Swindle (Feat. Kojey Radical, Loyle Carner & JNR Williams), 'LOST'
Swindle smoothly traverses jazz, hip-hop, grime, soul, electronic and R&B in this future funk masterpiece you'll want to keep on repeat for weeks.
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Questlove Revives 'Black Woodstock' In 'Summer Of Soul' Documentary
The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival featured some of the biggest names in Black music, but it had largely faded from history. The Roots co-founder sought to change that. Originally broadcast July 2021.
Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing
This August, NPR member stations bring you a mix of the most popular songs on their airwaves, featuring music from Arlo Parks, Japanese Breakfast, Lucy Dacus and more.
Lucas Debargue, 'Nostalgie du pays' (Miłosz Magin)
A simple, wistful daydream of a piece that will make you wonder where this undervalued composer has been all your life.
The Staves: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The three sisters play songs from their latest album, Good Woman, from the house they grew up in.
'Fresh Air' Pays Respect To Aretha Franklin, The Queen Of Soul
To mark the debut of the biopic RESPECT, we listen back to archival interviews with Aretha, as well as with Jerry Wexler, producer of the hit "Respect," and Dan Penn, who co-wrote "Do Right Woman."
On 'Drama,' Rodrigo Amarante Reconsiders Masculinity Through Childhood Memories
Inspired by a memory of Rodrigo Amarante's father asking the young singer-songwriter — as a child — to cut his hair, Drama is the perfect slice of lush, tropical jazz-inspired pop.
Ida Leveled The Karnofsky Shop, Louis Armstrong's Second Home
The Karnofsky Shop was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its outsized impact on Louis Armstrong's life. The family that lived there encouraged him to pursue music.
'Candyman' Composer Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe Sings, Scares The Body Electric
The sound artist and composer took a deeply unique, and wonderfully successful, approach to the composing of his score for the new Jordan Peele-written horror reboot.
Tyshawn Sorey & Alarm Will Sound, 'For George Lewis'
Composer Tyshawn Sorey's symphonic salute to one of his mentors, For George Lewis, evolves gradually in tranquil, multi-textured waves of sound.