Katy Perry performs during 2015 Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images When the news first broke […]
Tracy Chapman performs during the 66th Grammy Awards on Feb. 4, 2024 in Los Angeles. Amy Sussman/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Amy Sussman/Getty Images The original cast recording of Hamilton, the score of the […]
Off of the back of his hit project Debí Tirar Más Fotos (one of the best albums of the year so far), Bad Bunny stopped by NPR’s New York City office to perform an acoustic, […]
“I’ve played this music to myself and often close friends for years now,” Springsteen says. “I’m glad you’ll get a chance to finally hear them. I hope you enjoy them.” Al Pereira/WireImage/WireImage hide caption toggle […]
This week rapper Playboi Carti’s MUSIC tops this week’s Billboard 200. Scott Dudelson/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Scott Dudelson/Getty Images/Getty Images North America The rapper Playboi Carti‘s much-hyped MUSIC leads this […]
Honduran musician and politician Aurelio Martínez, photographed in London in 2011. Judith Burrows/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Judith Burrows/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Honduran folk musician Aurelio Martínez has died. The 55-year-old was a respected […]
Jesse Colin Young performs live in 1973. ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images Jesse Colin Young, a prolific musician known as the voice of The Youngbloods’ era-defining “Get Together,” […]
Lady Gaga returned to pop music when she released “Mayhem” last week. NPR Music’s Hazel Cills talks to Rob Schmitz about the album. Content shared from www.npr.org. Share This Article
This week, only one album debuts in the top 50: Alter Ego by LISA of the K-pop group BLACKPINK. CHANAKARN LAOSARAKHAM/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption CHANAKARN LAOSARAKHAM/AFP via Getty Images/AFP This week’s […]
“You made me drеam / More than I dared,” Parton sings on the song. “And I wouldn’t be hеre / If you hadn’t been there.” Terry Wyatt/WireImage/WireImage hide caption toggle caption Terry Wyatt/WireImage/WireImage Dolly Parton’s […]
The pop star Tate McRae, who first caught the public’s attention as a finalist on the 13th season of So You Think You Can Dance in 2016, has been bubbling up ever since. Jamie McCarthy/Getty […]
Dolly Parton performs during an event in August 2023 celebrating the Kansas statewide expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Overland Park, Kan. Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years, died Monday in […]
Angie Stone, pictured at the 2009 Soul Train Awards in Atlanta, died in a car accident on Saturday. Gregory Smith/AP hide caption toggle caption Gregory Smith/AP The music world and saddened fans are mourning the […]
David Johansen as Buster Poindexter performs onstage at The Daily Front Row’s celebration of the 10th Anniversary of CBS Watch! Magazine in New York City on Feb. 9, 2016. Johansen died Friday at age 75. […]
Katy Perry performs during the Super Bowl halftime show at University of Phoenix Stadium on Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz. Now she’ll be in space but for real this time. Elsa/Getty Images hide caption […]
This week, a familiar face knocks Kendrick Lamar out of the top spot with an album debuting at No. 1 — Drake’s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. Prince Williams/WireImage hide caption toggle caption Prince Williams/WireImage […]
Leon Thomas’ travels in support of new album MUTT recently took him to Washington, DC for a rite of passage among musical artists: performing a Tiny Desk Concert at the NPR office. On a snowy […]
Roberta Flack performs at the San Sebastian Jazz Festival in Spain in 2005. Rafa Rivas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Rafa Rivas/AFP via Getty Images Roberta Flack performs at the San Sebastian Jazz […]
Jill Wolfe (left) and David Jefferson. David Jefferson hide caption toggle caption David Jefferson This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. It features stories of people whose […]
Southern rap duo OutKast, consisting of André 3000 and Big Boi, is among the 14 artists being considered for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2025 class. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption […]