NPRMusic Jazz Saxophone Legend Jimmy Heath Has Died NPR - Tom VitaleJimmy Heath, a prolific saxophonist, composer and bandleader who played alongside some of the biggest names of jazz, including Miles Davis and John Coltrane, has died. Heath died Sunday morning in Loganville,
NPRMusic How To Like Deep House, For The Uninitiated NPR Chris Campbell, host of WDET's The Progressive Underground, walks NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro through the history and sound of deep house music.
NPRMusic Raised In Rock, Marcus King Releases First Solo Album 'El Dorado' NPR - Scott Simon , Denise GuerraMarcus King has rock and roll in his bones: He comes from a family of famed guitarists in Greenville, S.C. With his raspy falsetto and guitar licks, he's been hailed as a revival of B.B. King or Stevie
NPRMusic On Their Debut Album, Stretch And Bobbito Are Taking 'No Requests' NPR - Audie Cornish , Kat LonsdorfAdrian Bartos and Bobbito Garcia are a world-famous radio and club DJ duo. They hosted a podcast from NPR called What's Good with Stretch and Bobbito. Today, their debut album, No Requests, is out — and
NPRMusic Hear Marcus King Perform Acoustic Versions Of Tracks From 'El Dorado' NPR - Raina Douris , John MyersIt feels like 23-year-old guitar prodigy Marcus King was always destined to make music. He's from a multi-generational musical family and has had his own band since his teenage days in South Carolina.
NPRMusic Eminem Releases Surprise Album, 'Music To Be Murdered By' NPR - Andrew FlanaganWe last heard from Marshall Mathers in album form in the summer of 2018, when he surprise released his 10th album, Kamikaze. At the time, NPR Music's Rodney Carmichael said it seemed like the famously
NPRBTS BTS Drops 'Black Swan' — And A Lavishly Choreographed Art Film NPR - Stephen ThompsonCan your boy band do this? The best-selling Korean sensation BTS just dropped the first single from its new album — Map of the Soul: 7, out Feb. 21 — and it's a swirl of string-swept emo-rap introspection.
NPRMusic Yola: Tiny Desk Concert NPR - Bob BoilenWith her bouncy Afro and a big smile, Yola's presence behind the Tiny Desk was commanding, her energy captivating and, oh, that voice! I first saw Yola, then known as Yola Carter, in 2016 in Nashville,
NPRMusic Recording Academy CEO Suspended Amid Misconduct Allegations Ahead Of Grammy Awards NPR - Scott NeumanThe National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has placed its president and CEO, Deborah Dugan, on administrative leave in a major shakeup at the organization less than two weeks before this year's
NPRMusic Patience Pays Off On Jeremy Ivey's Debut Album NPR - Stephen Kallao , Kimberly JunodSometimes you have to strike when the iron is hot, and sometimes you have to be patient. For today's guest Jeremy Ivey, that meant recording his first solo album at the age of 41. Over the years, Ivey's
NPRMusic Andrew Adkins On Mountain Stage NPR - Dave Lavender(You can watch a song from this set on our Live Sessions Channel.) Fayetteville, W.Va., native singer-songwriter Andrew Adkins made his Mountain Stage debut last year withy a sold-out January show at Culture
NPRMusic Margo Price's New Song, 'Stone Me,' Sweetly Sneers The Truth NPR - Lars GotrichWhen Miranda Lambert regularly sells out arenas, Kacey Musgraves wins Grammy of the year for Golden Hour and a group of women form a country music Voltron as The Highwomen, it feels like a high-five, fist-pump
NPRMusic Billie Eilish And The Long Line Of James Bond Theme Songs NPR - Stephen ThompsonTeenage pop star Billie Eilish will compose and sing the theme song for the next James Bond movie. Here's how she fits into a long tradition of Bond songs. Billie Eilish, at just 18 years old, is already
NPRMusic 41 Women Who Should Be In The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame NPR - Ann PowersThe latest round of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductions were announced today, and Whitney Houston is the only woman honored. This visible problem offers yet another chance to decry the gender imbalance
NPRMusic Hiss Golden Messenger Is Looking For Truth On 'Terms Of Surrender' NPR - Raina Douris , Kimberly JunodNorth Carolina's M.C. Taylor, also known as Hiss Golden Messenger, is a seeker. He's someone who is looking for truth – truth from the world, and truth from himself. You can hear that in the songs on latest
NPRMusic The Thistle & Shamrock: The Gathering: Song Connections NPRFiona Ritchie is at the Swannanoa Gathering this week and you are invited to join her audience for a conversational musical encounter with Appalachian Balladeer Elizabeth LaPrelle and Irish singer and
NPRMusic Whitney Houston, The Notorious B.I.G. Among 2020's Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees NPR - Stephen ThompsonThe Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 35th annual class of inductees, honoring six musical acts — Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G. and
NPRMusic Janis Ian Was More Than Just A Teenager NPR - Phil Harrell , Ann PowersMorning Edition's series called One-Hit Wonders / Second-Best Songs focuses on musicians or bands whose careers in the United States are defined by a single monster hit, and explains why their catalogs
NPRMusic Joyce DiDonato: Tiny Desk Concert NPR - Tom HuizengaWhen opera star Joyce DiDonato told us she wanted to sing centuries-old Italian love songs at the Tiny Desk we weren't surprised. But when she said she was bringing a jazz band to back her up, we did double
NPRMusic Son Little Expands His Musical Palette On 'Aloha' NPR - Stephen Kallao , John MyersThe first time I heard Son Little's song "The River" back in 2014, it completely floored me. With a mix of R&B and soul, it simultaneously sounded both timeless and of the moment, much more than a simple
NPRMusic Viking's Choice: Polvo Reissues, Speed Punk, Apocalyptic Rebetika NPR - Lars GotrichPolvo imagined a language as thick and viscous as cheese grits. Here was an indie-rock band of Southerners, messing with alternate guitar tunings based on Indian and Middle Eastern drones, noodlin' on
NPRMusic The 2019 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll NPR - Francis DavisBelow are the results of NPR Music's 7th Annual Jazz Critics Poll (my 14th, going back to the poll's beginnings in the Village Voice). 2019's results provided surprise after surprise. The only predictable
NPRMusic The 2019 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll: The Fringe Fills the Gap NPR - Francis DavisThe road to jazz stardom once ran straight through Miles Davis. You introduced yourself to audiences as a member of Miles's band, and they knew who you were and what you could do when you formed your The
NPRMusic The Past Year, And Decade, In Music Listening: Video Rules, The Boy's Club Remains NPR - Cherie HuAs we ease into the 2020s, data about the music industry's growth is more abundant than ever. Within the last week, BuzzAngle and Nielsen Music — the two central, competing, public-facing music-data firms
NPRMusic Women Make Up Less Than 8% Of Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees NPR - David C. BarnettTomorrow, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will announce its 2020 inductees. And while this year's nominees include three woman-driven acts, critics have long chided the Rock Hall for the low percentage
NPRMusic New Reissue From Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis And Johnny Griffin Is A Love Letter To Fans NPR - Kevin WhiteheadIn the early 1960s, saxophonists Davis and Griffin co-led a jumping two-tenor band. A live recording of their 1962 Seattle show is now available on Ow! Live at the Penthouse. This is FRESH AIR. In the
NPRMusic Mark It Down: Ashley McBryde Is In For A Massive Year NPR - Stephen ThompsonEvery sign points to Ashley McBryde having a huge, huge year in 2020: The country singer experienced a major breakthrough in 2018 with the Grammy-nominated Girl Going Nowhere (one of that year's best and
NPRMusic Jordan Rakei: Tiny Desk Concert NPR - Suraya MohamedSometimes, things don't go smoothly at the Tiny Desk. After traveling all night, the soulful R&B artist Jordan Rakei and his band pulled up to NPR in their tour bus at the crack of dawn, only to find Fender
NPRCountry Music How To Like Country Music, For The Uninitiated NPR - Lulu Garcia-Navarro , Ian StewartMany people have music they love, and whole genres they think they hate. This new year, we're helping you find some new music by bringing in a few folks to help you reexamine different genres. This week,
