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Play It Forward: Angel Bat Dawid Knows How To Deliver Emotion Through Song
Monday, April 05, 2021
NPR speaks with Angel Bat Dawid about capturing emotion in sound, Chicago's influence on her music and the artist she's most grateful for: George Clinton.
'Music Is Music': A Rapper And A Conductor Cross Centuries In Louisville
Friday, March 26, 2021
Rapper-turned-politician Jecorey Arthur is teaming up with Teddy Abrams, the head of the Louisville's orchestra, for a musical collaboration tackling racial injustice.
Play It Forward: Devonté Hynes' Grammys Surprise And Biggest Inspirations
Friday, March 12, 2021
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with artist Devonté Hynes about how his Grammy-nominated classical album Fields came together and the artist he is most grateful for – Angel Bat Dawid.
On 'Collapsed In Sunbeams,' Arlo Parks Welcomes Endings And Change
Friday, February 05, 2021
The artist, who is also a mental health ambassador for the British charity CALM, examines mental health and friendship on her new record, Collapsed in Sunbeams.
Langhorne Slim Finds Peace In The Chaos On 'Strawberry Mansion'
Wednesday, February 03, 2021
After getting help with his addiction and while pausing for the pandemic, Langhorne Slim found songs — happy, sad, anxious, joyful — to be pouring out of him like deep breaths.
Rivers Cuomo On Weezer's Latest, 'OK Human,' And The Need To Riff (Or Not)
Friday, January 29, 2021
Cuomo says Weezer is always looking to try the opposite of whatever it just did. Case in point: the band's new orchestral record, made back to back with a metal album.
On 'Swirling,' Marshall Allen Keeps The The Sun Ra Arkestra Soaring Through Space
Monday, November 02, 2020
The 96-year-old saxophonist, who began playing with Sun Ra in the late '50s and continued to lead the Arkestra after its namesake's death, discusses the band's first album in more than 20 years.
In Lara Downes' New Series, Black Musicians Rise To A Pivotal Moment
Monday, October 26, 2020
The pianist joins Ari Shapiro to discuss Amplify With Lara Downes, a video series on Black musicians who have experienced renewed creativity regarding racial injustice.
Autopsies Spark Legal Fight Over Meaning Of Cruel And Unusual Punishment
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
An NPR investigation follows the legal battle unfolding over evidence that many inmates' lungs fill with fluid as they're executed by lethal injection.
Autopsies Show Inmates' Lungs Filling With Fluid As They're Executed
Monday, September 21, 2020
An NPR investigation looked into the autopsies of inmates executed by lethal injection and found evidence that such deaths are far less peaceful than states have claimed for decades.
Gasping For Air: Autopsies Reveal Troubling Effects Of Lethal Injection
Monday, September 21, 2020
For decades, states have claimed that lethal injection is quick, peaceful and painless. An NPR investigation — and legal battles across the country — tell a different story.
NPR Probe: The Troubling Effects Of Lethal Injection
Monday, September 21, 2020
A new investigation from NPR finds that lethal injection causes severe pulmonary edema in the lungs of inmates before they die. The method was first introduced in the United States in 1977.
Meet Linda Diaz, The Winner Of The 2020 Tiny Desk Contest
Tuesday, August 04, 2020
Host Ari Shapiro talks with Linda Diaz, the winner of this year's NPR Music Tiny Desk Contest. Her entry, "Green Tea Ice Cream" is a dreamy R&B song anchored by her skilled and soulful voice.
The Psychedelic Furs' Richard Butler On The Band's First New Album In 29 Years
Friday, July 31, 2020
Singer Richard Butler talks about the power of '80s nostalgia, the state of rock and roll today and the freedom of making the band's new record, Made of Rain, on its own terms.
Margo Price On The Mysterious Process Of Album-Making And Motherhood
Monday, July 13, 2020
The country artist talks to NPR's Ailsa Chang about how following her muse to make the hard-rocking That's How Rumors Get Started is a lesson to herself and her kids on following their dreams.
Impromptu Logistical Networks Assist Protesters Behind The Scenes
Friday, June 05, 2020
Behind the scenes of the nationwide protests, volunteers have created an impromptu supply chain to keep protesters fed, hydrated, and safe.
Moses Sumney Puts The Industry Behind Him And Explores The In-Between On 'Grae'
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to the experimental musician about his new genre-defying, double album grae, his decision to move from Los Angeles to Asheville, N.C. and not shaving down the edges of himself.
Old Language, New Clothes: Sweet Crude On Singing Modern Pop In Louisiana French
Friday, April 24, 2020
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to the New Orleans-based band about their project to preserve the centuries-old Louisiana French dialect through music and how the city is coping with the coronavirus crisis.
Mandy Moore On Self-Forgiveness And Her Musical Reawakening On 'Silver Landings'
Friday, March 06, 2020
After a decade-long gap between albums, the singer and This Is Us star talks to NPR's Ari Shapiro about returning to music, conquering self doubt and revisiting old songs.
Revisiting Beethoven's Beloved, Radical Symphonies For His 250th Birthday
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts all nine symphonies this year. He spoke about the surprisingly political side of Beethoven's music with All Things Considered.