Watch Cimafunk live at NPR Music's 15th anniversary concert
Watch a live set from the Cuban musician as part of NPR Music's 15th anniversary celebration at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
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Watch Amber Mark live at NPR Music's 15th anniversary concert
Mark performed songs from her transcendent debut album, Three Dimensions Deep, at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., as part of NPR Music's 15th anniversary celebration.
Cimafunk on his Afro-Cuban roots, funk influence and band built on connection
Hear a conversation between the Cuban musician and Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras from NPR Music's 15th anniversary celebration at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
The 10 Best Rock Albums of 2022
In 2022, the top 10 rock albums took a pilgrimage to Memphis, communed with theologians and poets, found the interconnectedness of all beings and danced through pain and pleasure.
Jim Stewart, co-founder of Stax Records in Memphis, dies at age 92
The white Tennessee farm boy and fiddle player co-founded the influential record label with his sister in a Black, inner-city Memphis neighborhood and helped build the soulful "Memphis sound."
H.C. McEntire, 'New View'
McEntire evokes the austerity of autumn with warm, understated instrumentation and a poetic meditation on inviting love despite the risk of heartbreak.
The Necks, 'Imprinting'
The Australian trio crafts endlessly irresistible and impossibly tight improvisations.
Three superstar divas power opera 'The Hours' - coming to movie theaters everywhere.
Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming, and Joyce DiDonato star in a new opera based on Michael Cunningham's book.
The man who shot Lady Gaga's dog walker gets 21 years in prison
The Lady Gaga connection was a coincidence, authorities have said. The motive was the value of the French bulldogs, and detectives do not believe the thieves knew the dogs belonged to the musician.
Ukrainians sing 'Carol of the Bells' at Carnegie Hall, 100 years after its U.S. debut
A Ukrainian chorus first performed Shchedryk in the U.S. in 1922. A century later, during another fight for freedom, Ukrainian singers performed the folk song at the site of its North American debut.