The accordion playing of Flaco Jimenez, seen here performing during the 2014 Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., came to define contujo and Tejano music of South […]
Tom Lehrer cutting a cake backstage at the Palace Theatre in London in 1959. Evening Standard/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Evening Standard/Getty Images Tom Lehrer cutting a cake backstage at the Palace Theatre in […]
Cleo Laine in concert in 1980. Keystone/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Keystone/Getty Images Cleo Laine in concert in 1980. Keystone/Getty Images Dame Cleo Laine has died at age 97. Her death was announced by […]
Chuck Mangione performs at the A Time To Care gala in 2004 in Holmby Hills, Calif. Robert Bertoia/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robert Bertoia/Getty Images Jazz flugelhorn player and composer Chuck Mangione died in […]
NPR’s headquarters. Photo Credit: Cornellrockey04 NPR and PBS are speaking out about the newly approved public broadcasting rescissions, emphasizing their possible impact on local stations. Those reactions arrived after the House (once again) approved the […]
Connie Francis fixes her hair during a 1959 press reception at the Dorchester Hotel in London Keystone/ Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Keystone/ Getty Images Connie Francis fixes her hair during a 1959 press […]
The reunited Clipse made their NPR Tiny Desk Concert debut on Friday to put a cap on the rollout for the triumphant Let God Sort Em Out, their first album in over 15 years. Watch […]
Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel at the piano, circa 1970. He died Tuesday at his home in London at age 94. Erich Auerbach/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Erich Auerbach/Getty Images Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel at […]
The genre is experiencing a breakthrough on the pop charts Christian pop singer Forrest Frank’s hit “Your Way’s Better” has been a fixture on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for weeks. Jeremychanphotography/Getty Images/Getty Images North […]
Brian Wilson in 1965. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Brian Wilson in 1965. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Brian Wilson, who co-founded the iconic California band The Beach Boys […]
K-pop band BTS members RM, left, and V salute after being discharged from a mandatory military service in Chuncheon, South Korea, on Tuesday. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption toggle caption Ahn Young-joon/AP SEOUL, South Korea — […]
The Family Stone performs at Harvard Stadium in 1969. Ellis Herwig/Boston Globe/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ellis Herwig/Boston Globe/Getty Images Sly Stone, the remarkable, eccentric frontman, singer, songwriter, and producer of his family group, […]
Alex Warren performs onstage at the 2025 American Music Awards. Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images/Penske Media hide caption toggle caption Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images/Penske Media With Morgan Wallen‘s I’m the Problem continuing […]
Taylor Swift in February 2025, at the 67th Grammy Awards. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for the Recording Academy hide caption toggle caption Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for the Recording Academy Taylor Swift announced on Friday via her […]
Jazz drummer Al Foster, photographed in Paris in 1980. Andre Clergeat/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andre Clergeat/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Al Foster, whose superbly alert and flexible drumming formed a swirling current […]
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 […]