi Judd embodied the role of country music's 'mother' — and helped to expand it
Alongside her daughter Wynonna, Naomi Judd, who died on April 30, willed one of the most riveting acts in country music into being through persistence and sacrifice.
Ron Carter at 85: tracks and stories from the life of a record-setting bassist
To celebrate bassist Ron Carter's 85th birthday, hear a conversation with Ron and our host Christian McBride with music handpicked from Ron Carter's storied discography.
Singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers says she had an abortion last year
Bridgers has joined a growing list of celebrities and social media users publicly sharing their abortion stories following the leak of the Supreme Court's draft opinion.
Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar and Lionel Richie are among acts voted into Rock Hall
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2022 class leans heavily on pop hitmakers from the 1980s, but also includes rapper Eminem and country star Dolly Parton, who initially rejected her nomination.
85-year-old bassist Ron Carter has no plans on slowing down
The roster of musicians Carter has worked with ranges from Ornette Coleman to Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack and A Tribe Called Quest.