Music

'Weird Al' Yankovic keeps dorkiness close to his heart

7:00am May 01, 2025

"Weird Al" Yankovic has no trouble tapping into his dorkiness. Perhaps that's the secret to his decades-spanning appeal. On this week's Wild Card with Rachel Martin, he talks about aging into his weirdness.

Ben Folds plays piano at his alma mater RJ Reynolds High School

Arts & Music

Winston-Salem Symphony releases 2025-2026 schedule featuring Ben Folds

4:49pm March 24, 2025

by Jacob Hancock-Hernández

The Winston-Salem Symphony has released the schedule for its 2025-2026 season.

How Paramore's Hayley Williams helped her grandfather release his debut album

4:18am February 18, 2025

by Milton Guevara

Paramore singer Hayley Williams' earliest memories of music are of hearing her grandfather's songs. She helped him, now 78, achieve a dream: releasing his debut album.

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Opinion: Remembering Marianne Faithfull

8:00am February 01, 2025

NPR's Scott Simon remembers English singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died this week at the age of 78.

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Radhika Vekaria reflects on peace — and Grammy acclaim — in a quiet ashram

5:00am January 31, 2025

In a small ashram nestled on a quiet residential street near Laguna Beach, Radhika Vekaria is finding peace after receiving her first ever Grammy nomination.

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Christie Dashiell became a musician at school. Then, she became an artist

5:00am January 30, 2025

Reflecting on a transformative residency program, the jazz vocalist now nominated for her first Grammy Award says her album Journey in Black reflects "the expansiveness of the Black experience."

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Ela Minus makes beats for 'dancing and crying'

5:00am January 30, 2025

by A Martínez

Colombian musician Ela Minus unites the excitement of the dance club with the more human touch of analog synthesizers on her new album, DÍA.

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Country singer Charley Crockett is 'afraid of getting fenced in'

5:00am January 29, 2025

Charley Crockett has come a long way from his days busking on the streets of New Orleans. Now, he performs at theaters in front of thousands of people. To cap it all off, he's up for his first Grammy.

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Lost Tina Turner song is just OK, say critics. But that's not why it matters.

3:48pm January 23, 2025

Originally recorded for the rock star's major album Private Dancer, "Hot For You Baby" was thought lost.

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The songs Israelis and Palestinians are listening to now, amid war

8:34am December 29, 2024

by Daniel Estrin

An Israeli music critic and a Palestinian musician share some songs with NPR's Daniel Estrin — and reflect on more than a year of the war between Israel and Hamas.

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