Big Thief: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The band plays a comfortable, playful set — including an unreleased song — from a house in Connecticut.
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Sour Widows, 'Witness'
A song about a monumental loss, "Witness" starts off languid and pensive before the desperation ratchets up, its beautifully tangled guitars turning menacing.
Big Rig, 'Crying In A Corn Maze'
"Crying in a Corn Maze" is a twangy emo take on the tear-in-my-beer trope, courtesy of the new solo project of The Courtneys' Jen Twynn Payne.
Mivos Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert
The Mivos Quartet offers a new, colorful piece by Henry Threadgill and music by Robert Honstein inspired by the shimmering light at the Arctic Circle.
Inside Soccer Mommy's widescreen world
Private, isolating thoughts have always been central in Sophie Allison's songs, but Sometimes, Forever breaks new ground, using the studio to blow those feelings up to arresting scale.
Exploring the 'Madchester' music scene of the '80s and '90s
World Cafe has put together a Manchester/Madchester 101 playlist.
Arlo McKinley's new album reflects on loss, addiction and self-forgiveness
Singer-songwriter Arlo McKinley discusses his new album: This Mess We're In. McKinley says one of his biggest successes was being signed to John Prine's record label.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck tied the knot in Las Vegas
JLO wrote on her website, "We did it. Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient." They got engaged in 2002 but called it off days before they were to wed.
Mountain Man's Alexandra Sauser-Monnig and Amelia Meath are The A's
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with the band The A's about their debut album, "Fruit."
Angel Blue plans to bow out of an opera after the venue staged a blackface show
The U.S. singer says she won't perform at Verona's Arena this month because the theater recently mounted another opera that had performers in blackface.