Latest Jazz Music
- Hrishikesh Hirway On Taking ‘Song Exploder’ To Netflix
The documentary series, an adaptation of Hirway's popular podcast, asks musicians including Alicia Keys and R.E.M to tell the step-by-step story of how a song was created.(Image credit: Matt Sayles/Netflix) ... read more - Spice Girl Melanie C On New Self-Titled Album
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with pop star and member of the Spice Girls, Melanie C, about her new self-titled album, which was released on Oct. 2. ... read more - Megan Thee Stallion Protests Breonna Taylor Ruling On ‘SNL’
One of the biggest stars in hip-hop used her appearance on Saturday Night Live to call out Kentucky attorney general Daniel Cameron.(Image credit: YouTube) ... read more - Maeve Gilchrist’s New Album Features Heavenly Harp MusicNPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Celtic harpist Maeve Gilchrist about her new album, The Harpweaver. ... read more
- Linda Ronstadt, A Hispanic Heritage ‘Legend,’ On Staying Connected
Ahead of a Hispanic Heritage Awards ceremony where she's set to receive her latest honor in a career full of them, Ronstadt shares a few thoughts on identity with Lulu Garcia-Navarro.(Image credit: PCH Films) ... read more - Idles’ New Album Holds Music For A World In TurmoilNPR's Scott Simon speaks with Joe Talbot, lead singer for the British rock band Idles about their new album Ultra Mono. ... read more
- Wafia’s New EP Is The Perfect Pandemic SountrackNPR's Scott Simon speaks to singer Wafia about her new EP, Good Things. ... read more
- Women Conductors Are The Rule, Not The Exception, At A New Classical Event
La Maestra, held in Paris this September, is the first fully realized competition solely for women conductors — an effort to help balance a male-dominated field.(Image credit: Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images) ... read more - From Podcast To TV, ‘Song Exploder’ Pops
A four-part limited series version of the Song Exploder podcast debuts on Netflix Friday. The series examines the creative process behind one song each episode. (Image credit: Matt Sayles/Netflix) ... read more - AC/DC Announce Reunion, Tease New Single ‘Shot in the Dark’After several years apart, beloved rock band AC/DC will be reuniting. The group released a teaser of their new song, "Shot In The Dark" ... read more
- Bomba Estéreo’s Simón Mejía Picks His 5 Favorite Tiny Desk Concerts
The funk is strong in these five Tiny Desk selections.(Image credit: Daniela Vesco/Daniela Vesco) ... read more - For Bartees Strange, Everything Is Everything
"I need to build a new world around this music." Bartees Strange speaks to NPR Music about the people and places that made Live Forever, his debut album. (Image credit: Julia Leiby/Courtesy of the artist) ... read more - Jhené Aiko: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
One of R&B's biggest stars performs an eight-song medley for her Tiny Desk quarantine concert.(Image credit: NPR) ... read more - Ann Powers Recommends 3 New Nashville Albums For Fall 2020
World Cafe Nashville correspondent Ann Powers shares three recent releases that she's excited about.(Image credit: James Minchin/Courtesy of the artist) ... read more - Mac Davis, ‘Painter’ Of Classic Songs, Dead At 78Davis parlayed a middling career as a promotions man into a successful one writing songs for the stars and scoring hits of his own.(Image credit: CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images) ... read more