A Brief History Of The Drum Set
Today's common drum kit is just 100 years old, even though drums have been around for millenia. It fell out of favor with the advent of drum machines and sampling. For many, there's no substitute.
Music
EA Sports Says It 'Messed Up' By Scrubbing Colin Kaepernick From Game's Soundtrack
Madden NFL 19 plays a version of the song "Big Bank" that goes quiet for a moment as if censored. But the missing phrase isn't an obscenity: It's the name of the player who began a protest movement.
Boz Scaggs On World Cafe
Boz Scagg's new music traces back to an early love of the blues that he first fell in love with growing up in Texas and Oklahoma.
H.E.R. Prepares For Debut Album With 'I Used To Know Her: The Prelude' EP
The rising R&B singer peels back another layer of her artistry and shows an aptitude for rap and spoken word.
Fania Records' Legacy Lives On With New Owners: 'It's The Culture'
The historic Latin record label has been sold to Concord Music. Sig Sigworth, president of Concord Music's Craft Recordings, talks about preserving Fania's legacy.
Magda Davitt, Formally Known As Sinead O'Connor, Releases 'Milestones' Demo
Davitt says her new album, No Mud No Lotus "won't be out before October 2019."
The Lone Bellow, Live in Concert: Newport Folk 2018
The Nashville-by-way-of-Brooklyn band repeatedly took the Newport audience from joyful, foot-stomping singalongs, to a rapturous hush.
More Tiny Desk Contest 'Deskoveries' From Across The Country
All spring and summer, NPR Member stations hosted concerts featuring local favorites from the 2018 Tiny Desk Contest. We asked them to give us a recap.
Rachel Z On Piano Jazz
On this 1999 episode of Piano Jazz, Rachel Z performs her original "Gently Sleeps the Pear Tree" and she and McPartland switch gears with "All the Things You Are."
Haley Heynderickx: Tiny Desk Concert
One of our favorite new artists of 2018 visits the Tiny Desk.