Bob Boilen

Emerson Lake & Palmer's singer and co-creator, who died Wednesday, was at the forefront of a movement that took rock in a new literate — and liberating — direction.

The All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk host shares his favorite recordings of the year.

We take a chronological audio stroll through 2016, looking at memorable moments and important releases with NPR Music's Ann Powers and Stephen Thompson.

There's a confessional quality to the songs of Pinegrove that feels reassuring. Watch the New Jersey band squeeze four songs into a scrappy, warmhearted 13-minute set.

The Antlers' singer discusses coming back to music after temporarily losing his hearing and how that's changed his sound.

Watch the singer and her band perform three ferocious songs from her "Lincoln Center Out Of Doors" set, recorded live at New York's Damrosch Park.

On this week's show: Songs about the indomitable human spirit. Plus, music plucked from a honey jar (seriously).

On the morning after Election Day, the Nashville musician and her band visited the Tiny Desk to play three cathartic country songs loaded with new political meaning.

While in Nashville, Yusuf / Cat Stevens was asked by Jack White's Third Man Records to do something special. The result is this remake of a song released 50 years ago, "I Love My Dog."

Before being consumed by our year-end coverage, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton hit the pause button to catch up on some of the great music they missed this year.

The quirky North Carolina duo's new song "Kick Jump Twist" will improve your morning.

This British songwriter channels the fierceness first heard in Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited, but this has the prowess of today's best hip-hop.

When profound change happens in life, the meaning of the music you hear tends to change, too. On this week's show: Songs both light and dark in a post-election world.

Sinkane's new music is reminiscent of Bob Marley: You'll find a party in the beat, but there's a deeper, hopeful meaning inside this song.

Watch a video for an eerie yet comforting song from the Danish singer's new album, Citizen Of Glass.

The frontman for The 1975 says today's political climate has him thinking more seriously about writing songs that mean something.

Formerly half of The Civil Wars, the singer-songwriter returns to perform three rearranged songs from his solo debut, Beulah.

As a gigantic 27-disc box-set history of Pink Floyd is released, the band's drummer discusses those early years and the other music that inspired him.

The Austin singer-songwriter showcases his high, lonesome voice and atmospheric storytelling in three songs — one unreleased and one from his gorgeous new album, Pearls To Swine.

All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen remembers what it was like seeing Pink Floyd play The Dark Side Of The Moon live, before most fans even knew what it was.