Bob Dylan Announces New Album 'Rough And Rowdy Ways'
Dylan's first album of original songs in eight years comes out June 19. Hear the bluesy "False Prophet" now.
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Ambrose Akinmusire's New Album Is A Circle In Time, Right Back To His First Jazz Show
The lauded trumpeter was attending eighth grade in Oakland when he saw a certain pillar of the avant-garde play live. Some 25 years later, the connection between then and now is stronger than ever.
Play It Forward: Georgia Anne Muldrow On Building Worlds Through Music
In the fourth episode of Play It Forward, Ari Shapiro speaks with R&B polymath Georgia Anne Muldrow about how music has served her during the pandemic and the sprawling soul-jazz of Lakecia Benjamin.
MILCK: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
MILCK performs two recent singles, along with an unreleased track in a deeply moving Tiny Desk set from her home in Los Angeles.
Jazz And Art Take Center Stage To Form 'Portraits Of America'
Let's go to the museum with our ears. Members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis explain their work inspired by the collection at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
How Florian Schneider And Kraftwerk Created Pop's Future
Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter met while studying piano and flute at university in Germany. Before too long, they'd redrawn the entire outline of pop music for the late 20th century.
The Best 2020 Tiny Desk Contest Entries We Saw This Week: Volume 7
The 2020 Tiny Desk Contest closed for entries on April 27. As our judges comb through entries to find a winner, we're sharing some of the best entries we saw in the Contest's final weeks.
Teddy Thompson On Making Music To Send As Gifts During The Pandemic
In Our Daily Breather, we ask writers and artists to recommend ways to find calm in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Teddy Thompson has been sending personalized videos to friends and fans.
Go Banana Go!: Music For Stir-Crazy Kids (And Parents) In Quarantine
The duo of a veteran producer and a former physics professor, the children's band was inspired to make its debut album by the nonsense songs sung in the members' own households.
Co-Founder of Kraftwerk, Florian Schneider, Has Died
The multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who co-founded the enormously influential German band Kraftwerk, died just a few days after his 73rd birthday.