Music & Culture

The compilation from Gilles Peterson's indie label showcases the best and brightest genre-blenders making London jazz exciting.

Comedian and musician Steve Martin will be performing in Wilkesboro in April with the Steep Canyon Rangers, joining the lineup of performers for this year's Merlefest music festival.

The first single from La Luz's new album, Floating Features, proves that surf rock can be serious music that doesn't take itself too seriously.

The Brooklyn-born singer studied the work of Frank Sinatra, eventually becoming close friends with the singer whose success he emulated.

Featuring vocalist Kristin Hayter of Lingua Ignota, "Nothing Stirs" sees the band set weeping strings and swelling trombone to cavernous beats and droning feedback.

John Perry Barlow's death last week raised the question of whether his legacy as a fierce defender of tech freedoms and whether his influence on the generation that came after would be a lasting one.

To celebrate the life of the late Icelandic composer, we revisit his KEXP studio session from 2017.

Montreal's indie folk ensemble is back in our studio, this time with a big twist.

In the face of tough immigration attitudes and laws, a group of activists in SoCal use a traditional birthday celebration to raise awareness.

The 14-minute track appears on Windhand's split LP with Satan's Satyrs, out this Friday. Like a smoking cauldron, it beckons with mysterious portent.