Nate Chinen's Favorite Albums Of 2018
For NPR Music's jazz critic and the editorial director of WBGO, 2018 was a year that saw music — not just jazz — in the throes of a creative boom, rocketing in many directions.
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Petal On World Cafe
Being honest with herself and with the people around her was a lifesaver for Kiley Lotz.
Courtney Barnett, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018
There's electricity in the atmosphere at Newport Folk Festival as evening begins. As the penultimate performer on the main stage, Courtney Barnett's return to Newport felt like cause for celebration.
World Cafe's Best Music Of 2018 Playlist
Enjoy listening to this mix of World Cafe's favorite sounds of the year, picked by the show's entire staff.
On Charles Bradley: Sweaty Hugs And Screams 'From The Center Of The Earth'
After soul singer Charles Bradley died last year, Tom Brenneck, Bradley's close friend and guitar player, put together a posthumous album of Bradley's rare, unreleased music.
The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Performs Big Band Holiday Classics
New arrangements, old Yuletide classics. Watch the annual Jazz at Lincoln Center Big Band Holidays concert live on Wed., December 19th at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Patti Smith On Art, Music And Relationships
We'll hear about her long, storied career and her relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe.
The Best Reissues Of 2018
This year, fueled by the vinyl resurgence and recent deaths of major stars, the field of archival music percolated with releases of music both well-known and relatively unknown.
A Musical Lament For Those Who Don't Feel The Magic Of Christmas
It's not fair that Christmas "becomes this embodiment where we as a people project all of this expectation and hope on this one day," says songwriter Kirby Brown. So he wrote a song about it.
Ken Tucker Picks His Favorite Albums Of 2018
The range of female artists was remarkable in 2018, extending from Courtney Barnett's brooding Tell Me How You Really Feel to Cardi B's hip-hop styling on Invasion of Privacy.