Watch YEИDRY live at NPR Music's 15th anniversary concert
The Dominican-Italian singer got the crowd at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club moving on the second night of NPR Music's 15th anniversary celebration.
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Standout 'World Cafe' Performances of 2022
Whether in-person or sent from afar, World Cafe digs back through the 2022 performance session archives.
NewJeans, 'Ditto'
The K-pop girl group's gratitude is the sort that arises in the year's final days, when we reflect on those who've made our lives a little brighter.
Heavy Rotation: Public Radio's Most Popular Songs Of 2022
Listen to a playlist of the songs NPR stations played over and over and over in 2022.
Ab-Soul (feat. Punch), 'GOODMAN'
An addictive Ab-Soul track featuring a remix of a beloved soul sample, a philosophical premise and an energetic, did-I-even-stutter type of flow.
Watch Bartees Strange live at NPR Music's 15th anniversary concert
Based out of Washington, D.C., Bartees Strange was the constellation connector of our genre-spanning celebration at the 9:30 Club.
Terry Hall, singer with ska icons The Specials, dies at 63
Terry Hall, lead singer of The Specials, has died. With its mix of Black and white members and Jamaica-influenced fashion style, the band became leaders of the anti-racist 2 Tone ska revival movement.
The fantasia of Angelo Badalamenti, veil-piercing composer
Among other things Badalamenti's music, soft and bizarre and surging, was an emotional compass for the uncanny creations of director David Lynch.
More than 500 musicians demand accountability after Juilliard misconduct allegations
After VAN magazine published accusations against Robert Beaser, a former head of The Juilliard School's composition department, hundreds of composers, educators and presenters are demanding change.
The Best Roots Music of 2022
This year artists working within the orbit of the unstable category "roots music" got personal even as they explored complex cultural lineages and challenged the rules of established scenes and forms.