Saturday Night's 'Curse Or Blessing' Spring-Loads Power-Pop Riffs On Riffs
A great power-pop song has one foot in happy-go-lucky hooks and another stomping a triumphant riff. D.C.'s Saturday Night lives in that space.
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Killdeer Plays Killjoy, Halts Production Of 'Canada's Coachella'
The birds nest was found in the same location organizers hoped to construct the main stage of the Ottawa Bluesfest.
Oscar's Academy Invites 928 New Members, Getting Closer To Diversity Goals
After two years of #OscarsSoWhite hashtags, the Academy vowed to double the number of women and people of color by 2020. While it's close to achieving that, overall membership remains far from equal.
Black Lung Disease Can't Keep Frank Newsome From Singing Hymns
Newsome, a former coal miner who has black lung disease, started singing when he joined a church in 1963. His sings a cappella in a lined-out hymn style — one of America's oldest music traditions.
Chaka Khan Is Back, Releases Sweet Summer Groove 'Like Sugar'
The R&B icon will release her first album since 2007 later this year.
Ruen Brothers On World Cafe
Hear the story of how the brothers went from singing in the pubs of an old steel town outside London to recording at Rick Rubin's Shangri La Studios in Malibu.
NPR Music's 40 Favorite Albums Of 2018 (So Far)
We asked writers from across public radio to share the one album that's stood out during the first six months of the year.
New Mix: The Decemberists, Bermuda Triangle, Justin Vernon And S. Carey, More
On this week's All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton have a bleakly funny track from The Decemberists, jangly-pop from Shy Boys, gentle folk from Bermuda Triangle and more.
NPR Music's 40 Favorite Albums Of 2018 (So Far)
We asked writers from across public radio to name the one album that's stood out during the first six months of the year.
Watch Mitski's Colorfully Surreal 'Nobody'
In "Nobody," the deceptively up-tempo, new single from her upcoming album, Be The Cowboy, Mitski grapples with a lingering loneliness – an emptiness that even her own celebrity can't erase.