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2018 grammy awards: the full list of winners

The total list of nominees and winners from the 60th annual Grammy Awards.GENERAL FIELDRecord Of The...

do you want to talk to the man in charge, or the...

Growing up in the late 1950s and early '60s,Betty Cantor developed an early talent for...

noel gallagher on world cafe

"I don't want anybody to know who I am. I genuinely have no desire for anybody to ask me how I...

all the gifts of life: 40 years of rushs 2112

"It could have spelled the end for us."Alex Lifeson is on the phone,calling from his Toronto...

the lore of big thief

Those close to Adrianne Lenker know her by many names. The lead singer of Big Thief is Anne or Anna...

feeling this: a conversation with grimes

When Claire Boucher,the Canadian electronic artist known as Grimes, first recorded a song, or she...

jhene aiko narrates her psychedelic trip through...

Jhené Aiko is not of this world.Somewhere between pop-oriented R&B and traditional soul,the...

shilpa ray takes us nightclubbing in new york with...

Shilpa Ray is nothing whether not honest. Her unique album,Door Girl, captures unique York nightlife...

npr music 10: 2011

January 24,2011Adele releases 21Adele's Diamond-certified 21 didn't just dominate the...

deftones chino moreno on surviving, evolving and...

Still widely viewed with contempt by critics and fans alike for what's often seen as puny more...

jackie shane, a force of nature who disappeared,...

For years,if you were the kind of curious record hound or obscure soul fan that got a hold of Jackie...

lets eat grandma, just one year after a...

From Norfolk,one of the more remote regions of England, came this preternaturally talented pair of...

npr music 10: 2010

January 1,2010Kesha releases her debut album, AnimalThe daughter of a Nashville songwriter, and...

if you want to be somewhere, youve got to occupy...

The lack of women engineers and producers in music is not news. Historically,the recording studio...

npr music 10: 2013

February 2,2013My Bloody Valentine releases m b vAfter 22 years, the shoegaze band that launched a...

npr music 10: 2008

February 19,2008Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago is released — againJustin Vernon initially...

game of thrones live concert tour to kick off in...

“Game of Thrones” may be ending after Season 8,but fans of the hit exhibit will soon be able to...

kevin rowland webchat - your questions answered...

Did he really crash the 1966 World Cup? How’s his lindy hop? And what does he think of his fashion...

paramores after laughter is something new, built...

What holds Paramore together? The beloved Tennessee band's decade-plus career is littered with...

khruangbins vibrant con todo el mundo is drawn...

Instrumental music speaks. Like a look from a lover or the clench of a fist,there is sometimes more...

heavy rotation: the songs public radio cant stop...

Each month,NPR Music asks our friends at public radio stations around the country for the songs they...

i am not afraid of who i used to be: miley cyrus...

Chances are,you hold an opinion about Miley Cyrus. The 24-year-old pop singer got her start as a kid...

only 17th century industrial bluegrass will do:...

Italian prog,psychedelic doom from Coventry, one-second punk songs ... we asked for your most...

npr music 10: 2015

March 6,2015The final remaining sheet music store in Manhattan closesIt may have survived beyond its...

david lewiston, a world spanning musical tourist...

David Lewiston,a seminal producer of music from around the world has died. The force behind more...

bruce springsteen in los angeles: dancing on the...

The fact that Bruce Springsteen is currently in Los Angeles playing three shows devoted to a...

musician and author ben watt forges on through an...

Everything but the Plan—Musician and Author Ben Watt Forges On Through an Unpredictable Life and...

four gifted young musicians aim to effect change...

Every week,a small group of young people step up to a microphone and play, their music broadcast to...

imagine dragons on catching up to rock stardom

Before it was on top of the world,Imagine Dragons was just another rock band. Founded in 2008 by...

npr music 10: 2014

January 5,2014Frozen is the the biggest album in the countryLed by Idina Menzel's version of...

playlist: the roots, and the reach, of fats domino

Calling Fats Domino an architect of rock and roll nearly sounds like faint praise. Indeed,the...

npr music 10: 2009

January 6,2009"The Year Of Indie" begins with the release of Animal Collective's Merriweather...

wide open captures the honest emotions of michael...

The husk and soul that characterizes Michael McDonald's voice is recognizable anywhere:...

electronic music stars get old, too

Electronic Music Stars rep Old,Too. But DJ Shadow, Moby, and Aphex Twin Are Still Working tough on...

shocking omissions: irma thomas, wish someone...

This essay is one in a series celebrating deserving artists or albums not included on NPR...

we speak baylingual music blog: the underdog is...

(Cover design by Adrian Avila. Click image to go to bandcamp page to listen to music.)San Jose based...

hustlin justice: profile of rapper jasiri x

Through word and deed,Jasiri-X is shaping hearts and minds all over the country, but like with every...

the melting pot of paul simon

There Are Three Paul Simons,but They All Point to the Same set by Ned Lannamann There are three...

shocking omissions: covens witchcraft destroys...

This essay is one in a series celebrating deserving artists or albums not included on NPR...

margo price sings about the heartache and beauty...

Growing up in a small town in the Midwest,singer-songwriter Margo Price often wished she lived...

npr music 10: 2012

Feburaryfor@9 Just put the phone away and watch the prove. That IS why he is traveling THOUSANDS of...

npr music 10: 2016

January 8,2016David Bowie releases BlackstarTry to assume hearing the songs on this album in the...

npr music 10: 2007

March 20,2007Robert Glasper includes "J Dillalude" on In My ElementOne year after the death of...

shocking omissions: enya, watermark

This essay is one in a series celebrating deserving artists or albums not included on NPR...

pusha t challenges defunding of art programs in...

A man of many hats and varying responsibilities,Pusha T’s hands are mainly full, as is his...

shocking omissions: bolt throwers classic swan...

This essay is one in a series celebrating deserving artists or albums not included on NPR...

with not coming home, ala.ni calls for love in a...

ALA.NI's voice is as much a vibe as a conveyer of ideas,of words and thought. For me, it's...

music mogul irving azoff to youtube: stop...

Music mogul Irving Azoff blasted Google’s massive video site YouTube in a...

baylingual: remembering bay area legend the jacka

I'm not someone who was close to him,I am not someone who grew up with him, just to his music....

the tiny desk contest entries were excited about...

As the Tiny Desk Contest rolls on,we are still in the midst of discovering new, or new-to-us, and...

forebears: ruth brown, the fabulous miss rhythm

This essay is one in a series celebrating women whose major contributions in recording occurred...

shocking omissions: the resilient reinvention of...

This essay is one in a series celebrating deserving artists or albums not included on NPR...

first listen: benjamin booker, witness

It was not unusual,in the mid-20th century, for black American artists and writers to take up...

shocking omissions: cat power, moon pix

This essay is one in a series celebrating deserving artists or albums not included on NPR...

hearts nancy wilson on love songs, sisterhood and...

In the 1970s,fans of hard rock were no strangers to the impressive acoustic guitar scrambling of...

shocking omissions: marcia griffiths naturally

This essay is one in a series celebrating deserving artists or albums not included on NPR...

shocking omissions: nikka costas everybody got...

This essay is one in a series celebrating deserving artists or albums not included on NPR...

what is poppy?

She's share bubblegum popstar,share performance art. And share robot? A YouTube phenomenon with...

whats up with the copycat rap trend?

One of 2016's most prominent topics in rap music is "copycat rappers." This year -- especially...

my philosophy: gifted gab and spekulation: two...

My Philosophy: Gifted Gab and Spekulation,Two Sides of Seattle Hiphop, Celebrate modern Albums This...

the un the san jose fellowship of opski chan,...

Rap groups fill been favorite within Hip Hop from the 80’s,through the Golden Era of the 90s, all...

first listen: david crosby, sky trails

"You know,I really wasn't kidding," laughs David Crosby, or referencing our 2016 conversation...

when times are hard, paramore calls on 80s pep

Paramore has been described as emo,pop-punk, grunge and rock — but regardless of the genre, or the...

my philosophy

My Philosophy: Rap Fashion Scumbag Ian Connor Finally Gets Ostracized,and Gucci Mane Is Not a Clone ...

ten best hip hop love songs

Hip hop worshipsongs are like Valentine's Day gifts. The worship song in hip hop is often...

cyndi lauper charts her own path — thanks, in...

Cyndi Lauper,that girl power icon of the eighties, has a new album. Her latest collection of songs...

exclusive: towkio vic mensa put on for chicago...

Last week,we teamed up with 88Rising to drop a recent version of Keith Ape's "It G Ma...

songs we love: alice bag, 77

In 1980,Dolly Parton became Doralee Rhodes for the proto-feminist workplace comedy 9 to 5. "Working...

jonghyun, star k pop producer and singer, dead at...

Kim Jonghyun,a South Korean singer-songwriter-producer and a member of long-running boy band SHINee,...

this thing called life: prince announces his...

"Y'all still read books,right?" Prince asked from the balcony of Manhattan's Avenue Club...

how clive davis shaped the soundtrack of our lives

Bruce Springsteen,Alicia Keys, Billy Joel, or The Notorious B.I.G.,Whitney Houston, Carlos Santana....

the resilience of victoria williams

Victoria Williams has one of the most distinctive voices in American rock. She's also one of...

on the hope six demolition project, pj harvey...

RECORD REVIEW: On The Hope Six Demolition Project,PJ Harvey Refuses to Look Away from a Brutal World...

carrie brownstein is the unabashed protagonist of...

Carrie Brownstein is well known for the caricatures she paints — of her contemporaries and of...

first listen: the clientele, music for the age of...

On their first full album in eight years,British psych-pop romantics The Clientele are more...

the early bird tiny desk contest entries we love

Each time Tiny Desk Contest season rolls around,the whole team at NPR Music gets a chance to...

shocking omissions: rilo kiley and the alt pop...

This essay is one in a series celebrating deserving artists or albums not included on NPR...

all songs 1: brandi carlile reflects on 10 years...

The recent album Cover Stories: Brandi Carlile Celebrates 10 Years of The tale (An Album to Benefit...

remembering prince: in the margins lies our good...

As a kid living in Germany,pop cultureseemed to travel at a slower pace and approved songs would...

more tiny desk contest entries we love

Our entry deadline for the Tiny Desk Contest is fleet approaching (you have until this Sunday at...

shocking omissions: cesaria evoras cesaria

This essay is one in a series celebrating deserving artists or albums not included on NPR...

my mp3 player on shuffle, no. 3

A third kick at the can,then. Why am I kicking at a can? What a crude thing to conclude. I've...

the case of the three sided dream captures the...

The Late Jazz Revolutionary Rahsaan Roland Kirk's Iconoclasm Captured in Doc The Case of the...

perceived as prophetic of a bloodless coup,...

Zimbabwe's bloodless coup,which took place in mid-November and brought to an end the 37-year...

cousin stizzs dj, reefyeus, talks about style,...

The life of an emerging producer/DJ is the focus of Bodega’s 2016 topple delivery #1 photo essay....

labels and artists lending a hand to those...

In late August,Hurricane Harvey dropped nearly fifty inches of rain on Houston and a broad swath of...

all my friends came to see me last night: lcd...

In case the connotations may have been unclear,the poster verse posed the only question worth asking...

san jose artists to watch in 2014

(Click on the names and the pictures of each artist to listen to their music or follow them on...

beyonce, adele lead mtv vma nominations

MTV has announced its full list of nominations for the 2016 “Video Music Awards.”Coming out on...

views from: warped tours 23rd year

What is more nostalgic for those of us with a past mall-punk phase than a trip to Warped Tour,the...

sxsw 2016 late night dispatches: friday

On the third night of SXSW music,Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton and Stephen Thompson slipped out into the...

first listen: godspeed you! black emperor,...

With Godspeed You! Black Emperor,the question is easy: Where accomplish you even open? For nearly a...

echoes of prince — from everywhere

Every month,I bring together some of the music from around the world that I've enjoyed most in...

forbears: the great american songwriting of...

This essay is one in a series celebrating women whose major contributions in recording occurred...

with heavn, jamila woods writes a love letter to...

Jamila Woods stays pretty busy. The Chicago singer,songwriter and poet released her debut album,...

songs we love: remember sports, up from below

attain you remember Sports?The ecstatic and earnest pop-punk band formed while attending Kenyon...

first listen: daniele luppi parquet courts,...

Italian composer Daniele Luppi's first noteworthy work in America has been heard millions of...

jordan reportedly bans band with gay frontman from...

A popular and groundbreaking alt-rock band from Lebanon called Mashrou' Leila was scheduled to...

songs we love: tom jones, done somebody wrong

First comes the groove that sexy,stormy, stop-time feel that still sounds as arresting in the apt...

amanda palmers powerful new song and video on the...

This is the most powerful music video I've seen in ages. Inspired by the death of a child,in...

the great jazz and pop vocal albums: nina simone...

Will Friedwald,author of The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums, is exploring some of the finest...

brenda navarrete brings a spiritual drumbeat to...

There is another revolution happening in Cuba these days.A group of young female musicians —...

songs we love: anderson east, king for a day

Anderson East can't listen to music while he's driving. "Really," he says, sitting beneath...

vevo tackles tv ratings, with some music video...

A billion digital video views — what does that actually mean? Vevo spent more than a year coming...

songs we love: david bazan, the ballad of pedro y...

It's easy to catch David Bazan's music for granted,or to turn away from it. For two...

wtf is up with madonna? a short explainer

An isolated drunken performance accusation… an uncharacteristic concert delay… random sexual...

rondavoodoo took over the underworld this...

Halloween is the time to fully embrace the Demon within and send that f***** to the gym. It's a...

san joses rey resurreccion continues evolution...

Rey Resurreccion has been putting out quality music for a while now.Many note his 2009 release...

first listen: caroline rose, loner

Self-consciousness sometimes leads artists to reevaluate their approaches to music-making....

hawthonns lady of the flood is drenched in lunar...

Hawthonn's mystic drones seem to come from an ancient astral plane. Formed in 2014,the...

first listen: spongebob squarepants: original cast...

Not starting the SpongeBob SquarePants musical cast album with "Whoooooooo lives in a pineapple...

frasier at the opera: kelsey grammer stars in...

Candide is a point to with a classy pedigree. Voltaire wrote the 1759 novella. It became an operetta...

first listen: turnstile, time space

The mosh pit is a moving masterpiece. In the sweat-stained mass,you engage a lineage that extends...

songs we love: johanna warren, here to tell

For Johanna Warren,spirituality and humanity are inextricable from each other: "it's all...

first listen: becca mancari, good woman

"I want to see growth in wood,time in stone, nature in a city, or " the sculptor and photographer...

augustin mawangu, bandleader of konono no. 1, dies...

Augustin Mawangu Mingiedi,leader of the Congolese group Konono No 1, died on Monday, and Oct. 16...

first listen: cody chesnutt, my love divine degree

Most musicians who achieve a certain amount of acclaim only to disappear from the public eye win...

first listen: nap eyes, i am bad now

Nap Eyes' I'm Bad Now is named after the binary of "good" vs. "bad" prevalent in...

first listen: kyle craft, full circle nightmare

Since his debut album,Dolls Of Highland, came out in 2016, and Kyle Craft has made one thing...

janet jackson bails on tour to make a baby, and...

Janet Jackson gave birth to fairly the uproar on social media on Wednesday.The singer announced via...

britney spears breaks into jimmy kimmel s house...

Jimmy Kimmel digs pranks — and that’s a safe thing,because Britney Spears just gave him fairly a...

fantastic negrito returns, with arrows aimed at a...

"I wanted to come out swinging. With everything happening in the world,I wanted to engage it head...

with billions wiped out, global music industry is...

proper news! Thanks to streaming,more people are listening to music worldwide than ever before. The...

songs we love: snail mail, pristine

In our teens,we can't aid but feel everything in heightened, conflicting extremes. That's...

bad history months warm recollection of love and...

"The value of Death," wrote songwriter Sean Bean, of Boston's faulty History Month, and in a...

first listen: loney dear, loney dear

When last the world heard a full-length from Emil Svanängen,who records under the name Loney Dear,...

prince update: addiction expert s lawyer shares...

An attorney for the addiction expert who was enlisted to treat Prince on the day before the...

sounds and sweet airs by anna beer review - the...

Both Mendelssohns were composers,yet it is Felix not Fanny who is remembered. Why enjoy so many...

songs we love: tei shi, say you do

The title of Tei Shi's debut album,Crawl Space, is an ode to the shadowy room she used as a...

prince estate drama: potential heirs protest...

A month after the death of music legend Prince,the controversy over his estate continues to grow.In...

bobbi kristina brown s boyfriend reveals her self...

Bobbi Kristina Brown,the ill-fated daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown who died in July at...

steely dan, inc. fights itself in lawsuit over...

Steely Dan,the artistic partnership of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker (with a revolving cast of...

first listen: metz, strange peace

peculiar Peace is the third album from the Toronto noise-rock outfit METZ,and it's anything but...

chris brown performance on taraji and terrence s...

Fox’s “Empire”-inspired “Taraji and Terrence’s White Hot Holidays” special welcomed a...

songs we love: bill evans trio, youre gonna hear...

nowadays is International Jazz Day,which you can celebrate with five considerable jazz performances...

bob boilens top 50 songs of 2017

Despite the flood of current music in 2017,there were songs I came back to over and over again. I...

wendy williams apologizes to kesha for being...

Wendy Williams joined Team Kesha in wake of the singer’s claim that she had been offered...

songs we love: grave pleasures, mind intruder

"However intimate we may gather,we were never friends. Forget our future plans," croons Grave...

britney spears breaks into jimmy kimmel s house...

“I am a great lover of pranks. Mostly I like them when they are on other people but I also...

kanye west promises new album this summer, will...

Kanye West will score some serious blisters on his fingertips if he keeps tweeting at this pace.The...

kanye west tweets up storm about fashion show...

Kanye West won’t grace the “Saturday Night Live” stage for hours,but the rapper and notorious...

phife dawg s passing marks the end of an era

Phife reuniting with ATCQ taken at Rock The Bells 2008 (Jean Melesaine)The first tape I ever bought...

first listen: the messthetics, the messthetics

There was always something a little jazzy about Fugazi,so it only makes sense that half of the...

david gilmour plays run like hell, live at pompeii

It's tough to overstate how remarkable Pink Floyd's live shows were back when the band...

first listen: palm, rock island

Philly art-rock group Palm might look like a normal band: two guitars,a bass, drums, and a couple...

first listen: jessica lea mayfield, sorry is gone

Like many singer-songwriters,Jessica Lea Mayfield depends on vocal demeanor to bring out the...

gig review: say yes dog at kufa esch, 27.11.2015

First of all,thanks againto the lovely Giovanna of Big Mouth Publicity for the guestlist...

songs we love: crumb, locket

Not every acid trip will scar you with weird,drug-laced nightmares. In fact, whether you play your...

songs we love: speedy ortiz, lucky 88

Amid a ceaseless stream of horrors recounted via push notification,inner turmoil takes a backseat to...

nwa and only nwa dress right for rock and roll...

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony is generally an embarrassing thing,fashion-wise. But that...

songs we love: grouper, parking lot

Over grainy and gray background,alternating a bubbly purple font with artistic block-letter script,...

prince heirs request administrators removal after...

Attorneys for three of Prince's six recognized heirs — Sharon,Norrine and John Nelson — own...

desiigner sits down with pusha t to shed light on...

Love him or loathe him,there aren't many places you can go nowadays without...

songs we love: kal marks, adventure

For years,Kal Marks was the loudest band in Boston. Though it's hard to fathom, as bands like...

vanity dead at 57, prince protege known for nasty...

Vanity,a former protege of Prince’s and a member of Vanity 6, has died at age 57, and TMZ...

what do you think are the greatest albums made by...

Around a year ago,a group of women connected within the NPR universe started having a conversation...

exclusive: yung lean drops lost verse for keith...

On the first day of last year,Keith Ape and his notorious Underwater Squad dropped the visual to his...

record review: amy blaschkes melodic, melancholy...

Record Review: Amy Blaschke's Melodic,Melancholy Breaking the Blues Is a Perfect Hybrid of...

npr music 10

As NPR Music celebrates its 10th anniversary,we're looking back at the first decade of our...

songs we love: fletcher tucker, i became smoke

There are sections of Highway 1 where the heart can leap out of your throat and into the Pacific...

songs we love: the darcys, arizona hwy

Wayne and Garth head-banged,air-drummed and shrieked their way through "Bohemian Rhapsody" in their...

goodbye from the tiny desk contest (for now)

Our 2017 Tiny Desk Contest has near to an halt.We've just returned from our tour,hosting...

azealia banks twitter suspension sparks massive...

Azealia Banks has been given a time-out by Twitter — and the rest of the Twittersphere is...

songs we love: kaytranada, glowed up (feat....

The evolution of language in the age of the millennial has taken a turn for the ultra-mellow. Is it...

david bowie s son shares touching fan letter to...

Tributes for David Bowie,who died on January 10 following an 18-month battle with cancer, continue...

what skill to loop an audio file?

On our summer vacation I recorded 5 minutes of waves crashing on the beach.I'd like to create a...

readers recommend playlist: the forgotten follow...

Cornershop,Lou Reed and Jah Wobble get our reader’s playlist of forgotten follow-up songs that...

prince died of opioid overdose, tests show

UPDATED on 6/2/2016 at 11:36 a.m. PT: Princes autopsy report confirms that he died of an overdose of...

sinead o connor: prince s unreleased songs should...

Nothing compares 2 a edifying Sinead O’Connor rant. Luckily,she seems to be full of them these...

glenn frey was hospitalized since november, bob...

Glenn Frey,the Eagles founder who died Monday at age 67, had been hospitalized since November, or...

toto celebrates 40 trips around the sun with new...

TOTO has made 40 trips around the sun,so it's fitting that the pop rock band titled its new...

hansons got a new song, and guess what? its...

When Hanson's inescapable "MMMBop" topped the charts back in 1997,Hanson brothers Isaac, Taylor...

meet the singer who was with prince and michael...

Not many can say they were the protégée and duet partner of two legendary artists in the final...

3 unreleased prince songs to be auctioned off for...

Attention,Martin Shkreli: We might have found your next big-ticket music purchase.Three unreleased...

skepta review - gladiatorial fierceness from the...

O2 ABC,GlasgowJoseph Junior Adenuga struggles to keep the crowd in check during a thrilling set that...

on arrullo, diana gameros delivers on her promise

Three years ago,I was putting together an episode of Alt.Latino that featured some of the...

joseph shabasons westmeath confronts the hardest...

The Canadian saxophonist Joseph Shabason,who plays with Destroyer, and his wife watched his...

merle haggard, country music legend, dies at 79

Country music legend Merle Haggard died Wednesday,on the singer’s 79th birthday.Haggard had been...

we speak baylingual music blog: long.live.a$ap...

A$AP Rocky's long awaited album "LONG.LIVE.A$AP",contained a lot of his well known style....

readers recommend: songs about dogs | peter...

Wild wolves to whippets,fleet foxes to patient pointers, fluffy, and ferocious or faithful,give your...

widowspeak announces a new album, kicks it off...

Widowspeak fuses lightness and darkness like few others: The group's sound may conjure the...

merle haggard once saved willie nelson from a pot...

Merle Haggard had one of his first grand hits with the song Okie From Muskogee, with its memorable...

the sound of silence: classical music s forgotten...

Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann are familiar names,but what of Fanny and Clara? Anna Beer on...

small town talk by barney hoskyns review - dylan,...

A kind of Lourdes for musicians – stories of songwriting brilliance,hipster shysters and...

recording academy president on 100th birthday...

Neil Portnow,president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, is thrilled to have...

songs we love: sad baxter, baby

It's always a little irritating when women in rock bands are dubbed "vulnerable." The word is...

joey alexander announces surprise live album of...

It was a Thelonious Monk composition — the elegant and wistful ballad "'Round Midnight" —...

iceland airwaves festival day five - hatari...

It’s goodbye to Reykjavik,but not before some serious metal, sweet indie and a trio who exhort us...

nashville adds grammy winner rhiannon giddens to...

“Nashville” is moving to CMT for its fifth season,and adding a Grammy winner to its unique cast...

madonna s orlando tribute gets slammed as self...

madonna/”>madonna/”>madonna/”>Madonna can’t seem to catch a break with her tributes these...

filmmaker: prince may have had a will after all

A filmmaker researching Prince’s final days says insiders he’s spoken to insist that Prince did...

eagles of death metal frontman apologizes for...

Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes,whose band was playing at the Bataclan theater in Paris...

habibi fuses farsi lyrics with western riffs

The Arabic word "habibi" means "my love," an apt descriptor for Rahill Jamalifard's feelings...

eminem and beyonce walk on water

The mysterious rollout of Eminem's Revival,his upcoming album and first in four years, has...

inspired by a super mario speed whiz, warpless run...

"Speedruns" are a weirdly enthralling piece of video game culture,wherein a gamer takes on titles,...

sinead o connor mocks arsenio hall s laughable ...

Sinead O’Connor thinks Arsenio corridors lawsuit against her is a laughing matter.A day after...

songs we love: peggy gou, it makes you forget...

Baked into the sweltering acid-funk of Peggy Gou's "Six O Six" is a voice softly chanting,...

cult heroes: jason and the scorchers - the...

The guitarist loved AC/DC,the singer loved country. Live, their combustible union was a total blast,...

watch emblem3 perform new song end of summer at...

Emblem3 stopped by TheWrap this week and turned an ordinary afternoon into a private acoustic...

flashers stylish skim milk escapes to the unknown

We toil with what's ahead,but know what's possible, what's futile and how it can...

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2018 grammy awards: the full list of winners

do you want to talk to the man in charge, or the...

noel gallagher on world cafe

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jhene aiko narrates her psychedelic trip through...

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khruangbins vibrant con todo el mundo is drawn...

heavy rotation: the songs public radio cant stop...

i am not afraid of who i used to be: miley cyrus...

only 17th century industrial bluegrass will do:...

npr music 10: 2015

david lewiston, a world spanning musical tourist...

bruce springsteen in los angeles: dancing on the...

musician and author ben watt forges on through an...

four gifted young musicians aim to effect change...

imagine dragons on catching up to rock stardom

npr music 10: 2014

playlist: the roots, and the reach, of fats domino

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wide open captures the honest emotions of michael...

electronic music stars get old, too

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