Music

The 2017 Tiny Desk Contest winners are set to release their first major-label LP, Green Balloon, on May 3.

One half of Indigo Girls, Amy Ray makes her 10th appearance on Mountain Stage with songs from her latest album, Holler.

The sugar-coated experimental pop band works to redefine and undermine the concept of "kawaii" — the pervasiveness of delicate cuteness in Japanese culture.

The Akron, Ohio duo built its name off chugging, crunchy rock. Its latest single, "Lo/Hi" marks a return to this sound.

The Seattle singer-songwriter premieres a botany-themed vent session on NPR Music.

The singer and violinist's latest project is a symphonic love story set in World War II, inspired by the internment of Japanese Americans in the U.S.

A handful of recent experimental albums reach beyond our material world, turning away from familiar "cosmic" tropes, toward explorations of the elemental, the divine and the unknown.

From the propulsive punk of Low Dose to the uplifting dreamscapes of Orion Sun and the heady rock of Ali Awan, these are the Philly musicians you need to hear right now.

The London trio, led by Shabaka Hutchings on reeds, liberates itself from received jazz wisdom, let alone any form of decorum.