Comparing the station to the moon landing may have come off as hubristic at the time, but MTV would go on to change pop music and its impact on popular culture.

Despite creating art from trauma, Russell is strengthened by love, connection and creation.

With jittery guitars underneath, the Isle of Wight duo's debut single "Chaise Longue" delivers clever and funny lyrics in an unwaveringly disinterested tone.

In this episode of World Cafe, Shirley Manson of Garbage discusses the band's new album No Gods No Masters and being a woman in an industry known for being hostile toward them.

Composed of four songs that connect and flow into each other, Butter Miracle Suite One poses new territory for Counting Crows songwriter and lead singer Adam Duritz.

The Zimbabwean-American artist offers a unique perspective on the world, including on how she'd like to see it change.

Today on World Cafe, singer-songwriter and poet Valerie June discusses using her multimedia work as a catalyst for individual and collective change.

In 2021, "punk" can mean a lot of different things. It's an attitude, a viewpoint – it can even be a music genre. But the South London band Goat Girl embodies its own version entirely.

Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast performs for a live virtual audience and talks to World Cafe about everything from her recent memoir, to the change in sound on her latest album, Jubilee.

If you're familiar with Buck Meek's work as a guitarist for the band Big Thief, it'll come as no surprise that his solo project is just as disarming and intimate.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom made its debut last year with a striking cast of characters, but it was Branford Marsalis' job to make the music take flight.

World Cafe celebrates one of the greatest songwriters of all time with covers performed by artists who love him.

Whatever you do, do not call Tom Jones' latest album a "covers album."

When you listen to a song by Tune-Yards, it can be like listening to a beautiful, but abstract painting. Hear a live performance of songs from the band's latest album.

NPR broadcast its first on-air original programming 50 years ago today: May 3, 1971.

On Baker's new album, there's no shying away from the tough stuff.

Though these songs may sound like they were inspired by the pandemic, Aaron Lee Tasjan's had an anxious mind since before the lockdown.

Enjoy an intimate live performance of songs from Gray's latest album, Skellig.

What are the best songs about literally playing the guitar?

How do artists' surroundings influence their art? Kansas City musician Kevin Morby has lived in — and left — New York and Los Angeles, and he has some thoughts.