NPR’s latest on the music scene

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to musician Noah Cyrus about how family and faith inspired her new album, "I Want My Loved Ones To Go With Me."
Author: Ayesha Rascoe
Posted: July 13, 2025, 2:46 pm
The English band's sophomore album, moisturizer, is out today. Co-founder Rhian Teasdale joins World Cafe to talk about it.
Author: Raina Douris
Posted: July 11, 2025, 4:27 pm
The hip-hop duo delivers its best live performance ever recorded and one of the hardest Tiny Desks of all time.
Author: Bobby Carter
Posted: July 11, 2025, 4:00 pm
The Library of Congress' new collection includes more than 5,000 items from the Broadway legend, including ideas for Sweeney Todd lyrics and notes for Glynis Johns as she sang "Send in the Clowns."
Author: Bob Mondello
Posted: July 11, 2025, 12:00 pm
We're joined by music historian and professor Rickey Vincent to talk about the legacy of Sly Stone. He talks to us about what made the funk icon so special and why there'll never be another like Sly again.
Posted: July 11, 2025, 7:00 am
NPR Music's Stephen Thompson is back with Celia Gregory of Nashville public radio station WNXP to talk through this week's best new music.
Author: Stephen Thompson
Posted: July 11, 2025, 4:01 am
The Memphis band performs songs from their new album, Family.
Author: Stephen Kallao
Posted: July 10, 2025, 5:27 pm
The alt-rock icon performs music from her debut solo album, Nobody Loves You More.
Author: Stephen Kallao
Posted: July 10, 2025, 4:20 pm
NPR Music received a record number of entries to this year's Tiny Desk Contest: 7,500. The judges discovered so many amazing entries, and now we're sharing some of those standouts here.
Author: Bobby Carter
Posted: July 9, 2025, 10:08 pm
Amid a cluster of top 10 album debuts this week, there's a left-field hit with staying power: the soundtrack to the Netflix original movie KPop Demon Hunters, which surges into the top five.
Author: Stephen Thompson
Posted: July 9, 2025, 6:32 pm