DEBBY FRIDAY, 'SO HARD TO TELL'
On this lush R&B track, DEBBY FRIDAY creates an atmosphere for easy vulnerability.
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Remembering pioneering rapper Gangsta Boo, dead at 43
The rapper known as Gangsta Boo died this week at age 43. Born Lola Mitchell, she was known as one of the South's premier crunk emcees and she got her start in the group Three 6 Mafia.
Take a walk down memory lane with Pavement
In this session, Pavement percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Bob Nastanovich talks about the band's enduring legacy and discovery by younger fans.
Lisel, 'One At A Time'
The singer makes four simple words into an Escher-esque puzzle built on loops and layers of her voice.
This man's recordings spent years under a recliner — they've now found a new home
More than a century ago, a Met librarian made some of the first live music recordings. Now, (with an assist from NPR) 16 of the Mapleson Cylinders are joining the New York Public Library collection.
Sam Phillips, who introduced the world to Elvis and Johnny Cash, would be 100 today
Phillips launched the careers of legends including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis. The rock and roll pioneer spoke to Morning Edition in 1993, a decade before his death.
Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan, 'Rumble'
The dark, dubstep-infused collaboration fiercely bites with an insistent, stuttering beat, paired alongside Flowdan's distinctly deep flow.
Man charged in Takeoff's death is released on $1 million bond
Patrick Xavier Clark, charged with murder in November fatal shooting of Migos rapper Takeoff in Houston, has been released on $1 million bond.
Encore: Sylvan Esso ditches its guiding principles of pop for album 'No Rules Sandy'
Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, the duo of Sylvan Esso, talk about their latest album No Rules Sandy and how they came up with it.
San Francisco museum unveils a century-old device that plays piano and violin duets
San Francisco's Musée Mécanique has just unveiled its "Mills Bow-Front Violano Virtuoso," a century-old self-playing device which performs duets on piano and violin.