Gordi On World Cafe
The Australian singer-songwriter's music is what you might call "folktronica" — a sound that's miraculously analog and human.
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Taylor Swift's 'Look What You Made Me Do' Breaks Records, Stops 'Despacito' Short
Since its release on Aug. 25, the first single from Reputation has broken records all over the place — and cost the year's biggest single a historic notch in its belt.
Charlie Parr's Raucous Junk-Rag 'Peaceful Valley' Is Anything But
With fingers flying like a hornet's nest knocked on its side, the guitarist's "Peaceful Valley" is a song for devil-may-care hermits and hoarders. Watch the animated video.
Jidenna: Tiny Desk Concert
The Nigerian-American MC and his band perform three reworked selections from Jidenna's impeccable debut album, The Chief.
First Listen: Hüsker Dü, 'Savage Young Dü' (Disc Two)
Through the '80s, Minneapolis three-piece Hüsker Dü helped broaden the ambitions and parameters of punk rock. Now, after years of work, its early recordings have been rebuilt from the ground up.
First Listen: Hüsker Dü, 'Savage Young Dü'
Through the '80s, Minneapolis three-piece Hüsker Dü helped broaden the ambitions and parameters of punk rock. Now, after years of work, its early recordings have been rebuilt from the ground up.
First Listen: Hüsker Dü, 'Savage Young Dü' (Disc Three)
Through the '80s, Minneapolis three-piece Hüsker Dü helped broaden the ambitions and parameters of punk rock. Now, after years of work, its early recordings have been rebuilt from the ground up.
Billy Bragg On Skiffle, The Movement That Brought Guitar To British Radio
The singer describes skiffle as "a bunch of British school boys in the mid '50s playing Lead Belly's repertoire ... on acoustic guitars." Originally broadcast July 19, 2017.
Walter Becker Was A Master Of Musical Understatement
If pop music is a constant tug of war between the reassuringly familiar and the jolt of the modernist new, the Steely Dan guitarist's gift was the ability to hit both extremes at once.
Turn It Down: Morton Feldman's Silent Revolution
If you've never heard For Bunita Marcus, pianist Marc-André Hamelin predicts it'll be either the most aggravating thing you've ever heard, or the best migraine medicine you've ever had.