First Listen: Angélique Kidjo, 'Celia'
Angélique Kidjo rearranges the molecules of the Celia Cruz songs that many of us know by heart. The results are glorious.
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Station Breaks: The Best New Songs From NPR Music Stations
This month on Station Breaks, Samm Henshaw takes listeners to Sunday service, the crisp spring air summons Lovers Leap and MorMor searches for the sun.
Wrangler On His Booty: Lil Nas X On The Making And The Magic Of 'Old Town Road'
The artist behind the country-trap hit, who celebrated his 20th birthday and topped the charts this week, is less beholden to any genre than he is to the shape-shifting nature of online identity.
Trump Posted A Video With Music From A Batman Movie. Warner Bros. Had It Taken Down
As a dramatic score plays, words appear on the screen: "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they call you racist." The video used music from The Dark Knight Rises without permission.
'Medicine' To Make You Feel 'Inmortal': Our Favorite Latin Songs This Week
On Alt.Latino, hear Aventura reemerge from the shadows with its first song in 10 years, Jennifer Lopez duet with French Montana and Lila Downs sing a Peruvian cumbia classic.
The Thistle & Shamrock: Song Links
Hear early field recordings from Liz Carroll and Eileen Ivers on The Thistle & Shamrock.
Steve Earle Pays Tribute To Guy Clark, His Songwriting Hero
The guy who always calls it like he sees it remembers a late friend, mentor, and outlaw music icon with a new album, GUY.
Beyond The Summer Of Love, 'Get Together' Is An Anthem For Every Season
The song was everywhere during the 1967 gatherings in San Francisco. After it was used in a public service announcement, it became an anthem for the rest of the world.
Karine Polwart Trio: Tiny Desk Concert
Scottish singer, songwriter and essayist Karine Polwart seldom comes stateside, eschewing air travel to reduce her carbon footprint. But on a rare, recent visit, she stopped in D.C. for a Tiny Desk.
80 Years Ago Marian Anderson Performed For Some 75,000 People At The Lincoln Memorial
Eighty years ago Marian Anderson sang at the Lincoln Memorial after the African-American performer was denied use of the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall.