A music producer found an old record. It opened up a world of Soviet-era disco
The discovery of one old record is breathing new life into a genre of Soviet-era music that hasn't been widely heard overseas for decades.
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Black Gospel Archive fills gaps in gospel music history
The Black Gospel Archive at Baylor University is the world's largest digital collection of gospel music. Now, it wants to collect oral histories around its rare recordings.
Why Deep Sea Diver had to start over again to get to 'Billboard Heart'
Frontperson Jessica Dobson talks about how the band walked away from a work-in-progress before recording their fourth studio album.
Westside Gunn isn't too good to be true
Hustler rappers like Gunn traffic in street tales that feel larger than life. That doesn't mean they're not "real."
Panda Bear navigates a bold new world: the uncertainty of middle age
For most of the '00s, Panda Bear helped define the sound of youthful, ramshackle indie rock. On Noah Lennox's eighth album, Sinister Grift, the artist focuses on the shifting relationships and faltering memories of midlife, with a fleshed out band behind him.
Marvin Sapp: Tiny Desk Concert
Marvin Sapp transforms our office into a sanctuary, performing an 11-song medley of gospel hits across his career.
Musicians release protest album over proposed changes to U.K. copyright laws around AI
More than 1000 artists including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and Billy Ocean have created an album of songs recorded in silent music studios to protest proposed changes to UK AI copyright laws.
Jazz, politics, continents collide in Oscar-nominated 'Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat'
Johan Grimonprez's film charts both the hopes and the tragedies of Africa's freedom movements in the shadow of the Cold War, as the Soviet Union and the U.S. jockey for influence in the "new world."
Katy Perry and Gayle King are heading to space as part of an all-female Blue Origin crew
The crew was selected by Bezos' fiancée, journalist Lauren Sánchez, who will also be on the brief suborbital flight scheduled for this spring.
Isaiah Collier explores 400 years of Black history — one movement at a time
Saxophonist Isaiah Collier's The Story of 400 Years is a sweeping suite that traces Black American history from the Middle Passage to today — and the personal and historical moments that shaped it.