First Listen: Lucette, 'Deluxe Hotel Room'
Lucette avoids strummed guitars in favor of spartan digital sounds on her new album produced by Sturgill Simpson.
New Music
First Listen: Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, 'Kingfish'
The 20-year-old guitar phenom understands the blues as a lifeline, a malleable language, a way of being in the world.
First Listen: Brad Mehldau, 'Finding Gabriel'
The jazz pianist's swing-for-the-fences opus references Old Testament prophets and collides retro-futurist synthesizers with horns and strings.
Station Breaks: The Best New Songs From NPR Music Stations
Hear Dirty Honey play tomorrow's classic rock today, Sonia Barcelona embark on a hauntingly beautiful journey to the depths of the sea and more in this month's list.
New Mix: Faye Webster, Khiis, The Quiet Temple, mxmtoon, More
This week's All Songs Considered explores the more drastic ends of the song spectrum, from cotton-candy pop to raging punk sung in Farsi.
Alt.Latino Activists: Two Artists Who Mix Messages With Music
Artists and activists Taina Asili and Olmeca talk about mixing activism with their music on this week's show.
Rhye Goes Dark On Its New Single 'Needed'
Rhye's new "piano project" titled Spirit is due May 10.
New Music Friday: Our Top 8 Albums Out On May 3
Our shortlist of the best albums out on May 3 includes Vampire Weekend's first new album in six years, life-affirming "pep talks" from Judah & The Lion, Big Thief's interdimensional sounds and more.
Women To Watch: 3 Young Jazz Artists You Need To Know
Alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, tenor saxophonist María Grand and vocalist and flutist Melanie Charles each talk about their artistic process.
Watch The Great Tiny Desk Contest Videos We Discovered This Week
Our judges are one week closer to picking this year's winner! In the meantime, we hope you discover a new song or artist to love out of our favorite entries from this week.