Music & Culture

Alex Caress' band makes classic country music with a sassy and subtly political twist.

One of the world's biggest stars pulls out from one of the world's largest festivals — on doctor's orders.

Beneath this bright song, filled with beat and bass, lies a rich message of empowerment for survivors of sexual violence.

The video is a film, on film — STRFKR's "In The End" honors John Waters in the best possible way.

One of the most promising artists of 2017 plays a song off his latest album, Jardín.

There are many takes about what La La Land gets right or wrong about jazz. This episode explores how the tension between illusion and disillusion plays out among real musicians in Los Angeles.

An optimistic, harmony-rich slab of countrified pop-rock, the song returns to one of modern country music's sturdiest themes: the celebration of a night electrified with possibility.

Tim Z. Hernandez started with a line from Guthrie's "Deportee" and ended up identifying the song's anonymous subjects. His book speaks to the universality of the immigrant experience.

Miranda and 28 of her friends — including DiFranco, Saturday Night Live's Sasheer Zamata and TV On The Radio's Kyp Malone — collaborated on "Midnight Oil" in support of the Standing Rock protest.

It's rare for a band to make a comeback album like Last Place that stands up alongside its best work.