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A crew sets up for Icelandic band Kaleo's show at Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Ore.

A Year After Paris Attacks, Tour Managers Reflect On Security

Most of the victims of the terrorist attacks on Paris last November died in the Bataclan concert hall. For tour managers tasked with taking care of bands, the job has changed.

Rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry performs during a concert held in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 2008. He turns 90 Tuesday.

On Chuck Berry’s Birthday, A Crash Course In His Music

Berry, who turns 90 Tuesday, is a rock deity, but there are many for whom he is merely a famous name. NPR’s Andrew Limbong was among the uninitiated — until now.

Yes, this bag does contain two grams of Negativland member Don Joyce's cremated remains.

New Negativland Album Comes With A Bag Of A Band Member’s Remains

The forthcoming album from the experimental rock band comes with a plastic bag containing 2 grams of Don Joyce’s cremated remains.

Bad Brains frontman H.R. during a performance at New York's CBGB club in 1982.

D.C.’s Bad Brains Among Nominees For Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame’s Class Of 2017

One of D.C.’s seminal punk bands, Bad Brains, is among the 19 nominees for the class of 2017 at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Citing its “unique mix of breakneck-paced hardcore punk and dubby reggae,” the Hall included the band Tuesday on a list that also proposes Tupac Shakur, Pearl Jam, Jane’s Addiction and Depeche Mode among first-time nominees.

"A Song for You" was recorded at the sessions that produced Donny Hathaway's 1972 album Donny Hathaway Live, but it wasn't included on the original album. More than four decades later, it illustrates how Hathaway merged technique with pure emotion.

One Transcendent Performance That Illustrates Donny Hathaway’s Musical Genius

In an excerpt of a book dedicated to the classic soul album Donny Hathaway Live, author Emily Lordi looks at the ingredients that make Hathaway’s cover of “A Song for You” such an achievement.

Jenny Hval's album Blood Bitch was released on Sept. 30.

Songs Cycles: Jenny Hval On The Importance Of Uncertainty

“It can be really tough to be bold,” says the Norwegian art-pop singer of her approach to performance. On her sixth album, Blood Bitch, she aims to balance provocation and complexity.

Solange on the cover of her new album, A Seat At The Table.

Hear Solange’s Bold And Beautiful ‘A Seat At The Table’

Solange calls her new album “a project on identity, empowerment, independence, grief and healing.” It’s a floating melange of R&B, bold in its quiet and understated sounds, bolder in its message.

The Who in 1969, the year the group released the rock opera Tommy. Earlier in the 1960s, the band says it only cared about singles. By 1971, it was making albums that would help define the "heritage rock" industry.

1966 Vs. 1971: When ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ Became ‘Rock,’ And What We Lost

Two books about two crucial years in the story of rock and roll, taken together, reveal how the genre shrank to become the playground of white men with guitars.

Don Buchla with his synthesizers in the 1960s.

‘His Instrument Gave Me Wings’: Remembering Synth Inventor Don Buchla

The pan-generational duo Suzanne Ciani and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith pay tribute to the modular synth pioneer. “Don Buchla made it possible for me to share the way I hear and connect with the world.”

The Roots are one of several prominent acts booked to play the African American Museum opening this month.

Public Enemy, The Roots To Perform At African-American Museum Opening

Public Enemy, The Roots, Meshell Ndegeocello, Living Colour and D.C.’s own Experience Unlimited are scheduled to play opening weekend of…

The 19-year-old rapper Desiigner, whose song "Panda" is one of the year's biggest hits, on stage at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn in July.

In The Race For The Song Of The Summer, ‘Panda’ Runs On A New Track

In 2016, the fact that one of the biggest pop hits of the year owes its success almost entirely to the Internet is no longer a surprise.

J Dilla (front) is pictured here in 2005 at Madlib's studios in Echo Park, Los Angeles. Collaborators MED, Eothen Alapatt and Madlib (left to right) surround him.

‘A Lot Of Detective Work’: Piecing Together J Dilla’s ‘The Diary’

The late hip-hop producer left behind troves of unfinished music. How do you dig into the vault of an artist like Dilla and assemble an album that remains true to their creative vision?

D.C. guitarist Mary Timony (shown playing the 9:30 Club in 2015) is taking a turn on the Seth Meyers show.

D.C. Rocker Mary Timony Joins Seth Meyers’ Late-Night Band (Temporarily)

D.C. musician Mary Timony already has a sterling rock ‘n’ roll résumé — with her bands Ex Hex, Wild Flag and Helium, the guitar virtuoso has played festivals and roomy clubs all over the world. But next week Timony dives into an even more glamorous gig: She’s temporarily joining The 8G Band, the in-house group for Late Night with Seth Meyers.