Nick Grant: Tiny Desk Concert
The Atlanta-based MC came through with the flu and coolly earned our praise. How sick is that?
Music
Songs We Love: Glen Campbell, 'Arkansas Farmboy'
The bluegrass-blessed ballad channels the experience of memories growing at once more vivid and more disordered — as they do for everyone, but especially for someone with dementia.
alt-J's 'Relaxer,' Track By Track
alt-J's new album, Relaxer, is thick with literary allusions and steeped in folk traditions. To get deeper into these inspirations and influences, the trio walks us through the album, song by song.
Harry Styles: 'It Was Time For Me To Be Scared'
After One Direction hit the pause button, Styles got to work developing his own voice for his recent solo debut. "I've never felt this vulnerable putting out music," he says.
Nikki Lane, 'Jackpot' (Live)
In this session for KCRW, the Nashville country singer shows off her newfound confidence as a songwriter with a track from her latest album, Highway Queen.
'Sgt. Pepper's' At 50: Why The Beatles' Masterpiece Can't Be Replicated
In crafting Sgt. Pepper's, producer George Martin, engineer Geoff Emerick and the Fab Four pushed the recording-studio technology of the late '60s to its limits.
Using Music And Rhythm To Help Kids With Grammar And Language
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are studying how music and rhythm activities could help children who struggle with grammar and language development.
She Keeps Bees' Climate Change Lament 'Head Of Steak'
Jessica Larrabee of She Keeps Bees shares her group's song addressing the issue of climate change, "Head of Steak," and shared her thoughts on the news of Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
After Days Of Buildup, Arcade Fire Shares 'Everything Now' With The World
The first single from the band's fifth album describes a loud, media-saturated world in which instant gratification seems to make everyone less happy.
When You've Had Too Much Frosé, Lorde's 'Perfect Places' Finds A Way
Where's this song been all night?