Come From Away: Tiny Desk Concert
Sixteen performers from the Broadway cast crammed behind the Tiny Desk to sing songs and share stories about thousands of airline passengers who were stranded in Newfoundland after 9/11.
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The Highwomen: Reimagining An '80s Supergroup
Four female country stars — Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Amanda Shires and Natalie Hemby — are hitting the road as The Highwomen, a reinterpretation of the '80s supergroup The Highwaymen.
'It Rains Love' On Lee Fields And The Expressions
Run your finger across the song titles and liner notes of Lee Fields' latest album and you might guess Fields is a singer invested in spreading love through soulful music.
Singer/Composer Jazzmeia Horn Is A Double Threat On 'Love & Liberation'
Horn pulls together her sundry influences — including jazz, pop, gospel and vintage Broadway — on her second album. The resulting tunes are so good, other singers are sure to try them on.
How Mary Lou Williams Shaped The Sound Of The Big-Band Era
In jazz, arranging — designing parts to fit together and creating new spins on familiar songs — is often unglamorous. But Williams' incomparable success as an arranger only further proves her genius.
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra And Musicians Continue To Clash As New Season Approaches
After nearly a year, the 103-year-old orchestra's musicians and management are still at odds over a new contract. Its new season is scheduled to begin on Saturday.
Viking's Choice: What I Learned From Aquarius Records, A Record Store For Big Ears
Feedback-worshiping drone, tranced-out occult rock, gamelan music played by elephants — Aquarius Records embodied the idea that you can always dig deeper for weirder, louder music.
Watch Black Pumas Perform 'Colors' Live In The Studio
The members of Black Pumas craft a psych soul throwback sound and have a blast doing so. The band's debut album is full of choice cuts. Check out the recent studio performance of "Colors."
Not All 'Lost' Jazz Albums Are Created Equal
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Nate Chinen of member station WBGO and Jazz Night in America about three rediscovered jazz albums from Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Stan Getz.
'It's Soul Music Without The Sex': Fat Possum Records' Bruce Watson Goes Gospel
Bible & Tire Recording Co. is the work of Bruce Watson, who has spent a lifetime helping to create, preserve and resurface notable soul, blues and R&B music. Now, he's turned his eye towards gospel.