Ahmad Jamal, measured maestro of the jazz piano, dies at 92
The pianist's 1958 recording At The Pershing: But Not For Me spent 108 weeks on the Billboard album chart.
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The improbable fame of a hijab-wearing teen rapper from a poor neighborhood in Mumbai
First Saniya wrote poems. Then she began rapping. Now she appears on TV and YouTube and before big crowds, spreading her message about justice. Her father the rickshaw driver is her chauffeur.
Tim Nelson of Cub Sport on their new album 'Jesus at the Gay Bar'
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Tim Nelson of the Australian band Cub Sport. Their new album - a mix of spirituality, self-reflection, and joy - is called "Jesus at the Gay Bar."
Biden taps Lady Gaga to co-chair an arts advisory committee that dissolved under Trump
The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities will advise the president on cultural policy, and members were chosen due to their "serious commitment to the arts and humanities."
Caroline Polachek on her latest album, 'Desire, I Want to Turn Into You'
NPR's Miles Parks talks to singer Caroline Polachek about her latest album, "Desire, I Want to Turn Into You."
La Santa Cecilia celebrates its quinceañera with a new album
Many of the songs on Cuatro Copas, Bohemia en la Finca Altozano are part the group's personal history, growing up in downtown LA, surrounded by Mexican musicians who taught them how to sing and play.
What keeps Metallica going after 40 years of making music
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to bassist Robert Trujillo and founding drummer Lars Ulrich of the band Metallica about their latest album and their four decades of music-making.
A music director goes public with a secret stash of private instruments
National Symphony Orchestra Music Director Gianandrea Noseda is reshaping the ensemble's sound with the help of 17th and 18th century instruments he purchased secretly.
yMusic, 'Cloud'
Let the new music sextet yMusic serenade you with a light-as-air track from a forthcoming album.
JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown are here to blow up your function
The joyously chaotic rap team-up Scaring the Hoes is less Watch the Throne and more Wedding Crashers: a pair of motormouthed eccentrics running wild trick plays and daring you to stick around.