Review: Saul Williams, ‘MartyrLoserKing’
The singer/poet/actor/activist’s newest opus is another slice of genre-agnostic, cultural agitprop inspired by a fictional miner-turned-hacker in the African nation of Burundi.
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Review: Benji Hughes, ‘Songs In The Key Of Animals’
A master of commercial jingles, Hughes knows how to stuff his impeccably crafted AM pop songs with humor and heart, pain and delight.
Review: Walter Martin, ‘Arts & Leisure’
The former Walkmen multi-instrumentalist has made a solo album marked by its playful, loosely ambling, front-porch friendliness.
River Whyless: Tiny Desk Concert
The North Carolina band uses a typewriter for rhythm, a toy piano for whimsy and a harmonium for mood, as well as a gong, multiple odd percussive accents and subtle guitar effects.
Benny Sings: Tiny Desk Concert
The Dutch singer layers R&B, jazz and pop over hip-hop beats in his first-ever U.S. appearance.
Photos: All Songs Considered Sweet 16 At 9:30 Club
Scenes from last night’s NPR-hosted All Songs Considered Sweet 16 party at 9:30 Club. Bob Boilen gets things started Glen…
First Listen: Eleanor Friedberger, ‘New View’
The former Fiery Furnaces member sounds purposeful and composed, unflappable and free — like a songwriter sure of her words and content with letting easy musical designs lead her where they will.
First Listen: The Besnard Lakes, ‘A Coliseum Complex Museum’
On its fifth album, the Montreal band indulges its progressive tendencies and wide-angle vision of dream-steeped psychedelia, in the process exuding a gentle kind of heaviness.
Review: Shearwater, ‘Jet Plane And Oxbow’
Jonathan Meiburg sounds as focused and intense as ever on his band’s ninth album, which is full of rock songs that churn and clatter with force, invention and mystery.
Review: Ty Segall, ‘Emotional Mugger’
Carrying on the non-stop activity of the last eight years, the prolific rocker’s 10th solo album feels as fractured and delirious as anything he’s recorded.
A Guitarist Remembers: David Bowie Just Wanted A Good Laugh
“The picture I have in my head is of him cracking up in the studio,” Reeves Gabrels says. “Because we just used to be able to make each other laugh.”
Tributes Pour In For Rock Legend David Bowie
From musicians to world leaders, from Earth to outer space, Bowie’s death two days after his 69th birthday prompted an outpouring on social media.
Rock Icon David Bowie Dies At 69
The singer — whose career spanned decades and included collaborations with John Lennon, Mick Jagger and Stevie Ray Vaughn — released his latest album, Blackstar, on Friday. He died Sunday of cancer.
Grab Free Tickets To The ‘All Songs Considered’ Sweet 16 Bash
Update, 4:57 p.m.: These tickets are gone! But you can still hop on our waitlist. Just fill out the form…
Rapsody: Tiny Desk Concert
In 2015, the young rapper had her big moment. This year, she’s seizing it. Watch Rapsody perform three songs from Beauty And The Beast, recorded live at the NPR Music offices.
Spotify Faces Class Action For Copyright Infringement
The lawsuit alleges that the streaming music service fails to properly compensate artists for the right to reproduce or distribute recordings. It’s the latest in the ongoing debate over streaming.
Public Radio’s #1 Songs Of 2015
Looking back on a year filled with great music, these 61 songs are the ones that hat public radio hosts and NPR Music team members loved best.
NPR Is Holding Another Tiny Desk Contest. Submit, Won’t You?
Remember when NPR invited musicians across the country to fight each other for the privilege of playing a cubicle in D.C.? It turned…
The Complete List: NPR Music’s Favorite Songs Of 2015
More than 400 of the best songs of 2015, selected by NPR Music’s dedicated listeners and crossing more than a dozen genres. And you can listen to every single one.
Shakey Graves: Tiny Desk Concert
When Alejandro Rose-Garcia, aka Shakey Graves, breaks out his guitar and suitcase kick drum/hi-hat, a palpable rush of swooning adrenaline hits the room.