Songs We Love: Kaytranada, 'Glowed Up (Feat. Anderson .Paak)'
With an assist from the master of California mellow, the Montreal-based producer embodies that all-purpose millennial watchword: chill.
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Musicians Pay Tribute To Blind Willie Johnson On 'God Don't Never Change'
A range of musicians, including Tom Waits and Sinéad O'Connor, cover gospel-blues performer Johnson on a new tribute album. Critic Milo Miles says the record's tracks are striking and inventive.
All Songs +1: Electronic Artist Tim Hecker On How He Bends Sound
The electronic musician has been turning traditional song structures inside out for nearly 20 years. On this +1 he explains how he breathes life into an artificial sonic world.
With New Deals, Apple And SoundCloud Remix The Dance Music Marketplace
Apple's agreement with Dubset could ease legal posting of DJ sets that contain copyrighted material. SoundCloud is unveiling a paid service. It's hard to say for sure who is going to benefit.
Rose Murphy On Piano Jazz
The singer and pianist performs her legendary version of "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" in a 1988 session.
Video: Horse Lords' Hypnotic 'Truthers' Will Blast Your Noodle
The Baltimore group makes body music influenced by Saharan desert blues, krautrock, jazz and the band Television. Watch a rhythmic cascade of glitchy shapes and letters in the video for "Truthers."
Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing
Hear new music by Big Thief, Sheer Mag, Seratones and more in April's mix of the songs taking over the left side of the dial.
3 Artists From Abroad, For International Jazz Day
Bassist and Jazz Night In America host Christian McBride spotlights a vocalist from France, a drummer from Mexico and a trumpet-playing South African legend.
Carlos Henriquez: The Bronx Pyramid
The bassist spends a lot of time in midtown Manhattan for his day job with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. But his roots, and the music he's made about them, are uptown.
First Watch: PJ, 'Gangster'
A quiet fixture of the R&B and hip-hop ecosystem comes into her own with a hat-tip to Alanis Morissette.