Songs We Love: Lisa Prank, 'Luv Is Dumb'
Have you ever fallen so hard for a crush, you gross even yourself out? Lisa Prank's new video recreates the Singles scene where Debbie Hunt searches for love via video dating.
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Chuck Berry's 90th Birthday Present: A New Album
Chuck Berry, the father of rock 'n' roll, gives us a new album announcement for his 90th birthday. CHUCK will be his first in 38 years.
From Composer Vangelis, A True Story Set In Outer Space
"We are part of the universe, and the music is the code," Vangelis says. The composer of Chariots Of Fire fame has released a new album, Rosetta, named after the recent European Space Agency mission.
World Cafe Next: Loamlands
Raleigh-Durham punk Kym Register acknowledges guitar pop's allure in a project with Will Hackney.
Peter Wolf On World Cafe
The former J. Geils Band frontman is a font of musical knowledge. Watch him play "Fun For A While" live onstage in Philadelphia.
From Slavic Soul Party!, A Match Made In High-Concept Heaven
The latest album from the Brooklyn-based Balkan party band is a rearrangement of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's Far East Suite.
Billy Bragg & Joe Henry: Tiny Desk Concert
Performing songs they recorded on a recent train journey across the U.S., the two songwriters celebrate the romance and vitality of the modern railroad.
Wadada Leo Smith Celebrates The Centennial Of America's National Parks
Five decades after Smith began recording, the trumpeter and composer is having his moment. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews America's National Parks, recorded by Smith's Golden Quintet.
One Transcendent Performance That Illustrates Donny Hathaway's Musical Genius
In an excerpt of a book dedicated to the classic soul album Donny Hathaway Live, author Emily Lordi looks at the ingredients that make Hathaway's cover of "A Song for You" such an achievement.
Metropolis: 10/15/16
Hear new tracks from Le Youth, Gigamesh, Gorgon City and more in this week's two-hour EDM mix from KCRW's Jason Bentley.