Strange Ranger, 'Rain So Hard'
The more that the members of Strange Ranger dress like the cast of Trainspotting, the more its music sounds like it would have appeared on the 1996 movie's soundtrack.
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Sofia Kourtesis, 'Madres'
The electronic musician takes the shape of an angel standing on the shoulder of a dancer, whispering in their ear that they can never stray too far from home.
Memphis, Tenn., is home to the oldest high school band in the country
The Christian Brothers High School Band in Memphis turns 150 years old on Friday. It's the country's oldest continuously operating high school marching band.
Jim Gordon, a famed session drummer who was convicted of killing his mother, dies
Jim Gordon, the famed session drummer who backed Eric Clapton and The Beach Boys before being diagnosed with schizophrenia and going to prison for killing his mother, has died. He was 77.
Bands at SXSW are calling for better pay
Bands chosen to play at South By SouthWest in Austin get paid just $250 while organizers are making good profits. Musicians are speaking out about needing more money as exposure at the festival is no longer as lucrative.
Louder Than A Riot: Season 2
In hip-hop, unwritten rules have forced Black women and queer artists to fight for space. Can the genre's rule-breakers push their way to the center, while pushing the culture forward?
Listen Live from the SXSW Radio Day Stage
Public Radio curated a lineup including Thee Sacred Souls, Aoife Nessa Frances, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and Debby Friday on Friday March 17.
A new Guinness World record holder has been on the radio for 7 decades
Mary McCoy started working as a DJ in 1951 when she was 12. At 85, she hosts a two-hour country music show — six days a week on KVST in Huntsville, Texas.
Bobby Caldwell, singer of 'What You Won't Do for Love,' dies at 71
Bobby Caldwell's smooth soul jam "What You Won't Do for Love" went to No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became a long-term standard and career-defining hit for Caldwell, who also wrote the song.
Tianna Esperanza's uphill climb to conquering 'Terror'
Raised in lily-white Cape Cod, Mass. while one of the few persons of color around, Esperanza found their voice the old-fashioned way: by searching for it.