Music & Culture

Music & Culture

How 'This Land Is Your Land' Roamed And Rambled Into American Life

6:26pm March 14, 2019

by Elizabeth Blair

Woody Guthrie was born into the Dust Bowl's devastation and displacement. His signature song, taught in classrooms and sung at protests, offers an expansive, inclusive idea of what home can be.

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Cautious Clay performs at the Tiny Desk Family Hour at Central Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, during the SXSW 2019 music festival.

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Tiny Desk Family Hour: Cautious Clay

4:02pm March 14, 2019

by Stephen Thompson

The Brooklyn-based artist, in addition to offering up an impeccable vocal performance, brought perhaps the only flute solo of SXSW 2019 to NPR Music's Tiny Desk Family Hour.

American Football's third self-titled LP is due out March 22 on Polyvinyl.

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First Listen: American Football, 'American Football (LP3)'

3:56pm March 14, 2019

by Rosemarie Alejandrino

The seminal emo band's latest builds the band's legacy as meticulously as the layered instrumental parts that constitute the album's songcraft.

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No Man's Band: All-Female Jazz Orchestras Then and Now

2:37pm March 14, 2019

The DIVA Jazz Orchestra celebrates 25 years, and one of the last surviving members of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm reflects on the legacies of all-female big bands.

Nilüfer Yanya's Miss Universe is due out March 22 on ATO.

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First Listen: Nilüfer Yanya, 'Miss Universe'

2:25pm March 14, 2019

by Joshua Bote

Given the stylistic twists and turns she's taken over the course of her brief career, it's hard to believe that the critically lauded Nilüfer Yanya is only just now poised to release her debut album.

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Laoise Has An Ear For Sweet Synthesizers

1:27pm March 14, 2019

A chat with the Irish up-and-comer inside Whelan's of Wexford Avenue, one of Dublin's most famous pubs and music venues.

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Pillows Queens Makes Spirited Pop Punk

1:12pm March 14, 2019

The Dublin four-piece band sings clever lyrics in loud and proud Irish accents.

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Gregory Alan Isakov On Mountain Stage

11:43am March 14, 2019

by Adam Harris

Farming by day and creating at night is the process that inspired Isakov's latest album, Evening Machines. Listen to the live set on Mountain Stage.

Cautious Clay at the Tiny Desk Family Hour at the Central Presbyterian Church in Austin, TX.

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All Songs Considered's 'Wow' Moments From SXSW 2019

7:41pm March 13, 2019

Cut through the noise at this year's SXSW music festival with our daily highlight reel.

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Gaelynn Lea performs at the Tiny Desk Family Hour at Central Presbyterian Church in Austin, TX during the SXSW 2019 music festival.

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Tiny Desk Family Hour: Gaelynn Lea

6:22pm March 13, 2019

by Stephen Thompson

The former Tiny Desk Contest winner brought the crowd to its collective feet.