Music

Join in the fun at the San Francisco festival's 10th anniversary and stream performances from alt-J, Kaytranada, Thundercat and more.

Tristen Gaspadarek performs songs from Sneaker Waves, her meditation on the tragic habits and tender aspirations of people stumbling through the rapid changes of 21st century life.

Savannah Buist and Katie Larson got their start as teenagers applying classical instruments to indie-rock earworms. That creative streak remains strong on their major-label debut.

More than 20 years ago, jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein recorded his album, Signs Live!. It featured pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Gregory Hutchinson. These jazz compositions made Bernstein famous. Now, he is out with that same album, but the playing from all four is different, and music reviewer Tom Moon says the new recordings are riveting.

Watch the Los Angeles dream-pop band premiere a new song live in the studio for KCRW.

What, may we ask while hyperventilating, the heck are these videos that just showed up on The Knife's Facebook page?

Fred Thomas, plus members of Tyvek and the Gories, join the garage-rock band for one of Ian Svenonius' rawest albums to date, Experimental Music.

With technical mastery and endless style, Washington never sang the same song the same way twice. No singer since has had Washington's particular combination of talent, sass and pluck.