First Listen: Rainer Maria, 'S/T'
Rainer Maria's first album since 2006 is a natural extension of the band's discography, while staying true to its members' accumulated wisdom and insight.
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First Listen: The Blind Boys Of Alabama, 'Almost Home'
Gospel's elder statesmen reach back to their roots, seven decades down the line.
First Listen: Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer, 'Not Dark Yet'
The songwriting sisters finally team up for the collaborative album their fans have been waiting for.
The Thistle & Shamrock: Ballads Of The Border
Hear music inspired by the forbiddingly beautiful landscape and turbulent history of the Debatable Lands, the border country between Scotland and England.
Songhoy Blues On World Cafe
Imagine if Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin met Ali Farka Touré in a garage in West Africa.
TFBoys' 'Go!AMIGO' Is A Summery Slice Of Pop Propaganda
In China, the song of summer is by a boy band who cleverly promotes communist values to a fanbase that is mostly composed of kids in rural cities.
Remembering Glen Campbell
Campbell sold tens of millions of records and is widely remembered as a key figure in country and pop music for the 1960s, '70s and beyond.
Mining Rap And Spoken Word, ÌFÉ Continues To Innovate And Expand Afro-Cubanism
The Puerto Rican group ÌFÉ celebrates traditional Afro-Cuban rumba — but has added poetry and rapping on this new remix of a song from their groundbreaking debut album.
Remembering 'Rhinestone Cowboy' Glen Campbell
We revisit Campbell's 2008 interview on Fresh Air, where he talked about his childhood, his 1967 hit "Gentle on My Mind" and his battles with substance addiction.
A Hair-Whipping Kelela Comes Through With '90s Attitude In 'LMK' Video
The hook-up anthem gets a video full of femme empowerment and late-night hype.