Billy Strings & Terry Barber, 'Long Journey Home'
The bluegrass star and his dad are a match made tender by the familiar harmonies of two lifelong picking partners.
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Loretta Lynn, country music icon, has died at 90
The country singer brought unparalleled candor about the domestic realities of working-class women to country songwriting over the course of her 60-year career.
Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter, the most interesting man in music?
He's a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist who took up a side hobby as a ballistic missile defense specialist — and added counterterrorism expert for good measure.
Paramore, 'This Is Why'
On "This Is Why," Paramore's sound is somehow aqueous and taut, showing its three members barreling ahead at the most thrilling heights of their musicianship.
Unreleased for decades, Joyce Moreno's 'Natureza' is a snapshot of newfound freedom
Recorded with Claus Ogerman, Natureza could have made the Brazilian singer-songwriter an international star. Now released, the long lost album captures a turning point in her approach to music.
The Syrian Cassette Archive, preserving a disappearing history
When Yamen Mekdad and Mark Gergis met in 2018, the pair combined their love of Syrian cassettes into a project aiming to save them — and share them more widely.
Mexico's Son Rompe Pera bang the marimba at the crossroads of cumbia and punk
Tradition and modernity coexist peacefully within Son Rompe Pera, where punk collides with the cumbia the band grew up playing.
Without these Latino composers, Hollywood wouldn't sound the same
The Hollywood playlist of Latino film composers includes Maria Grever, Agustín Lara, Lalo Schifrin, Gustavo Santaolalla, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Germaine Franco.
Let's take a musical moment with singer Luciana Souza about 'Cantar'
Souza discusses her collaboration with Dafnis Prieto on their new album.
With '$oul $old $eparately,' Freddie Gibbs cashes in on his cachet
Forget what F. Scott Fitzgerald said about American lives and second acts, Gibbs is on his third or fourth. $$$ is a rewarding listen that sometimes labors under the weight of a forced progression.