Bob Boilen

Tell us how Prince and his music impacted your life, or just pick a song you love.

This week's episode of All Songs includes a premiere by The Avett Brothers and The Low Anthem paying homage to Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith.

There are intimate moments of revelation in Clementine's immersive, breathtaking performance, recorded live in the NPR Music offices.

The singer, whose major label debut, A Sailor's Guide To Earth, is out today, talks about his new sound, making an album for his newborn son and how covering Nirvana helped him find his inner teen.

The Louisiana band takes gospel into the garage, and what comes out is fiery rock 'n' roll. Watch Seratones perform three songs in the NPR Music offices.

A brilliant new album by an always unpredictable band, Nocturnal Koreans is a view of the more experimental side of Wire, mysterious and potent.

On this week's show we celebrate Bob Boilen's birthday and play the week's best new music.

Mothers' members chose a few of their slowest, most languid and fragile songs to perform in the NPR Music offices.

Is there a song that changed you? A song that altered the course of how you think about life, changed what you do and how you do it?

On this episode of All Songs, we premiere new music from The Jayhawks, Margaret Glaspy and more, plus new Weezer and saxophonist Colin Stetson's reimagining of Górecki's Third Symphony.

The queer, glammy, wildly dressed duo has a keen sense of mischief and a gift for honest, punk-infused, tongue-in-cheek pop gems. Watch PWR BTTM perform four songs in the NPR Music offices.

Members of Explosion in the Sky talk about the challenge of making "The Wilderness," the most adventurous record yet from an already sonically mind-bending band.

Sam Amidon's son played the drum pattern that eventually served as the beat for this collaboration between his father and the band San Fermin.

On this episode of All Songs: We remember Ross Shapiro of the Athens, Ga. band The Glands and play the week's best new music.

After Lucius, which is led by a pair Tiny Desk Contest judges, invited the winner to share the stage at a show in Minneapolis this week, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.

Bob Mould has a new solo album, and Ryan Adams, who is a fan, invited the singer to his home studio for a rambling conversation that's occasionally interrupted by the pair recording a song together.

All Songs Considered shares the best performances and discoveries from this year's SXSW.

Declan McKenna has had a whirlwind year. At 1:00 a.m., as SXSW 2016 drew to a close, he played a quiet, reflective version of the song that changed his life.

All Songs Considered hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are joined by Stephen Thompson and NPR's Music Saidah Blount for a look at a handful of bands we can't wait to see at SXSW this week.

In a short set that spans 50 years, the CSNY veteran's voice resonates and cuts to the core.