Latest Jazz Music
- Jazz Saxophone Legend Jimmy Heath Has Died
The saxophonist and composer — an artist who wrote for Miles Davis and Charlie Parker, and who nurtured John Coltrane — died Sunday at age 93.(Image credit: Lonnie Timmons III/Getty Images) ... read more - Jazz Saxophone Legend Jimmy Heath Has DiedThe saxophonist and composer — an artist who wrote for Miles Davis and Charlie Parker, and who nurtured John Coltrane — died Sunday at age 93.(Image credit: Lonnie Timmons III/Getty Images) ... read more
- How To Like Deep House, For The Uninitiated
Chris Campbell, host of WDET's The Progressive Underground, walks NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro through the history and sound of deep house music. ... read more - Raised In Rock, Marcus King Releases First Solo Album ‘El Dorado’
NPR's Scott Simon talks with 23-year-old guitarist about the tragic event that inspired him to start writing songs and what it was like to collaborate with The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach.(Image credit: Alysse Gafkjen/Courtesy of the artist) ... read more - On Their Debut Album, Stretch And Bobbito Are Taking ‘No Requests’
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with longtime DJs and producers Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia about their debut album, No Requests, loaded with new renditions of some of their favorite songs.(Image credit: Janette Beckman/Courtesy of the artist) ... read more - Hear Marcus King Perform Acoustic Versions Of Tracks From ‘El Dorado’
Hear Marcus King perform songs from his new solo album and share his first memories of playing guitar from The Lounge at World Cafe Life. (Image credit: Jamie Stow/WXPN) ... read more - Eminem Releases Surprise Album, ‘Music To Be Murdered By’
The rapper's 11th studio album is packaged with assists from Black Thought, Ed Sheeran, Q-Tip, Anderson .Paak and the late rapper, Juice WRLD.(Image credit: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) ... read more - BTS Drops ‘Black Swan’ — And A Lavishly Choreographed Art Film
The first single from Map of the Soul: 7, out Feb. 21, is a swirl of string-swept emo-rap introspection. The band released it Friday, alongside a video featuring Slovenia's MN Dance Company.(Image credit: Courtesy of the artist) ... read more - Yola: Tiny Desk Concert
The singer who once sang backup for Massive Attack, Iggy Azalea and The Chemical Brothers, is front-and-center at the Tiny Desk.(Image credit: Mhari Shaw/NPR) ... read more - Recording Academy CEO Suspended Amid Allegations Of Misconduct
The organization that puts on the annual Grammy Awards says Deborah Dugan has been placed on administrative leave after an allegation of misconduct by a senior female member of the organization.(Image credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images) ... read more - Patience Pays Off On Jeremy Ivey’s Debut Album
After backing his wife Margo Price for years, Jeremy Ivey recorded his first solo album at the age of 41. The producer? Who else but Price. (Image credit: Jamie Stow/WXPN) ... read more - Andrew Adkins On Mountain Stage
In this set, West Virginia singer-songwriter Andrew Adkins didn't take long to flex his bluegrass muscles. His music has always comfortably saddled a line between traditionalist and progressive.(Image credit: Brian Blauser /Mountain Stage) ... read more - Margo Price’s New Song, ‘Stone Me,’ Sweetly Sneers The Truth
On her first new song in two years, Margo Price offers a lighters-up ode to fighting sexism.(Image credit: Bobbi Rich/Courtesy of the artist) ... read more - Billie Eilish And The Long Line Of James Bond Theme SongsTeenage pop star Billie Eilish will compose and sing the theme song for the next James Bond movie. Here's how she fits into a long tradition of Bond songs. ... read more
- 41 Women Who Should Be In The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
Dolly Parton, Carla Thomas, Fanny, The Runaways and Salt n Pepa are just some of the women who should be in the Hall by now. (Image credit: Fairfax Media Archives/Getty Images) ... read more