Maluma: Tiny Desk Concert
The Colombian superestrella brought his mesmerizing vocals and a few proud tears to the Tiny Desk.
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Hauschka's prepared piano is a layered canvas of sounds in new album
On Philanthropy, the artist's 14th studio album, Volker Bertelmann, also known as Hauschka, returns to his signature prepared piano sound in music he hopes will strengthen connections between people.
Maluma on becoming a new dad and using music to defy stereotypes about Colombia
Alt.Latino's Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras talk to Colombian superstar Maluma about defining his own genre, defying stereotypes with music about love, and new fatherhood
Remembering jazz pianist Carla Bley, dead at 87
Jazz master Carla Bley wrote hundreds of compositions — some of which are now considered standards. She died this week in New York of complications from brain cancer, her husband said. She was 87.
Nearly 3 decades since Tupac Shakur's killing, alleged mastermind will be arraigned
It's been 27 years since rapper Tupac Shakur was killed, and the alleged mastermind behind the rapper's shooting is due to be arraigned Thursday in a Las Vegas courtroom.
25 years ago, Cher released a song that would change the sound of pop music
Cher's song "Believe" was released on Oct. 19, 1998, and it became the first hit song to use Auto-Tune as an instrument — something that's still all over pop music 25 years later.
Pianist Jahari Stampley just won a prestigious jazz competition — he's only 24
A 24-year-old piano prodigy, Jahari Stampley, has won one of the most prestigious awards in jazz. The competition held by the Herbie Hancock Institute is widely seen as anointing new stars.
Britney Spears memoir reaches bestseller status a week before it hits shelves
New excerpts touching on her childhood and relationship with Justin Timberlake are drawing fans interested in her side of the story.
Carla Bley, prolific and expansive jazz pianist, dies at 87
Bley's pieces could be ethereally beautiful or subversively brash, but always found a grandeur without tilting into pretension.
Even Beethoven got bad reviews. John Malkovich reads them aloud as 'The Music Critic'
A new live stage show features actor John Malkovich transformed into some of the meanest music critics ever — in real reviews skewering the work of great composers like Beethoven, Brahms and Chopin.