Sleep Token’s album Even in Arcadia has scored the largest-ever streaming week for a hard-rock album. Katja Ogrin/Redferns/Redferns hide caption toggle caption Katja Ogrin/Redferns/Redferns It’s been a big month for mask-clad rockers, as Sleep Token […]
Rapper and producer Dezzy Hollow at Maximum Fun Daniel Speer hide caption toggle caption Daniel Speer Rapper and producer Dezzy Hollow at Maximum Fun Daniel Speer Dezzy Hollow is a rapper and producer that’s a […]
Broadway composer Charles Strouse in New York City in 2011. Strouse died Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 96. Andy Kropa/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andy Kropa/Getty Images Broadway composer Charles Strouse in New York […]
Adam Duritz, lead singer and songwriter for Counting Crows, spoke with Morning Edition about the band’s new album, Butter Miracle, the Complete Sweets! Mark Seliger/ BMG hide caption toggle caption Mark Seliger/ BMG More than […]
After spending decades bringing a soulful, spectral presence to Portishead records, Beth Gibbons’ voice has now haunted the Tiny Desk. Gibbons and her band recently performed a Tiny Desk Concert, providing an intimate glimpse of […]
Portishead singer Beth Gibbons recently stopped by NPR for a solo acoustic Tiny Desk Concert ahead of her upcoming tour dates in Australia, the UK, and Europe. Watch a replay below. During the performance, Gibbons and her […]
This week we finally get a shakeup on the Billboard 200 from Swedish hard-rock band Ghost, with its new album Skeletá. Marc Pfitzenreuter/Redferns/Redferns hide caption toggle caption Marc Pfitzenreuter/Redferns/Redferns The Swedish hard-rock band Ghost has […]
Jill Sobule in 2023. Andy Kropa/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Andy Kropa/Invision/AP Jill Sobule, who raised eyebrows with her cheeky 1995 anthem “I Kissed a Girl,” has died. According to her publicist David Elkin and […]
Alex Warren’s (left) “Ordinary” continues to climb up the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Meanwhile Jack Black (right) scores a surprising record with a very short song from A Minecraft Movie. Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images […]
Through Pere Ubu, David Thomas’ influence can be heard on countless bands that resisted categorization. David Corio/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David Corio/Redferns/Getty Images David Thomas, the irreverent experimental musician who led the influential […]
Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland, pictured in 2023, is putting the brand up for sale two years after announcing plans for a second event. Theo Wargo/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Theo Wargo/Getty Images The […]
Ken Carson performs at the 2024 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 19, 2024. This week, Carson’s fourth album, More Chaos, became his first to hit No. 1. on Billboard‘s album chart. Matt […]
Davis was jazz critic for The Village Voice and a contributing editor for The Atlantic. He wrote many books on jazz, and won a Grammy for his liner notes for the reissue of Miles Davis’ […]
Francis Davis accepts the Grammy award for best album notes for his work on Miles Davis’ Kind Of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition in 2009. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Winter/Getty Images […]
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 […]