Music & Culture

Hudson wins entertainer of the year at the 53rd annual NAACP Image Awards honoring work by entertainers of color, beating out Regina King, Lil Nas X, Megan Thee Stallion and Tiffany Haddish.

Scott Simon talks to musician Emily Wells about her new album, "Regards to the End," which reflects on how lessons learned from the AIDS crisis can be applied to the climate crisis.

Scott Simon speaks with Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith from the band Tear For Fears about "The Tipping Point." It's their first new album in 17 years.

Organizers cited concerns that "the inclusion of a Russian entry in this year's Contest would bring the competition into disrepute" in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Bonnie Raitt's new single shows that the 72-year-old blues-rock treasure is the master of the form.

A self-described "musical time traveler," Dixon uses genres from hip-hop to jazz to analyze the past and enact change in the present.

The "First Lady of Gospel Music" delivers a sampling of her vast music ministry in this Tiny Desk home Concert.

This is folk band Elora's first time entering the Tiny Desk Contest, but thanks to lead singer Elora Aclin's warm and welcoming voice, "Ridley" sounds like a familiar embrace.

For a new album, Lighten Up, the singer-songwriter brought her broadly empathetic piece of mind to to Topanga, Calif. to gain a light wash of psychedelia.