iLe Uses Puerto Rican History To Focus On 'Odio'
A new single and accompanying video spotlights an independence movement massacre to make a plea for understanding.
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SOPHIE's Debut Album Is A Complex, Clamorous Pleasure
The singer-songwriter-producer just released OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES. Rock critic Ken Tucker finds an undercurrent of serenity in the organized chaos of SOPHIE's playful brand of noise pop.
Rihanna Is The 21st Century's Most Influential Musician
For much of this century's first two decades, there has been at least one Rihanna song on the pop charts. If she is not seen as taking musical risks, it's only because so many of them have paid off.
F***** Up Seeks Significance In Stirring 'Normal People'
Dose Your Dreams is a return to David, a recurring titular hero in F***** Up's work, who now finds himself pushing paper in a desk job.
Nuevofest 2018: Experience The Celebration
Watch all seven performances from this year's festival celebrating the new sounds of Latin alternative music.
Erykah Badu: Tiny Desk Concert
The singer's performance at the Tiny Desk was an almost spiritual experience, leaving many at the NPR Music offices in awe.
Cat Power Combines Her Powers With Lana Del Rey In 'Woman'
Chan Marshall's first album in six years, Wanderer, has spawned its first official single. "Woman" is a duet that mixes icy defiance with fogbound mystery.
Che Apalache Hopes To Open Minds And Ears With Their Latin Bluegrass Fusion
Che Apalache is a band made up of one North American and three Argentinians. They play bluegrass and have been a big hit with Anglo audiences and Latinx listeners as they tour the rural U.S.
Andy Biskin And 16 Tons Revisit 'Songs From The Alan Lomax Collection'
Early in his career, clarinetist Andy Biskin worked as an assistant to the folklorist Alan Lomax. Biskin's new album features new settings of songs drawn from Lomax's The Folk Songs of North America.
At Long Last, Iron & Wine Drops 'Waves Of Galveston'
Iron & Wine has been performing the song live since at least 2013, but has just given it its first proper release ahead of the band's upcoming EP, Weed Garden.