NPRMusic Forgotten: The Things We Lost In Kanye's Gospel YearNPR - Ashon CrawleyWe should not forget that Zora Neale Hurston was forgotten. By 1975, when Alice Walker wrote an essay honoring Hurston's life, all of her works had gone out of print.1 Walker had to go on a search for
NPRMusic Slingshot Scenes: KXT Local Live SessionsNPR - Gini MascorroKXT Live Sessions launched on Nov. 9, 2009, on the same day the station went live. The ambitions were sky-high: to film 20 bands performing live in the studio during the station's first two weeks on air.
NPRMusic A Legendary Collaboration Continues: Neil Young And Crazy Horse Reunite For 'Colorado'NPR - David Greene , Taylor Haney, Vince PearsonNeil Young has easily one of the most recognizable names in American music, and his familiar voice isn't getting quieter with time. He has played with a lot of people over the years: There was Buffalo
NPRChai Chai: Tiny Desk ConcertNPR - Bob BoilenMy face hurt from smiling so much! That's what I remember most about Chai's Tiny Desk. Chai is a sweet, colorful blanket of joy. These four women from Japan — twin sisters Mana and Kana, along with Yuna
NPRMusic Viking's Choice: New Sounds Now, New Sounds ForeverNPR - Lars GotrichWhen I first started in public radio 13 years ago, there weren't too many peers playing "challenging" music. Here was a 20-something who, up until moving to D.C., spent nights vibrating to Japanese noise
NPRMusic Conductor and Composer Raymond Leppard - A Champion Of The Old And The New - Has DiedNPR - Anastasia TsioulcasPioneering British-born conductor, harpsichordist, composer and scholar Raymond Leppard has died. He was 92 years old. With full-bodied performances matched by pioneering scholarship, Leppard helped reintroduce
NPRIcon version of the Flipboard logoMusic Supa Dupa Fly: The History Of Women In Hip-Hop - 1Athe1a.org Women in hip-hop are having a moment. Here’s how KC Orcutt described it at Revolt: To start by bringing it to the charts, 2019 has already yielded the …
NPR Hop Along's Frances Quinlan Announces First Album Under Own Name, Shares 'Rare Thing'NPR - Marissa LorussoFor the past decade, Frances Quinlan has built a reputation as an expertly narrative songwriter and a peerless singer in the indie-rock world with her band, Hop Along. (The band is responsible for one
NPR From North Carolina To Buenos Aires With Che ApalacheNPR - Talia Schlanger , Kimberly JunodHave you ever felt the urge to drop everything and move, because maybe your hometown leaves you feeling like you can't totally be yourself in some way? The leader of Che Apalache has certainly felt that:
NPRJanis Joplin New Janis Joplin Biography Reveals The Hard Work Behind The HeartNPR - Terry GrossIn the 1960s, Janis Joplin was an icon of the counterculture, a female rock star at a time when rock was an all-boys' club. "At that point in time there weren't too many women taking center stage," biographer
NPRMusic Heat Check: Getting Lost, Giving InNPR - Sidney MaddenYou can stream this playlist on Spotify. Letting a song take you away has become increasingly difficult. Using music to get through life often means multitasking while you listen; getting ready, commuting,
NPRMusic Jovino Santos Neto Trio: Tiny Desk ConcertNPR - Felix ContrerasSomething happens for me when I hear jazz mixing it up with Brazilian rhythms. In the right hands it falls into the realm of magic. Pianist, multi-instrumentalist and composer Jovino Santos Neto certainly
NPRMusic Jackie Cruz On 'Hija De Chavez'NPRJackie Cruz plays a convict in the series Orange Is the New Black, but she's also a singer. She talks to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her debut album, Hija de Chavez. Singer and actress Jackie Cruz
NPRMusic Summer Walker's 'Over It' Is Worthy Of The BuzzNPR - Briana YoungerSummer Walker's debut album, Over It, came out earlier this month — and it's already broken records. The 23-year-old's record became the most-streamed album by a woman R&B artist ever, breaking the record
NPRMusic Not My Job: We Quiz Opera Star Renée Fleming On 'Baby Shark'NPRHow much do (do do do do do) you think opera star Renée Fleming knows about the hit children's song Baby Shark? And now the game where somebody who spends their lives breaking new ground has to dig up
NPRSara Bareilles My Signature Song: 'She Used To Be Mine' By Sara BareillesNPRListener Ashley Syruws of Buffalo, N.Y., shares her signature song, "She Used to Be Mine" by Sara Bareilles. It helped her break away from an unhappy marriage. Time now for 32-year-old Ashley Syruws to
NPRMusic Congo's KOKOKO! Makes Joyful Dance Music From Instruments Made Of JunkNPR - Isabella Gomez SarmientoBefore the members of Congolese music collective KOKOKO! take the stage at Washington, D.C.'s Rock & Roll Hotel, they slip into bright yellow jumpsuits. The fashion choice, they explain, has utilitarian
NPRMusic 'Fresh Air' Marks The Centenary Of The Birth Of Jazz Singer Anita O'DayNPR - Terry Gross , Kevin WhiteheadJazz critic Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation of the singer, who died in 2006, then we listen back to a 1987 interview. O'Day first became known in 1941 when she joined Gene Krupa's band. This is
NPRMusic Los Tigres Del Norte Retrace Johnny Cash's Steps In 'Folsom Prison' DocumentaryNPR - Felix ContrerasWhen country music legend Johnny Cash heard the heavy steel doors at Folsom Prison shut behind him on a cloudy January morning in 1968, he reportedly said, "That has the sound of permanence." That sound
NPRMusic The Hold Steady Are Sleeping OverNPR - Stephen Kallao , John MyersThe idea of sleeping on a tour bus, waking up in a different city and playing late night shows to die-hard fans is fun, especially fun, when you're young. When you're a bit older, every night on a tour
NPRMusic Perfume Genius Previews His Dance Project With 'Pop Song'NPR - Cyrena TourosNo one reimagines baroque pop in the 21st century better than Perfume Genius. "Pop Song," the second release from the multimedia dance project The Sun Still Burns Here, is a celebration of sexual liberation.
NPRMusic Angel Olsen, Master Of SolitudeNPR - Jenn PellyWhen Angel Olsen proclaims she is "hiding out inside my head" on the first track of her epic fourth record, All Mirrors, she may as well be announcing an earthquake, or a tidal wave — a tectonic force
NPRMusic Hear Prince's Acoustic 'I Feel For You' Demo, Fresh From The VaultNPR - Stephen ThompsonIn 1984, Chaka Khan enjoyed a career-revitalizing smash with "I Feel for You," a spangly, funky, Grammy-winning R&B crossover that featured a harmonica solo from Stevie Wonder and a guest rap from Melle
NPRMusic Nuevofest 2019: Calypso, Salsa And Bolero From The BeachersNPR - Bruce WarrenThis past July, the annual Nuevofest, an all-ages day-long concert celebrating Latin American music, was held at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. Presented by Afrotaino Productions in collaboration with
NPRMusic Summer Walker: Tiny Desk ConcertNPR - Rodney CarmichaelSeconds before the cameras started to roll, Summer Walker showed just how much she was willing to sacrifice for her day at the Tiny Desk: She clipped her nails. It wasn't an aesthetic choice but a pragmatic
NPRMusic A Pop Cyborg With A Human HeartNPR - Sasha GeffenIn its highest register, Caroline Polachek's voice sounds like it might have slipped loose from the circuits of a synthesizer. It lifts skyward on "Bruises," the breakout single from her former band Chairlift,
NPRMusic Nuevofest 2019: Silvina Moreno Joins Kevin Johansen On "Es Como El Día"NPR - Bruce WarrenThis past July, the annual Nuevofest, an all-ages day-long concert celebrating Latin American music, was held at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. Presented by Afrotaino Productions in collaboration with
NPRMusic Rex Orange County Shares 'Pluto Projector'NPR - Zoë JonesThe young British singer-songwriter Rex Orange County tweeted out a phone number yesterday, along with the message, "OUT TOMORROW." If you rang, you'd hear Rex's voice, slightly staticky on the other of
