NPR’s latest on the music scene

It's a big week for women in country music — and, it turns out, for women whose songs are favored by women in figure skating.
Author: Stephen Thompson
Posted: March 5, 2026, 5:12 pm
A new mini-album finds the world's biggest girl group in a tight spot: competing with its own legacy.
Author: Sheldon Pearce
Posted: March 5, 2026, 3:45 pm
Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station.
Posted: March 5, 2026, 3:36 pm
What can robots teach us about humanity and about love? This musical, starring Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen, tries to understand what it means to actually live.
Author: Mitra I. Arthur
Posted: March 5, 2026, 10:00 am
Now that it is becoming harder and harder to get a ticket to your favorite artist's show, watching indirectly is becoming a popular compromise. What is gained and lost in a tiered concert hierarchy?
Author: Hazel Cills
Posted: March 4, 2026, 5:15 pm
There have been so many extraordinary iterations of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers that some remarkable editions have been overlooked — including Strasbourg 82, a newly discovered concert album.
Author: Martin Johnson
Posted: March 4, 2026, 4:36 pm
Understanding one of the world's oldest civilizations can't be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of literature, journalism, music and film by Iranians are a powerful starting point.
Author: Anastasia Tsioulcas
Posted: March 3, 2026, 9:02 pm
She may be indie rock's queen of precisely rendered emotion, but on Mitski's latest album, Nothing's About to Happen to Me, warped perspectives, questionable motives and possible hauntings abound.
Author: Ann Powers
Posted: March 3, 2026, 7:08 pm
On Tuesday opening statements will begin for the federal antitrust trial against Live Nation, one of the largest entertainment companies in the world.
Author: Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Posted: March 3, 2026, 4:49 pm
One of the most influential groups in hip-hop honors its legacy and the late Trugoy the Dove with a set of classics and new material.
Author: Bobby Carter
Posted: March 3, 2026, 10:00 am