NPR’s latest on the music scene

NPR's Mia Venkat explains what the internet was obsessed with this week: the jazzy jingles made by content creator Romeo.
Author: Mia Venkat
Posted: February 7, 2026, 10:17 pm
Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason weaves scenes of quiet domestic life against the backdrop of an arresting landscape in his newest film.
Author: Teresa Xie
Posted: February 7, 2026, 2:00 pm
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Julia Steiner of the band Ratboys. Their new album is called "Singin' to an Empty Chair."
Author: Danny Hensel
Posted: February 7, 2026, 12:57 pm
Petra Rivera-Rideau, co-author of the Bad Bunny Syllabus and the new book P FKN R, says the Puerto Rican artist often wields joy as resistance.
Author: Adriana Gallardo
Posted: February 6, 2026, 9:49 am
Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station.
Posted: February 5, 2026, 6:59 pm
The Travis Scott signee came up in the shadow of his mentor's rootless sound. On Octane, he taps his hometown's lineage and finds a star power all his own.
Author: Sheldon Pearce
Posted: February 5, 2026, 6:49 pm
These wildly different artists both reach the top of the pop charts this week.
Author: Stephen Thompson
Posted: February 5, 2026, 5:08 pm
Protest requires people to take a stand and hold firm. Pop songs are designed to appeal across demographic lines. In music, as in the rest of the world, resistance takes place closer to the ground.
Author: Ann Powers
Posted: February 5, 2026, 4:18 pm
In 1965, Davis led one of the all-time great jazz groups. That December, they recorded seven sets over two nights in a Chicago nightclub. The complete recordings went unreleased for decades.
Author: Kevin Whitehead
Posted: February 5, 2026, 2:47 pm
Backed by a band and choir, Pastor John P. Kee transforms the Tiny Desk into an old, wood-floored country church.
Author: Mitra I. Arthur
Posted: February 5, 2026, 10:00 am