Lara Downes: Tiny Desk Concert
With a piano draped in spring flowers, Lara Downes plays a smart set of music, new and old, that offers the power of renewal.
Music & Culture
When you realize your favorite new song was written and performed by ... AI
Artificial intelligence technology can now create new songs that sound like they're the work of real artists, which introduces creative possibilities — and raises legal and ethical questions.
Thomas Adès, 'Paolo and Francesca — the endless whirlwind'
Hear an excerpt from the most fantastical and kaleidoscopic orchestral works of our time.
An Eddie Van Halen guitar sells at auction for nearly $4 million
The guitar was played during the music video for "Hot for Teacher." If that seems like a a lot of money to spend on a guitar, included are a pair of white gloves and a strait jacket from the video.
Margaritas Podridas, 'Filosa'
Not finding the words to describe how you feel can be torture. That's when you scream.
Jazz Night toasts the NEA Jazz Masters class of 2023
Jazz Night in America honors the 2023 NEA Jazz Masters: Louis Hayes, Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett and Sue Mingus. Four newly crowned masters, with plenty of music, stories, and memories.
The K-pop star Moon Bin is found dead at his home at the age of 25
Police are investigating the death of the singer for the boy band Astro, but have so far found no signs of foul play, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
Nondi_, 'Sun Juke'
Tatiana Triplin, who makes music under the name Nondi_, submerges footwork under layers of filters.
Deeper, 'Sub'
While one can certainly trace the echoes of peers like Shame and Crack Cloud in its output, the Chicago post-punk band equally exudes the rowdy influence of The Replacements.
'Fresh Air' pays tribute to the music of John Kander and Fred Ebb
The new Broadway musical New York, New York includes Kander and Ebb's songs from Scorsese's 1977 film. We listen back to an '83 interview with Kander and Ebb, plus '91 and '15 interviews with Kander.