Ezra Collective: Tiny Desk Concert
The London-based group brought intensity and energy to its long-awaited set behind the Tiny Desk.
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Jesse Harris, 'Hummingbird'
Jesse Harris sets a striking and spare tone for a cabaret dreamscape.
Gal Costa, piercing voice of Brazil's Tropicália movement, has died at 77
Costa's voice was a key part of the sound that combined Brazilian pop music, psychedelic rock and the avant-garde in the late 1960s.
Pile, 'Loops'
Pile has spent the past couple years in a reflective state, but the rock band's new single is no less ferocious.
Kiwi Jr. expands its sonic palette on its second album, 'Chopper'
For their third album, Chopper, Kiwi Jr. wanted to invoke a feeling — not of location or mood, but of time; specifically, that time between sunset and sunrise.
'Vogue' sues rappers Drake and 21 Savage over fake magazine cover promoting new album
Condé Nast, the publisher of Vogue, is seeking at least $4 million in damages over the rappers' fake Vogue cover.
'Fresh Air' remembers rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis
We mark the life of Lewis, who died Oct. 28, by listening to archival interviews with his sister, pianist/singer Linda Gail Lewis, and with Myra Lewis Williams, who married Jerry Lee when she was 13.
How country music allowed Jerry Lee Lewis to vary his wild-man persona
Lewis came up in rock, but proved his country chops on the 1968 album Another Place, Another Time. The music suited his piano style, and the lyrics fit the emotions he brought to every performance.
Lizzy McAlpine: Tiny Desk Concert
Lizzy McAlpine produces a quiet, cinematic set with just a few guitars and expressive vocal harmonies.
Low's Mimi Parker had a voice that let the light in
Parker's crystalline vocals and spare percussion gave Low's sound a grounding force and a leavening agent all at once. She died Saturday, but her voice is eternal.