NPR’s latest on the music scene
For their new album, the expansive jazz group Snarky Puppy collaborated with Metropole Orkest. The live recording is the band's grandest feat yet.
Posted: November 21, 2025, 9:44 pm
Robert Plant's voice has only gotten better with age. In this beautiful set, Plant and his band cover Low, Moby Grape, Martha Scanlan and interpret traditional songs.
Posted: November 21, 2025, 10:00 am
Banjo, harp and drums meet in the BEATrio, where Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez explore a sound they never planned to create. Hear how the trio first came together.
Posted: November 20, 2025, 9:30 pm
Grammy-winning mandolin player Chris Thile is out with a new album. This time he is taking the music of J.S. Bach to different locations.
Posted: November 20, 2025, 8:59 pm
Even as sombr and Rosalía hit new career highs, there's a major churn taking place just below the top 10, as a wave of Christmas songs begin their ascent.
Posted: November 20, 2025, 6:22 pm
NPR's A Martinez talks with The Tennessean's country music reporter Audrey Gibbs about the highlights from Wednesday's Country Music Association Awards.
Posted: November 20, 2025, 9:50 am
An exhibition at Levi's San Francisco headquarters highlights how jeans can offer surprising insights into the lives and legacies of the artists who wore them.
Posted: November 19, 2025, 10:00 am
At the Tiny Desk, our small office crowd joins the thousands who have been inside of these power ballads and felt something real.
Posted: November 19, 2025, 10:00 am
Long inspired by Elliott Smith, Daffo worked with Smith's frequent collaborator, producer Rob Schnapf, on their debut album.
Posted: November 18, 2025, 4:25 pm
Thirty-five years after the Grammys revoked Milli Vanilli's best new artist award, former member Fab Morvan has been nominated in a surprising twist.
Posted: November 18, 2025, 3:22 pm