2023 Grammy Awards: The Beyoncé paradox
At this year's awards on Sunday night, Beyoncé could become the artist with the most Grammys ever. She could also go down in history as the most snubbed.
Music Features
In bluegrass, as in life, Molly Tuttle would rather be a 'Crooked Tree'
Molly Tuttle's new album is her third. But in many ways, it's a reintroduction – of her prodigious guitar talent, of her personal story, and to the Recording Academy that decides Grammy Awards.
Omar Apollo taught himself how to sing from YouTube. Now he's up for a Grammy
Omar Apollo has been nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammys, an accolade that usually takes artists years to achieve. But not for Apollo.
Patrick Shiroishi's music moves a Japanese American saga forward
The saxophonist and composer resisted his Japanese American heritage for decades. He now funnels that painful and triumphant personal history into a string of vital records.
Matt Butler has played concerts in more than 50 prisons and jails
"Reckless Son" is a one-man show by singer/songwriter Matt Butler inspired by the convicts he's met while touring American prisons and jails.
As Ryuichi Sakamoto returns with '12,' fellow artists recall his impact
The composer has been lauded for decades over his deeply affective music; director Alejandro González Iñárritu, composer Hildur Guðnadóttir and more join us to explain why.
Dos Santos' sound is a cultural melting pot as eclectic as their Chicago home
The Chicago band pulls from a mix of Latin influences to create their unique take on psychedelic rock.
San Francisco Chinatown seniors welcome in the Lunar New Year with rap
The Grant Avenue Follies are steeped in tap dance and the songs of the 1950s and '60s. But they are no strangers to hip-hop, as the track "That Lunar Cheer" shows.
Premiere: July Talk's 'When You Stop' captures everything about the band that we love
The decadelong relationship that has brought about the co-mingling and interlacing of the guitars and the powerful push and pull of the rhythms is all on display in the band's latest single.
What makes that song swing? At last, physicists unravel a jazz mystery
For nearly a century, jazz musicians have debated what gives songs that propulsive, groovy feel that makes you want to move with the music. The secret may lie in subtle nuances in a soloist's timing.