Music

George Floyd remembered in new choral work

8:59am March 25, 2022

by Olivia Hampton

In "A Knee on the Neck," composer Adolphus Hailstork and librettist Herbert Martin pay tribute to Floyd's memory and offer hope for the future – while wrestling with the realities of the present day.

With 'Humble Quest,' Maren Morris is closely following her compass

5:13am March 25, 2022

After a global dance hit, the country star returns from lockdown with an intimate new album — and a new son, who helped inspire it.

Fana Hues' sophomore project, flora + fana, is out March 25.

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On 'flora + fana,' Fana Hues creates an ecosystem of self-sufficiency

5:00am March 25, 2022

by DeAsia Paige

The R&B singer's new project comes after she was featured on Tyler, the Creator's last release. Across 11 tracks, she demonstrates her acute sense of compassion, even as she sings about heartbreak.

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Ted Leo, 'The Clearing of the Land'

4:17pm March 24, 2022

by Lars Gotrich

Ted Leo wrote the song for a new compilation benefiting a Ukraine non-profit organization.

Wallace Tallman performs his Tiny Desk Contest entry

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Entries We Love: Wallace Tallman, 'You Are (Cecilia June)'

4:04pm March 24, 2022

by Taylor Jennings-Brown

The lyrics of this lullaby-like Tiny Desk Contest entry are sung like a mantra of affirmations.

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Richard Thompson, 'Treadwell No More'

11:10am March 24, 2022

by Lars Gotrich

The track from the Music from Grizzly Man reissue is an opportunity to hear Thompson's spindly, tremolo shudder gaze into the gaping maw with equal parts fear and wonder.

LouTribe Jigg performing his Tiny Desk Contest entry

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Entries We Love: LouTribe Jigg, 'I AM'

9:42am March 24, 2022

by Elle Mannion

This Tiny Desk Contest entrant raps with a effortless flow reminiscent of André 3000 and with the assuredness of an artist who knows just who he is and where he's going.

"I think that we could have gone two ways. We could have gotten even angrier and even harder," says Camp Cope's Georgia Maq. "But we didn't."

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On 'Running with the Hurricane,' Camp Cope trades rage for quiet confidence

6:00am March 24, 2022

by Ilana Kaplan

On the Australian trio's third album, the members of Camp Cope refuse to let the world harden them.

Maxo Kream performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Tiny Desk Meets SXSW: Maxo Kream

5:01am March 24, 2022

by Bobby Carter

Backed by a live band, the Houston rapper performs a set that highlights the incredibly complex puzzle of his life.

At one border crossing into Poland, those fleeing Ukraine are met with music

4:28pm March 23, 2022

For the crowds that have streamed across the border at the Medyka border crossing into Poland, they leave behind the air raid sirens and the sounds of war and are welcomed by musician Davide Martello.

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