Sarah Stacke photographs life in a South African township, where residents are three times as likely to be murdered than anywhere else in the country, in her new book, Love from Manenberg.

"I don't think it's caught up to me yet — how much my life has changed." While on the road, Little Moon's Emma Hardyman caught up with NPR to reflect on the life-changing win.

Sylo's music feels like a refuge of cozy moments.

The title track from Svaneborg Kardyb's Over Tage gives the listener a glimpse of the Danish jazz duo's evolving sound.

The Italian pianist and composer brings his emotional and reflective music to the Tiny Desk.

The Danish jazz duo perform an untraditional four-song set from the countryside in Djursland, Denmark.

The Mexican singer's latest single is a respite for the weary-hearted and a reminder to cultivate joy.

Sylo's soft vibrato offers summery comfort on a cold spring day.

The blues singer plays a solo Tiny Desk home concert from a spare, dimly lit Austin office building.

One of the better Christmas songs we heard this year.

This is a song for those who have love to give, but lack a worthy recipient

A bubbly song about a love triangle, "Switch Lanes" reminds you to let go of what is not meant for you.

Since the 1990s, police and prosecutors have used lyrics to build criminal cases against rap artists. It's a practice that blurs the distinction between entertainment and criminal confession.

The minds behind NPR Music's Tiny Desk present their favorite home concerts of 2020, from Buscabulla to Billie Eilish.

Watch the drummer and activist perform three songs for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.

From the good vibes of go-go band Rare Essence to the Afro-Cuban dance music of Cimafunk, this playlist of brass, funk and big bands will get you moving in no time.

To mark five decades since his unit fought in the Battle of Ben Cui in Vietnam, NPR video producer Kara Frame's father got the guys together. It was more than a reunion; it was a way to heal.

In 1968, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act, which made it illegal to discriminate in housing. Gene Demby of NPR's Code Switch explains why neighborhoods are still so segregated today.

NPR's Kara Frame traces her father's PTSD, and those of his Army comrades, back to a terrible battle in Vietnam. In a short documentary film, she also explores the impact it's had on their families.