Music & Culture

A new collection presents synthesizer dance music from the Cape Verde islands in the '70s and '80s. Critic Milo Miles says the music on Synthesize The Soul will sweeps you up with energy and rhythm.

You can't tell the Delta Spirit frontman what to do in this session, featuring songs from his latest solo album.

The Swedish folk-rock singer made his U.S. debut at Pickathon 2016, playing an upright piano for this Woods Stage performance.

As Mellow Diamond, Leppin builds elegantly somber songs from a pedal board of effects and loops. American God was written and recorded during a fraught election and its fallout.

Sophie Allison graduates from lo-fi pop to something far more self-assured, but Soccer Mommy's stuck-in-your-head melodies remain.

In the days around the release of its second album, PWR BTTM was dropped by its label and its management and canceled tour dates after member Ben Hopkins was the focus of allegations on social media.

The antagonistic Portland noise musician turns to the deepest recesses of dreams for a darkly shimmering set of ambient music.

Was Sunday's episode in Beijing a challenge to France's Emmanuel Macron? A jab at China's piano-tuning skills? Or just Putin passing the time with a little Soviet-era nostalgia?