Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
14 years after their last collaboration, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are back at Sound Emporium, where they recorded their new album Raise The Roof.
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There's big money in writing a holiday hit
Don Gonyea speaks with writer and former record executive Tim Sommer on what musical artists stand to gain from a holiday hit.
Neil Young's latest album got its name from where it was recorded – in a barn
Handmade music, raw and rootsy, recorded in a 19th-century log barn. That's the setting for the new album titled "Barn" by Neil Young & Crazy Horse.
The Best Electronic Music of 2021
From Jersey club to the U.K. underground, 2021's best electronic music looks like a complex melting pot of genre and history.
Stonecoldboldness: A many-sided memorial to the writing of Greg Tate
A critic whose writing was nearly music itself, Greg Tate — who died this week at 64 — influenced generations of writers. His colleagues, peers and followers offer a guide to his essential works.
For a dose of spiritual healing, tap into Daniel Lanois' latest album 'Heavy Sun'
We revisit a conversation between Scott Simon and legendary music producer Daniel Lanois, who said he hoped to uplift spirits with the space-gospel vibe of his album, "Heavy Sun."
Fans are sour after scalpers snap up Olivia Rodrigo concert tickets
The pop star's SOUR tour sold out as fans faced long queues and site outages. A Ticketmaster feature meant to "level the playing field" failed to bar scalpers, who are reselling tickets for thousands.
Michael Nesmith — considerably more than a Monkee — dies at 78
Nesmith rose to fame as one of the Pre-Fab Four — but he had a long and influential career after the Monkees. He helped invent the format that became MTV, and produced the cult film Repo Man.
Stream 8 hours of yuletide music with the Viking's Choice Holiday Special
Join Lars Gotrich, NPR's resident Viking, for an eight-hour holiday music marathon on Dec. 23. Let's make the yuletide weird.
The 25 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2021
This year's best hip-hop — including Westside Gunn, Mach-Hommy and Moor Mother — comes from death and defiance, erotic power and provocation, Black joy and pain — and that's just the shortlist.