Maggie Rogers' summer mixtape sweats with sweetness
Filled with pop mosaics, Surrender feels like a quintessentially summer album. Naturally, we asked Maggie Rogers for a roséwave playlist.
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'Castor and Patience' opera explores systematic barriers to Black land ownership
Cousins struggle with debts and may have to sell property long held by their family in a work created by former poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith and composer Gregory Spears.
Krill, 'Solitaire'
The beloved Boston indie-rock band has remastered Alam No Hris for a 10-year anniversary reissue. "Solitaire," a fan favorite, is song about malaise feel nearly anthemic.
Palm, 'Feathers'
Palm's inventive art rock is dizzying, unpredictable and, especially in its live incarnation, occasionally transcendent – in the band's best moments, it makes discordance sound sublime.
Here's why Joni Mitchell's performance at the Newport Folk Festival is so incredible
The iconic singer-songwriter wasn't able to walk or talk after a brain aneurysm in 2015. Dr. Anthony Wang, a neurosurgeon, explains the challenges she faced as a musician and her remarkable comeback.
Charley Crockett, 'I'm Just A Clown'
Crockett leans into his R&B influences for a punchy, horn-driven track that feels like a step forward.
A course on Harry Styles is coming to Texas State next spring
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with digital history professor Louie Dean Valencia about his future course at Texas State University, focusing on Harry Styles and themes like internet culture and identity.
Joni Mitchell sings, steals show with surprise Newport Folk Festival concert
The iconic singer-songwriter performed her first public full-length show anywhere since 2000, with a little help from Brandi Carlile.
It's official: The U.K. will host next year's Eurovision contest on behalf of Ukraine
Officials approached the U.K., this year's runner-up, after concluding that Russia's war makes Ukraine unfit to hold the competition. This isn't the first time the U.K. has stepped in to host.
For Swedish musician Jens Lekman, recrafting old albums was a lesson in self-love
Two of Jens Lekman's early albums were taken off streaming services due to sample clearance issues. During the pandemic, the singer recrafted and revisited his old work.