Naira Marley: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
The celebrated Afrobeat star performs an upbeat Tiny Desk (home) concert including several songs from his debut album.
Music
A woman played the National Anthem on a saw during a baseball game
Caroline McCaskey used a violin bow to bend the saw blade and produce different notes.
Remembering Dave Smith, inventor of MIDI and the Prophet-5 synthesizer
Dave Smith, a pioneer of the synthesizer, revolutionized pop music in the 1980s. David Bowie and Madonna are among the legions who used his Prophet 5 synthesizer. Smith died last week at age 72.
Beach Bunny, 'Karaoke'
The Chicago garage-pop group paints a picture of heart-fluttering daydreams in its latest single.
Laufey, 'Fragile'
On her latest single, the Icelandic singer revisits a vulnerable moment.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (feat. Perfume Genius), 'Spitting Off the Edge of the World'
A reclamation and a passing of the torch, "Spitting Off The Edge of the World" captures a spark and stretches it into oblivion.
The debut of 'Omar,' a thoroughly American opera
Composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels have brought a true story to the opera stage: the life of Omar Ibn Said, a Senegalese Muslim scholar who was enslaved and brought to the Carolinas.
1985 hit 'Running Up That Hill' sprints up the charts, thanks to 'Stranger Things'
Kate Bush's song Running Up That Hill peaked at No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 four decades ago. This week it became her first-ever U.S. Top 10 hit.
Life after Desk: Catching up with 2016 Tiny Desk Contest winner Gaelynn Lea
Gaelynn Lea shares her journey from performing at the Tiny Desk to scoring a Broadway show.
The fuzz, feedback and folklore of a mythic Japanese psych-rock band
For five decades, the only way to hear the Japanese band's sprawling psychedelia was through live bootlegs. With The OZ Tapes, an official chapter of Les Rallizes Dénudés begins.