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.
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Andrew Combs: Tiny Desk Concert
Watch the restless singer-songwriter in a set of penetrating new tunes, capped with a breathtaking love song.
Turner Williams Jr., 'Droplet'
The opening track from Briars on a Dewdrop plays like a field recording from a parallel world, yet there's something familiar in how its shimmering tones dart around a core motif.
Esperanza Spalding teams up with pianist Fred Hersch in this 'Vanguard' recording
When Hersch invited jazz, pop and opera composer Spalding to perform three nights with him at the Village Vanguard, he thought she'd bring her bass. Instead, Spalding just wanted to use her voice.
A tough question led one woman to create the first Puerto Rican reggaeton archive
Patricia Velázquez spent her whole life listening to reggaeton. But when she was questioned about sexism in the songs, she began an investigation that would lead her to create something new.
La pregunta que llevó a una mujer a crear el primer archivo de reguetón puertorriqueño
El reguetón es parte de la identidad de Patricia Velásquez. Pero cuando le hicieron una pregunta comenzó una investigación que la llevaría a crear algo nuevo sobre el género musical.
For Sampa The Great, there's no place like home
Born in Zambia, raised in Botswana and having spent much of her music career in Australia, Sampa The Great returned to Zambia to make As Above So Below.
Róisín Murphy, 'CooCool'
The Irish singer knows how to make any emotion feel dazzlingly danceable; here, she basks in uncomplicated love.
Eluvium, 'Void Manifest'
Amid dreamy strings and a cloudy swirl of synths, vocalist Charlotte Mundy lends the song a haunted, impressionistic quality.
Some trees in San Diego are getting a second life thanks to 2 local businesses
The company West Coast Arborists removes trees that are near the end of their lives. They're then cut and dried. After that Taylor Guitars turns them into musical instruments.