Songs We Love: Leveret, 'Ricer II'
Featuring a melodeon, concertina and fiddle, the English folk trio's euphoric "Ricer II" circles round and round like a kitten chasing its tail.
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Watch Emmylou Harris And Kris Kristofferson Perform 'The Pilgrim, Chapter 33'
It's from the upcoming tribute concert, The Life & Songs of Kris Kristofferson: All Star Concert Celebration, out Oct. 27.
Forebears: Delia Derbyshire, Electronic Music's Forgotten Pioneer
Electronic music as it is now known and used would not exist without Derbyshire and her spirit of human, sonic manipulation.
Krautrock Noir: Through a Musical Mirror Darkly with Matias Aguayo & The Desdemonas
The Chilean rocker from Germany talks about his latest musical project, The Desdamonas.
Hanson: Tiny Desk Concert
Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson just celebrated their 25th anniversary as a band. To celebrate, watch them perform three of their post-"MMMBop" career highlights.
'I Take The Long Way Going Everywhere': Travis Meadows On Learning To Be Human Again
The country artist has battled addiction and cancer, been a missionary and a lapsed Christian. He speaks with Scott Simon about his latest album, First Cigarette.
In 'Beside Bowie,' Sideman Mick Ronson Takes The Foreground
A new documentary argues that David Bowie might not have become the global megastar we knew were it not for his partnership with guitarist, producer and arranger Mick Ronson.
A Look At Eminem's Anti-Trump Rap
On Tuesday, rapper Eminem attacked President Trump in a four minute freestyle. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to NPR's hip-hop writer Rodney Carmichael about the significance of Eminem's anti-trump rap.
Across the Blue Ridge #95- Producer, Musician and Documenter Bobby Patterson
Bobby Patterson, the Galax, Virginia-based musician and founder of the old time and bluegrass label Heritage Records, passed away in September of 2017 at age 75.
Watch Fischerspooner and Caroline Polachek's Provocative New Video 'Togetherness'
The bedroom politics dictating a partnership have long been contested; in Fischerspooner's erotically charged new video for the song "Togetherness," they're choreographed.