Weekend LISTening: The Rolling Stones' Blues Covers, Before And After
Compare the songs on the Stones' new covers album, Blue & Lonesome, to the original recordings.
Music & Culture
Across the Blue Ridge #49 - Curly Seckler, dean of bluegrass harmony singing
This week we examine the career of bluegrass singer Curly Seckler, who turns 97 on Christmas Day 2016. A new biography is out by Penny Parsons, titled Foggy Mountain Troubadour: The Life
Pinegrove: Tiny Desk Concert
There's a confessional quality to the songs of Pinegrove that feels reassuring. Watch the New Jersey band squeeze four songs into a scrappy, warmhearted 13-minute set.
As 2016 Winds Down, Remembering The Jazz Giants We Lost
Jazz Night in America host Christian McBride honors Bobby Hutcherson, Toots Thielemens and Victor Bailey, three prominent jazz musicians who passed away this year.
First Watch: Dams Of The West, 'Tell The Truth'
The Vampire Weekend drummer has a new solo project called Dams of the West. "Tell The Truth" is the second single off Youngish American, due out early next year.
Meredith D'Ambrosio On Piano Jazz
D'Ambrosio — a vocalist, pianist, visual artist, composer and teacher — joined Marian McPartland in 1994.
Drive-By Truckers On World Cafe
"I didn't set out to write any of this stuff. It was kind of just what was eating at me," lead singer Patterson Hood says of the politically charged songs on the Truckers' latest album.
Bringing A Christmas Classic To Wonderful Life — On Stage
Librettist Gene Scheer says the drama of George Bailey's life is "an operatic story." So he, along with composer Jake Heggie, turned It's a Wonderful Life into an opera.
Latin Roots: Mexrrissey
It's a pop-culture phenomenon: The people of Mexico love Morrissey. A lot. Hear a set from the band that's giving the Smiths singer's music a Latin makeover.
Mary Halvorson Leaves Some Room For Weirdness In 'Away With You'
Halvorson, a prolific jazz guitarist, plays with harmonies and melodies as she leads an eight-piece band on her new album. Critic Kevin Whitehead calls Away With You "richer than ever."