Music

Remembering Mary Ogden, lost at age 100 to COVID, with the lullaby 'Baby's Boat'

5:07pm June 22, 2022

Mary Ogden's children and granddaughter remember her through the lullaby "Baby Boat," which meant a lot to all of them. Ogden died from COVID-19 in 2020, not long after her 100th birthday.

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Thee Sacred Souls, 'Easier Said Than Done'

1:49pm June 22, 2022

by Joe Kendrick

A timeless tale of amorous yearning gets a summertime spin.

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Mt. Joy, 'Orange Blood'

12:18pm June 22, 2022

by Nisha Venkat

An indie track with an Americana twist that's equal parts joyous and contemplative.

Roséwave is light and breezy, but not necessarily unsophisticated — the sound of an experience kissed by sweet summer heat.

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Roséwave: 110 songs for your summer getaway

10:31am June 22, 2022

by Lars Gotrich

Hit play and vibe all day. Roséwave is a lifestyle, not a genre, based around summer feels. To kick things off, here's a seven-hour soundtrack for your getaway or staycation.

The rapper Logic, whose latest album, Vinyl Days, was released June 17.

Logic is ready to do things his way

5:04am June 22, 2022

In an interview with Morning Edition, rapper Logic explains the central message of his new album, Vinyl Days: "I rap good! Let's just be honest here."

Ravyn Lenae performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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Ravyn Lenae: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am June 22, 2022

by Ashley Pointer

The genre-melding R&B artist Ravyn Lenae brings a funky, futuristic set to the Tiny Desk.

Four days after announcing the release date of her seventh solo studio album, the eagerly anticipated act i: RENAISSANCE (out July 29), Beyoncé dropped the project's lead single, "BREAK MY SOUL."

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Beyoncé's new single is out. Listen to 'BREAK MY SOUL'

6:38am June 21, 2022

by LaTesha Harris

The Queen is back.

"With the pandemic, with the climate crisis, the world is becoming more and more inhospitable for more and more people," Zola Jesus tells NPR. "Arkhon is about all of that."

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Zola Jesus finds purpose in the process

5:00am June 21, 2022

by Liz Pelly

Zola Jesus has spent years contemplating the spiritual quandaries of what it means to be an artist. On her album Arkhon, she grapples with political and economic structures of power and disconnection.

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See some of our favorite pictures from Something In The Water Festival

11:02pm June 20, 2022

The 3-day music festival had its first run in Washington, D.C. this year.

Encore: Rock 'n' roll's 'Creem Magazine' is back in print and online

4:32pm June 20, 2022

by Danny Hensel

Creem Magazine, which covered rock 'n' roll from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, is returning: first as a digital magazine with full archives, then in the fall as a quarterly print publication.