First Listen: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, ‘It’s A Holiday Soul Party’
The soul singer’s new collection of holiday songs seems destined to become a revisited classic.
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NPR Music Presents: T-Pain In Concert
To mark the one-year anniversary of the most popular Tiny Desk Concert ever and the 10th anniversary of his debut album, T-Pain played our Washington, D.C. headquarters.
Kendrick Lamar And Taylor Swift Lead Grammy Nominations
Kendrick Lamar scored 11 nominations and Taylor Swift was nominated for seven awards, including album, song and record of the year. The Weeknd also received seven nominations.
A Rational Conversation: How Do You Convince Kids To Listen To Vinyl?
The new compilation, This Record Belongs To______, comes packaged with a kids’ turntable. Will future generations who are not under the spell of their parents’ nostalgia ever learn to use them?
‘You Can’t Prepare Yourself’: A Conversation With Adele
The singer’s career has been a story in numbers, and not just the ones in her album titles. She discusses motherhood, stage fright, the Spice Girls and more in an extended chat with Ari Shapiro.
Youth Lagoon: Tiny Desk Concert
Trevor Powers’ new songs are more expansive and self-assured than usual, a transition reflected in this performance. In person, he’s poised, appearing almost joyful at times.
Carly Simon: ‘I’m Constantly Reemerging In My Life’
The woman behind “You’re So Vain” has stories for days about love and music. On the occasion of a new memoir, she joins NPR’s Scott Simon to unfold a few of them.
The Wild Reeds: Tiny Desk Concert
Great singers aren’t easy to come by, so finding three in one band is something special. The Wild Reeds’ songs are clear and memorable, potent and sometimes delicate, and beautifully performed here.
T-Pain Is Playing A Concert At NPR — Get Tickets
T-Pain, the patron saint of Auto-Tune, is returning to NPR. The R&B/hip-hop artist is scheduled to perform a “surprise” concert…
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats: Tiny Desk Concert
At the Tiny Desk, Rateliff’s body-shaking Southern-style soul takes on a slightly more laid-back sound. The resulting songs are served with a warm heart — and suitable for a cold beer.
Rahim AlHaj: Tiny Desk Concert
Though wordless, the Baghdad-born oud player’s music tells powerful stories about the blessedness and fragility of life.
Logic: ‘Do Something For Yourself’
“I’m telling the fans what I’m trying to tell myself because nobody was telling me at the time,” says the rapper, who hails from Maryland.
Review: The Max Levine Ensemble, ‘Backlash, Baby’
Eight years after the D.C. trio’s last record, Backlash, Baby is a desperate, full-tilt pop-punk record that’s just trying to make sense of a backwards world.
Review: Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express, ‘Junun’
Radiohead’s guitarist delves deep into the music of northern India alongside Israeli-American singer and composer Shye Ben Tzur and 19 Rajasthani traditional musicians.
The Art Of The ‘Clean Version’
When songs have profanity, sex or drug references removed for broadcast, it’s a process known as clean editing — and it can get complicated. Priska Neely spoke with one of the masters of the form.
Chris Stapleton: Tiny Desk Concert
With his wife Morgane, the country singer-songwriter sings patient, detailed songs of devotion to love, Los Angeles and liquor.
Review: Cool Uncle, ‘Cool Uncle’
What happens when sexagenarian, Quiet-Storm crooner Bobby Caldwell and thirtysomething hit producer Jack Splash get together? Smooth fireworks!
Review: Various Artists, ‘Pop Ambient 2016’
The Kompakt label’s series showcases the gentler, more melodic side of ambient electronic music. It may make for a lushly soothing soundtrack, but richly varied and revelatory sounds abound.
Get Free Tickets To Hip-Hop Doc ‘Stretch and Bobbito’ At NPR
Update: These tickets have been claimed. Thanks, folks! Nas before Illmatic. A young Jay Z and Notorious B.I.G. Members of…
Songs We Love: The Max Levine Ensemble, ‘My Valerian’
Eight years between albums, the D.C. pop-punks return with a chunky rock anthem about chasing bliss. In the video, a doomsday device is implanted in singer David Combs’ brain.