Pussy Riot talks 'Matriarchy Now'
NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks to Nadya Tolokonnikova, founding member of Pussy Riot — a feminist protest art collective — about their debut mixtape, Matriarchy Now.
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'Scream for Me, Africa!': How the continent is reinventing heavy metal music
Africa's metalheads have a bold vision. We talk to Edward Banchs, author of a new book about Africa's metal scene, and to a heavy metal singer in Botswana known as "Vulture."
Los Macorinos, the unsung heroes of Latin and Mexican music
The guitar duet has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, including Natalia Lafourcade, Chavela Vargas and Liza Minelli.
Her father's wartime piano accompanied joyful moments
Loretta Berning remembers her father and a cherished Victory Vertical piano made during World War II for our StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative.
Deaton Chris Anthony reconfigures the sound of nostalgia
The new album from Deaton Chris Anthony, Sid the Kid, conjures a glitchy, abrasive, digital nostalgia from his childhood in Kansas.
Maggie Björklund, 'Lysglimt'
The Danish pedal steel guitarist's "Lysglimt" truly stokes the imagination's fire.
'Renaissance' places Beyoncé at the very center of pop music right now
The escapist aesthetic of Renaissance is its own kind of statement — Beyoncé's way of asserting the primacy of Black musical forms throughout American pop history.
Remembering Irish musician and folklorist Mick Moloney
Moloney recorded or produced more than 70 albums of Irish music and is credited with bringing traditional Irish music to a wider audience. He died July 27. Originally broadcast in 2006 and 2009.
Regina Spektor: Tiny Desk Concert
Spektor performs songs filled with truth and whimsy from her astonishing new record, plus some old favorites.
Friendship, 'St. Bonaventure'
The languid alt-country tune gives a reminder about how to stay afloat through life's uncertainty.