NPRR. Kelly R. Kelly Girlfriend Says She Was Hacked, Did Not Make Claims Against Him NPR - Anastasia TsioulcasJoycelyn Savage, one of R. Kelly's girlfriends, asserted on Wednesday night that she had been "hacked," and that a series of online accusations published last month that said that the R&B singer had sexually
NPRMusic Vote For Your Favorite Albums Of 2019 NPR - Robin HiltonIt's list-making season or, as we like to say, time to shake out the calendar and look back at all the incredible new music we got in 2019. So we want to know: What were your favorite albums (or EPs) this
NPRMusic Alt.Latino Playlist: Boleros And Innovative Electronic Music Warm Winter's Arrival NPR - Felix Contreras , Stefanie FernándezListen to this playlist on Spotify or Apple Music. Bundle up! We're getting ready for cold weather with new songs by Lido Pimienta, Dimelo Flow, Tiger Army and David Lawrence. It's been three years since
NPRMusic Opera Star Vittorio Grigolo Fired By Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera NPR - Anastasia TsioulcasOne of opera's leading men, Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo, was dismissed Thursday by two of the world's most prestigious houses: the Royal Opera in London and New York's Metropolitan Opera. His firing
NPRMusic Larry Campbell And Teresa Williams On Mountain Stage NPR - Dave LavenderMarried for more than 30 years, the masterful Americana couple Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams have built a rich tapestry of a musical life and career together, and separately, making somebody else's
NPRMusic Viking's Choice: The House That Jack Rose Built NPR - Lars GotrichAbsence helps the heart forget, the hard times get blotted with better ones; misrecollections become tall tales later canonized in the backs of bars. It ain't right, but as we soak up worry, euphoria normal
NPRMusic On 'Bird Songs Of A Killjoy,' Bedouine Only Feels LA's Sunshine Sometimes NPR - Stephen Kallao , Kimberly JunodOur guest, Azniv Korkejian, records as Bedouine. The name reflects the many moves Azniv has made in her life — born Syria, Azniv grew up in Saudi Arabia before coming to the United States. Here, she lived
NPRMusic '1973: Rock At The Crossroads' Acts As A Mirror For One Moment In Time NPR - Michael Schaub"Your everlasting summer, you can see it fading fast," sang Steely Dan in their 1973 hit "Reelin' in the Years," "So you grab a piece of something that you think is going to last." If you believe that
NPRMusic Music For Our Emergency NPR - Grayson Haver CurrinGreta Thunberg did not sail across the Atlantic Ocean for two weeks to become a lead singer. But, just days after the 16-year-old proselytizer censured a room of world leaders many times her age for their
NPRMusic Raphael Saadiq: Tiny Desk Concert NPR - Rodney CarmichaelThis Tiny Desk concert was part of Tiny Desk Fest, a four-night series of extended concerts performed in front of a live audience and streamed live on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. The first time Raphael
NPRMusic The Who Returns To Cincinnati 40 Years After Concert Tragedy NPR - Tana WeingartnerForty years ago, 11 concert-goers were killed in a stampede to see The Who in Cincinnati. The group just announced it will return to play another concert there all these years later. Forty years ago today,
NPRMusic Hootie & The Blowfish Comeback Album Brings The Band Into The 21st Century NPR - Ken TuckerSinger Darius Rucker and his band have released their first new record in more than a decade. Imperfect Circle is a well-made and frequently thoughtful album, enhanced by Rucker's warm, buttery tones.
NPRMusic Mercy Bell And Joy Oladokun On Finding Their Voices, And Common Ground, Through Folk NPR - Jewly HightJoy Oladokun and Mercy Bell grew up trying to exist as members of multiple communities whose boundaries, organized around race, culture, region, class, religion or sexuality, didn't always overlap. For
NPRMusic Evgeny Pobozhiy, Russian Prodigy, Wins International Jazz Guitar Competition NPR - Nate ChinenEvgeny Pobozhiy, a virtuoso guitarist with a busy profile on the Moscow jazz scene, has won the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Guitar Competition. As winner of the prize, one of the most
NPRMusic The Go-Betweens' Perfect Pop Cracked Open NPR - Maura Johnston"Perfect pop" is subjective, but a song or album that be defined as such gets that tag because of one key factor: It's hooked itself into a listener's ear. A person's reasons for the desire to hear a of
NPRMusic The Thistle & Shamrock: 'These Are The Hands' NPRMeet internationally-acclaimed author Alexander McCall Smith (No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency) and award-winning composer James Ross, who collaborated on song cycle These Are The Hands. Host Fiona Ritchie
NPRMusic Rob Ickes And Trey Hensley Expand Upon Their Roots With A Heavy Dose Of The Blues NPR - Carina GiamereseThis past September, the 20th annual Americana Music Festival & Conference featured a broad range of showcases from diverse musicians across alt-country, roots-rock, bluegrass, R&B, blues, folk and the
NPRSheryl Crow Sheryl Crow: Tiny Desk Concert NPR - Stephen ThompsonThis Tiny Desk concert was part of Tiny Desk Fest, a four-night series of extended concerts performed in front of a live audience and streamed live on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. "I heard a big thing
NPRMusic Heat Check: Ode To The Cap NPR - Sidney Madden"No Cap" is yet another phrase that has bubbled up from the hip-hop community to the top of the layman's lexicon. The term is basically synonymous with "no lie" and is applicable in a whole swath of situations,
NPRMusic Famed Conductor Mariss Jansons, 76, Has Died NPR - Anastasia TsioulcasOne of classical music's most beloved conductors has died: Latvian-born Mariss Jansons, who was age 76 at his death on Saturday in St. Petersburg, Russia. Jansons had long had a heart condition, which
NPRChris Martin When 2 People Sound Like Many: Illiterate Light Reinvents The Classic Power Duo NPR - Stephen Kallao , John MyersColdplay, one of the biggest bands in the world, recently announced that the Chris Martin and company will not be touring in support of their latest album until they can figure out how to negate the environmental
NPRMusic Who Is August Greene? (Rebroadcast) - 1A the1a.org Ahead of Joshua stepping down, we’re rebroadcasting a few of his favorite shows. This is one! They knew they had something special when they won an …
NPRJay Z For Jay-Z's 50th Birthday, A New Biography Centers His Lyrical Legacy NPR - Steve Inskeep , Sydney Harper"We as rappers must decide what's most important / And I can't help the poor if I'm one of them / So I got rich and gave back, to me that's the win/win," Jay-Z raps on "Moment of Clarity," which was released
NPRMusic NPR Music's Top 15 Songs Of November NPRStream this playlist via Spotify or Apple Music. There's still some fight in 2019 left. Some of November's best songs come from late-year album contenders, some are stand-alone singles and still more to
NPRMusic NPR Music's Top 10 Albums Of November NPRWe're just about ready to reveal NPR Music's Best Music of 2019 package, but before we do, the month of November gifted us new albums by FKA twigs, Michael Kiwanuka and Mount Eerie. It's truly been a year
NPRMegan Thee Stallion Megan Thee Stallion: Tiny Desk Concert NPR - Sidney MaddenThis Tiny Desk concert was part of Tiny Desk Fest, a four-night series of extended concerts performed in front of a live audience and streamed live on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. "I'm gonna get real
NPRMusic 'A Tribute To Mose Allison' Celebrates The Music Of An Exciting Jazz Master NPR - Lulu Garcia-Navarro , Peter BreslowMose Allison, who died three years ago, influenced artists from The Who to The Rolling Stones to Jimi Hendrix to Bonnie Raitt. Raitt contributed to a new album, If You're Going To The City: A Tribute Mose
NPRMusic Irving Burgie, Songwriter Who Helped Bring Calypso To America, Dies At 95 NPR - Jon KalishIrving Burgie, a songwriter whose adaptation of the traditional Jamaican folk song "Day-O" became one of the definitive calypso songs of the 20th century, died on Friday. He was 95. Burgie died as a result
NPRMusic 'He'd Asked Me To Complete These Works': Adam Cohen On 'Thanks For The Dance' NPR - Don Gonyea , Gemma WattersThree years after his death in November of 2016, there's a new Leonard Cohen album. It's called Thanks for the Dance, and it was completed and produced by his son, singer-songwriter Adam Cohen. NPR's Gonyea