Aretha Franklin 3 Wills Found At Aretha Franklin's HomeNPR - Anastasia TsioulcasWhen the Queen of Soul died last August, family and lawyers said publicly that they believed that Aretha Franklin did not have a will. On Monday, however, three handwritten wills that had been found in
Music Meet The NEA's 2020 Jazz Masters: McFerrin, Mitchell, Workman And KirkNPR - Nate ChinenTwo eminent avant-garde elders, a chameleonic vocal improviser, and a pioneering community organizer and presenter will make up the 2020 class of NEA Jazz Masters, according to an announcement this morning
Music Rescued From The Vault: Nat Turner RebellionNPR - Talia Schlanger , John MyersFifty years ago, the band Nat Turner Rebellion made a funky album in Philadelphia that could have been a total classic. The band had a record deal, fans and, according to founder Joe Jefferson the members
Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Hologram Tour And New Album In The Works 7 Years After Her DeathNPR - Vanessa RomoSeven years after her death, Whitney Houston may be coming to a venue near you. The pop icon's estate has partnered with BASE Hologram to produce "An Evening With Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram
Play buttonMusic For Charly Bliss, Bad Relationships And Growing Pains Commingle With Crystal SynthsNPR - Miguel PerezThe four friends who make up the band Charly Bliss have grown a lot since they first met at summer camp as teenagers. The band's latest album, Young Enough, out now, was born out of growing pains. Lead
Play buttonHolograms GoldLink Turns Up As A Hologram For 'Zulu Screams' VideoNPR - Joshua BoteGoldLink is riding a well-deserved tide of goodwill ever since his 2017 studio debut At What Cost, a record that birthed "Crew" and resulted in his first Grammy nomination. "Zulu Screams" is the latest
Music 'Over The Rainbow' Composer's Estate Sues Big Tech And Labels For Alleged PiracyNPR - Anastasia TsioulcasThe estate of Harold Arlen — the composer famous for such American-songbook classics as "Over the Rainbow," "Get Happy" and "It's Only A Paper Moon" — has filed a lawsuit against some of the world's biggest
Play buttonMusic 'SNL' Musical Guests, Ranked From No. 1 To Greta Van FleetNPR - Stephen ThompsonSaturday Night Live's 44th season ended over the weekend with the help of host Paul Rudd and musical guest DJ Khaled, who brought with him an all-star cast that included J Balvin, John Legend and SZA.
Play buttonJonny Greenwood A Conversation With Jonny Greenwood, On Chaos And The Element Of SurpriseNPR - Bob Boilen , Tom HuizengaOn this edition of All Songs Considered, Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood joins us to talk about two of his classical compositions we've just premiered on our Tiny Desk series. He also shares some the
Jonny Greenwood Ensemble Signal Plays Jonny GreenwoodNPR - Jonny GreenwoodI've watched a lot of Tiny Desk concerts over the years. It's good to see musicians in the raw, away from stage lighting and backing tracks — as if they've just stopped by an office to play over a lunch
Play buttonMaking Movies Making Movies And Rubén Blades Trace Stories Of Immigrant Injustice With 'Ameri'kana'NPR - Lulu Garcia-Navarro , Ned WhartonYou might say Making Movies is a band of brothers. The Kansas City-based group is made up of two Panamanian-Americans — guitarist Enrique Chi and his brother, bassist Diego Chi — and two Mexican-Americans;
Play buttonEurovision 2019 Duncan Laurence From The Netherlands Wins Eurovision 2019NPR - Anastasia TsioulcasSinger Duncan Laurence from the Netherlands has emerged victorious at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. The finals were held Saturday night in Tel Aviv, Israel. The 25-year-old Laurence won the international
Eurovision 2019 Eurovision 2019 ConcludesNPREurope's favorite music competition, the Eurovision Song Contest, concludes tonight. NPR's Scott Simon talks with William Lee Adams, founder of the Eurovision fan site Wiwibloggs, about the contest. It's
Music The Head And The Heart's 'Living Mirage' Has An Emphasis On Starting FreshNPR - Talia Schlanger , Kimberly JunodThe Head and the Heart's latest album, Living Mirage, is warm, open and definitely leans hard on the "heart" part of the band's name. The band went to Joshua Tree in the desert to create the music. The
Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend's 'Father Of The Bride' Puts A Light Touch On Heavy TopicsNPR - Ken TuckerThe band's longest album to date is so polished you may not initially take in all the emotion roiling beneath its surface. Father of the Bride introduces new themes and a new ambition. This is FRESH AIR.
Play buttonLil Nas X Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' Video Is Here To Lasso The Yeehaw AgendaNPR - Joshua BoteFolks, the yeehaw agenda has reached its absolute apex. The video for Lil Nas X's runaway smash "Old Town Road" is officially out, after a solid two weeks of keeping pop radio's biggest superstars off
Music 'How Shostakovich Changed My Mind' Touches On The Music-Body ConnectionNPR - Nicholas CannariatoMany years ago, a relative of mine used the term "music-intense" in conversation to describe a musician we both knew. I think it's also an apt descriptor for BBC music broadcaster Stephen Johnson. His
Play buttonNipsey Hussle DJ Khaled Takes Nipsey Hussle 'Higher'NPR - Joshua BoteDJ Khaled's eleventh studio album out today, Father of Asahd, is yet another display of his comprehensive Rolodex. Cardi B, SZA, Meek Mill and Beyoncé all make appearances. Tucked squarely in the middle
Play buttonMusic Chance The Rapper Shops For 'Groceries' With Meme RapNPR - Joshua BoteEven the most beloved, adventurous rappers of the 2010s succumb to trends — in this case, Chance the Rapper must have scrolled for a little too long on TikTok and gotten a few ideas. Chance's new song
Music New Music Friday: Our Top 6 Albums Out May 17NPR - Robin HiltonOur sprint through this week's best new albums includes one of the most ambitious and visionary works The National has produced in its nearly 20-year career, pop wisdom and a call for kindness from Carly
Play buttonBruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen Channels Roy Orbison In 'There Goes My Miracle'NPR - Stephen ThompsonBruce Springsteen has clearly spent the last few years with an eye toward the past; after all, he did just spend months reflecting on his life and career in a Broadway run full of ruefully administered
Play buttonCulture Meet Quinn Christopherson, Winner Of The 2019 Tiny Desk ContestNPR - Audie CornishAfter months of watching entry videos — over 6,000 of them — the judges of the fifth annual Tiny Desk Contest have chosen a winner! Quinn Christopherson is a singer-songwriter from Anchorage, Alaska who
Music The Tim O'Brien Band On Mountain StageWest Virginia Public BroadcastingNPR - Michael LiptonWest Virginia native Tim O'Brien's association with "Mountain Stage" dates to the program's earliest days. In 1984 he appeared as a member of the influential bluegrass group Hot Rize, and its alter ego
Yola Yola Walked Through Fire And Came Out SingingNPR - Talia Schlanger , John MyersThe songs on Yola's debut full-length solo album, Walk Through Fire, ring out with the triumphant air of someone who has withstood the flames and the heat en route to achieving their dreams. The title
Play buttonAlbums Raveena Emerges 'Stronger' And Announces Her Debut AlbumNPR - Sidney MaddenWith each new release, Raveena's star is deservedly rising. Following "Mama," her touching tribute to immigrant mothers released earlier this month, the Indian-American R&B experimenter shares her latest
Music Cleveland's Joe Lovano Comes Home WBGO and Jazz At Lincoln CenterNPR - Nate Chinen , Alex AriffIf you're even a casually observant jazz fan, you might think you know a thing or two about Joe Lovano. A tenor saxophonist with dozens of albums to his name, most of them made during a roughly 25-year
Woodstock 50 After A (Partial) Win In Court, Woodstock 50 May Still Go OnNPR - Anastasia TsioulcasOn Monday, the New York Supreme Court ruled that the former investors in the Woodstock 50 music festival, a company called Dentsu Aegis and its subsidiary, Amplifi Live, did not have the right to cancel
Play buttonBTS BTS Transforms Into The Beatles Before Your Eyes, Ed Sullivan Theater And AllNPR - Stephen ThompsonIf you're going to bring the Korean boy band BTS to the spot where The Beatles conquered American TV back in 1964, you might as well milk it for all it's worth. Welcome to BTSmania, courtesy of Stephen
