Music & Culture

Music & Culture

What to know about the Bob Vylan controversy at Glastonbury

5:39pm June 30, 2025

by Fatima Al-Kassab

A punk duo is under investigation in the U.K. and banned from performing in the U.S., after its singer led anti-Israeli military chants during a BBC live broadcast of the Glastonbury arts festival.

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After Glastonbury, Bob Vylan faces U.K. criminal investigation and U.S. visa revocation

4:10pm June 30, 2025

British punk-rap duo Bob Vylan led chants against the Israeli military in a live BBC broadcast on Saturday. Irish-language rappers Kneecap also are being investigated.

Summoning the ancestors with harpist Brandee Younger

5:00am June 30, 2025

Lara Downes sits down with the brilliant jazz harpist to discuss the power of female lineage in the worlds of jazz and classical music.

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Northern Irish rap group Kneecap plays Glastonbury despite controversy

2:39am June 29, 2025

Irish-language rap group Kneecap gave an impassioned performance for tens of thousands of fans on Saturday at the Glastonbury Festival despite criticism by British politicians and a terror charge for one of the trio.

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Willi Carlisle blends the absurd and the sentimental on 'Winged Victory'

9:16am June 28, 2025

by Scott Simon

On Winged Victory, songwriter Willi Carlisle weaves between the absurd and the sentimental. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Carlisle about the 11 tracks of originals and covers.

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Defense says Combs led 'swinger's lifestyle,' was not coercive

10:56pm June 27, 2025

Defense lawyer Marc Agnifilo called the tumultuous relationship between Combs and singer Cassie Ventura "a great modern love story," and sought to dismantle the credibility of key witnesses.

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How Steve Aoki laces EDM into every genre imaginable

5:07pm June 27, 2025

by Noah Caldwell

EDM mega-star Steve Aoki continues to break genre boundaries with his new album HiROQUEST 3: Paragon.

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Blues musician Buddy Guy shares how he 'accidentally' invented a new guitar sound

11:54am June 27, 2025

by Terry Gross

Guy was one of the first guitarists to use electronic feedback and distortion. Now, at age 88, he has a cameo in Ryan Coogler's supernatural horror film Sinners. Originally broadcast in 1993.

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Rico Nasty: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am June 27, 2025

The rapper, rager and rockstar brings her full force to the Desk. One thing's for sure: This concert will surprise you.

On the ecstatic 'Virgin,' Lorde knows she doesn't have it all figured out

12:01am June 27, 2025

The pop star's fourth album, her first since 2021's polarizing Solar Power, finds the 28-year-old shedding the stoic self-possession that defined her early career.