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Viking's Choice: Aloha, 'Faraway Eyes'
Bands don’t always like to admit their influences — after all, at some point your musical environment just becomes second nature. Ahead of releasing its… -
Watch Michael Stipe Cover David Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold The World'
Former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe made a rare public appearance last night to perform a strangely airy version of David Bowie's “The Man Who Sold The… -
Watch Tiny Desk Contest Winner Gaelynn Lea Join Lucius On Stage
I get more out of connecting people to music than critiquing it. Our Tiny Desk Contest, for example, forges small communities as friends get together to… -
Phife Dawg, A Founding Member Of A Tribe Called Quest, Dies At 45
Malik I. Taylor, the rapper known as Phife Dawg who was a founding member of the seminal group A Tribe Called Quest, died yesterday at the age of 45.His… -
SXSW 2016 Late-Night Dispatches: Weekend
Three hours before the members of our team at SXSW began to depart from Austin, Texas, they gathered for one last late-night recap. At 2:30 a.m. on… -
SXSW 2016 Late-Night Dispatches: Tuesday
SXSW, like a perennial that blooms tacos and hot sauce, is here once again. Each day this week, we’ll report back with a podcast, photos, a recap of our… -
SXSW 2016 Late-Night Dispatches: Wednesday
It was opening night of SXSW Music, and the NPR Music team had a show to put on. And not just a show where we stand outside and talk (though we did that,… -
LISTEN: Johnny D's Goes Marching Off
After nearly fifty years in business, Somerville mainstay Johnny D’s Uptown shut its doors yesterday. The bar and music club’s sendoff felt like a New… -
K.A.A.N. Is The Answer To All Of Your Rap Desires
Hordes of twenty-somethings living in their parents’ house dream of becoming rap superstars. What sets Brandon Perry, aka K.A.A.N., apart: he’s really… -
Songs of Solomon: Orchestrating 'Boston Calling'
Although still a little young to be as intrinsic to Boston’s musical history as chanting “Dirty Water” at Fenway or driving down Route 128 to…