Sabrina Carpenter: Tiny Desk Concert
2024's breakout star reimagines her biggest hits from her Grammy-nominated album Short n' Sweet, while sharing stories of how the tracks came to life.
Music & Culture
Bonnie Raitt shares her blues inspirations
The singer/songwriter is one of the 2024 Kennedy Center honorees. In 1996, Raitt spoke to Fresh Air about about the musicians that inspired her, including Mississippi Fred McDowell.
Interview
Interview
Sheldon Pearce's favorite albums of 2024
For NPR Music's hip-hop and R&B editor, no list could capture an accurate picture of the year, yet there's still value in calling out the albums that felt unignorable.
A loverboy and a Palestinian: Saint Levant's new album is about loss and growth
Saint Levant has been selling out U.S. and European venues with his album "Deira," an ode to his heritage and the Gaza hotel his father built, which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the war.
'Lights on a Satellite' revisits a three-set Sun Ra show from 1978
The Philadelphia bandleader didn't always connect with traditional jazz audiences, but he found a second home doing so in Baltimore. A new double album revisit a show he and his "Arkestra" gave there.
Gather around 'The Yule Log' with pianist George Burton
On this special holiday episode, we gather around the fire for a special listen to pianist George Burton's burning Christmas record, The Yule Log. We'll hear some favorites and some deep, deep Christmas cuts.
Stephen Thompson's favorite albums and songs of 2024
So many of 2024's big music stories were about freshly minted stars reaping the benefits of the long game.
Anamaria Sayre's favorite albums of 2024
There's no neat, bow-tied trend to explain this year in Latin music because maybe, more than ever before, Latin music was allowed to be just music.
The season of Christmas songs is here. Will the classics make room for anything new?
'Tis the season for a handful of familiar Christmas songs to monopolize the top spots on the Billboard pop chart. But a few newer songs are making a play to join the annual holiday jukebox.
Felix Contreras' favorite albums and songs of 2024
The Alt.Latino co-host found inspiration in the deeply sincere drive to test the outer and inner limits of creativity.