Tiny Desk Meets SXSW: Yasser Tejeda & Palotré
Watch the Dominican-born guitarist get groovy with his band in this special Tiny Desk Meets SXSW performance.
Music
Play It Forward: Angel Bat Dawid Knows How To Deliver Emotion Through Song
NPR speaks with Angel Bat Dawid about capturing emotion in sound, Chicago's influence on her music and the artist she's most grateful for: George Clinton.
Singer Brandi Carlile Talks Ambition, Avoidance And Finally Finding Her Place
The six-time Grammy winner got her start as a kid, singing backup for an Elvis impersonator. Her new memoir, Broken Horses, is about her early life and the family she's built.
Tiny Desk Meets SXSW: Steady Holiday
In our first of four Tiny Desk Meets SXSW concerts, Dre Babinski delivers an absolutely charming performance.
Jon Batiste On His New Album, 'We Are'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Jon Batiste. The prolific artist, who has composed music for Disney and whose band plays for Stephen Colbert, is releasing a solo album.
'We Will Never Break': In Iraq, A Yazidi Women's Choir Keeps Ancient Music Alive
Women from Iraq's Yazidi minority get together to perform centuries-old sacred songs. They've survived captivity by ISIS and loved ones' deaths. "They are trying to heal," says a Yazidi politician.
Alt Latino: Songs For Spring
NPR's Felix Contreras brings us the latest music from Alt Latino.
Rickie Lee Jones Debuts Memoir Named After One Of Her Best-Known Songs
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to musician Rickie Lee Jones about her new memoir, Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour.
On 'Company's Comin',' Leslie Jordan And Gospel Greats Sing For Joy
Emmy award-winning actor and comedian Leslie Jones' popularity has reached new heights during the pandemic, now marked with the release of his new gospel music album, Company's Comin'.
Padma Lakshmi's 5 Favorite Tiny Desk Concerts
The Top Chef host and author shared her love for the series on Instagram, so we asked her to go a little deeper.