NPR Music Archives

Live Events, NPR MusicApr 16, 2024Apr 16, 2024

Appearing at Psych Fest 2024: NPR Sessions

Live sessions of the artists appearing at Psych Fest this year!

NPR Music, RememberingAug 10, 2023Aug 14, 2023

Robbie Robertson, guitarist for The Band and Bob Dylan, has died at 80

Robbie Robertson, the lead guitarist and the primary songwriter for Canadian rock luminaries The Band, has died at age […]

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NPR MusicAug 3, 2023Aug 3, 2023

Obongjayar: Tiny Desk Concert

Obongjayar performs at Tiny Desk

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NPR MusicAug 3, 2023Aug 3, 2023

Lizzo says hostile work environment allegations against her are ‘unbelievable’

Lizzo denies allegations of hostile work environment.

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NPR MusicAug 1, 2023Aug 1, 2023

How Houston became the self-sustaining heart of Texas rap

The bond between Texans and hip-hop runs as deep as blood.

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NPR MusicAug 1, 2023Aug 1, 2023

Joni Mitchell’s return ‘At Newport’ reconfigures her legacy

The surprise performance, now an album, evolves her chameleonic career

NPR Music, RememberingJul 27, 2023Jul 27, 2023

Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has died at 56

O’Connor’s recording of “Nothing Compares 2 U” was one of the biggest hits of the early 1990s

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Music News, NPR MusicJul 24, 2023Jul 24, 2023

Malaysia’s government cancels festival after The 1975’s Matty Healy kisses a bandmate

NPR | By Juliana Kim / Published July 22, 2023 6:07 PM ET Matty Healy is known for sharing […]

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NPR MusicJul 24, 2023Jul 24, 2023

Blur’s ‘Ballad’ to bittersweet midlife

NPR | By Matthew Perpetua / Published July 20, 2023 5:00 AM ET Damon Albarn has never needed to return to Blur. He’s […]

NPR Music, RememberingJul 21, 2023Jul 21, 2023

Tony Bennett, king of the American Songbook, dead at 96

The beloved singer won 20 Grammy awards over a career that touched eight decades

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NPR Music, Words On MusicJul 18, 2023Jul 18, 2023

You can feel Palehound’s songs in your gut

The visceral palette of ‘Eye on the Bat’ has an unexpectedly joyful quality

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NPR MusicJul 18, 2023Jul 18, 2023

Sparks: Tiny Desk Concert

Sparks Performs at Tiny Desk!

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NPR MusicJul 17, 2023Jul 19, 2023

GWAR: Tiny Desk Concert

GWAR Performs at Tiny Desk!

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NPR MusicJun 28, 2023

Here’s the deal with King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

The key to understanding the King Gizzard phenomenon is a willingness to imagine disparate categories in dense overlap, well […]

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NPR MusicJun 21, 2023Jun 21, 2023

The rebuilt heart of Jason Isbell

Ten years after getting sober, Jason Isbell has succeeded by building a world with no place to hide.

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NPR MusicJun 14, 2023Jun 28, 2023

Janelle Monáe wants you … to enter the ‘Pleasure’ zone

In the already uncomfortably hot summer of 2023, talk of pleasure can hit like a forbidden tonic, providing relief […]

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Music News, NPR MusicJun 14, 2023Jun 14, 2023

The Beatles will release a final record, using John Lennon’s voice via an AI assist

The music has analog roots, but now it’s being revived by futuristic technology: The Beatles have completed a new […]

NPR MusicMay 23, 2023May 23, 2023

Kurt Cobain’s broken guitar sells for nearly $600,000

Kurt Cobain’s smashed Fender Stratocaster sold for nearly $600,000 at auction.

NPR MusicMay 16, 2023May 16, 2023

Announcing the winner of the 2023 Tiny Desk Contest

NPR announces the 2023 Tiny Desk Winner

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NPR MusicMay 5, 2023May 5, 2023

40 Songs From 40 Years Of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic

On the anniversary of his 1983 self-titled debut, we rank his greatest bits

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NPR MusicMay 5, 2023May 5, 2023

Jury finds that Ed Sheeran didn’t copy Marvin Gaye classic ‘Let’s Get It On’

Ed Sheeran found not guilty of stealing Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On”

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NPR MusicMay 4, 2023May 4, 2023

2023 Rock Hall inductees include Kate Bush, Willie Nelson and Missy Elliott

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees of 2023!

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NPR Music, RememberingMay 2, 2023May 2, 2023

Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian folk legend, dies at 84

NPR | By Neda Ulaby / Published May 1, 2023 at 10:25 PM ET Canadian folk-rock icon Gordon Lightfoot has died at […]

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NPR MusicMay 1, 2023

Neil Young and Snoop Dogg joined Willie Nelson on stage for a 90th birthday concert

NPR | By The Associated Press / Published April 30, 2023 at 7:51 AM ET LOS ANGELES — “Are there any more […]