One Mesmerizing Moment With Soprano Montserrat Caballé
The revered Spanish soprano, who died Saturday, spins out silvery threads of tone in her recordings, the likes of which no one has ever matched.
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Stevie Nicks, The Cure Among 15 Acts Nominated For Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
The list of 2019 nominees also includes Janet Jackson, Radiohead, Def Leppard and John Prine.
The Glands May Be The Greatest Band You've Never Heard Of
Nearly 20 years after its last album - and two years after the death of frontman Ross Shapiro - the Athens, Ga. band has shared two new songs, with plans for a full-length in November.
The Tale Of The Stolen Totenberg Stradivarius Ends With A New Legacy
When the FBI recovered virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg's stolen Stradivarius after his death, his daughters wanted the instrument to be played everywhere. Ensuring that was not so simple.
Hear The Bangles Cover The Three O'Clock For Paisley Underground Compilation
The Bangles, The Three O'Clock, The Dream Syndicate and Rain Parade all cover each others' songs for the project, which celebrates the psychedelic rock scene from the early 1980s.
Big Boi: Tiny Desk Concert
The OutKast star performs "So Fresh, So Clean," "The Way You Move" and his solo single "All Night" with the help of singer Sleepy Brown and an eight-member backing band.
Hear Two New Songs From Girlpool: 'Where You Sink' And 'Lucy's'
Girlpool offers a pair of singles, each reworked and reinvented from Harmony Tividad and Cleo Tucker's solo recordings.
Ketch Secor Brings An Appalachian Tale To Life With 'Lorraine'
The Old Crow Medicine Show singer has published his first children's book, which recounts a traditional folktale.
New Collection Showcases Leonard Cohen Was 'Preoccupied With Brokenness'
Musician and writer Leonard Cohen died in 2016, leaving behind many unpublished poems and lyrics. His son Adam Cohen discusses The Flame, a collection of some of Leonard's final works.
Natalia Lafourcade Is The 21st Century's Guardian Of Cultural Memory
In many ways, Lafourcade has left her mark on the 21st century by looking back. Her work has freed music that for many younger listeners had been trapped in amber, and imbued it with new life.