Music & Culture

The Last Black Man in San Francisco is a whimsical elegy to a fading San Francisco. It features a score by Emile Mosseri that's exuberant and poetic, positioning music front and center in the film.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with musician David Schelzel about The Ocean Blue's new album, Kings and Queens/Knaves and Thieves.

The Toronto rapper celebrates as if he was the one sweating on the court. "I wish that I was playing in a sport where we were getting rings / I wouldn't have space on either hand for anything."

Carlos Santana is having a big year: the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, the 20th anniversary of Supernatural, and now a new album featuring Spanish vocalist Buika, Africa Speaks.

Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi found common ground in their quests to dispel false cultural narratives and turned it into gorgeous music on there is no Other.

It's a crazy-packed day for singles, with everyone from Sleater-Kinney and Burial to Freddie Gibbs and Gucci Mane dropping new tracks. Here are the ones you should stream now.

Our list of the week's best new albums includes Bruce Springsteen's wistful ode to orchestral pop, the rock artistry of Baroness, DMV rapper Goldlink, the spoken-word artist Kate Tempest and more.

Charli, out Sept. 20, includes 15 songs and 14 features from the likes of Christine and the Queens, Sky Ferreira, Troye Sivan, Lizzo and HAIM.

More than 50 years after getting together in the lat 1960s, the all-female rock band released its full-length debut studio album this past November.

The New York native and blossoming queer icon shares another eclectic, retro visual in preparation for her debut album via Columbia Records.

Jim Jarmusch's new zombie comedy is packed with oddball celebrities, including Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Tom Waits, Selena Gomez and Simpson himself.

On her 14th studio album, Madame X, Madonna sings in Portuguese and Spanish in addition to English and highlights multicultural influences that she's encountered while living in Lisbon, Portugal.