Music

July 23, 2019

How the debut B-52’s album wedded punk with fun.

Azoreans long for family abroad with this double-hearted instrument

July 22, 2019

As emigration changed the make-up of Portugal's Azores islands, musician Rafael Carvalho and his students are reviving nearly-lost traditions.

Environment

Mick Jagger wants you to stop throwing away your plastic cups

PRI's The World

July 22, 2019

Businesses worldwide are looking for alternatives to single-use plastic cups.

Music

The Silver Lake Chorus brings harmony to indie rock

Studio 360

July 18, 2019

The Silver Lake Chorus commissioned indie rockers to write songs for them. Aimee Mann explains how she wrote “Easy to Die,” about a friend’s overdose.

This Woman's Work

This Woman’s Work: Billie Holiday’s ‘Lady Sings the Blues’

Studio 360

July 18, 2019

How the legendary jazz singer transformed pain into art on her 1956 album.

Music

Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir

Studio 360

July 18, 2019

The most popular living composer of choral music doesn’t need the world’s best singers in his choir — he just wants thousands of amateurs from all over the world.

Obituary

Remembering trailblazing South African musician and activist Johnny Clegg

Reuters

July 17, 2019

South African musician and activist Johnny Clegg died Tuesday at age 66. His music was widely known and lauded, as was his activism against the apartheid regime in South Africa, which ended in 1994.

Music

Thirty-five years of Yo La Tengo

Studio 360

July 04, 2019

The original indie rockers perform live.

Music

The duo that’s really folkin’ funny

Studio 360

July 04, 2019

Inspired by Joni Mitchell, Friends Who Folk harmonize about chain restaurants, celebrity sightings and self care.

Generation Putin

Russia’s rap scene: No place for politics

PRI's The World

June 28, 2019

Rap is now mainstream in Russia. The sound is everywhere: in clubs, on the radio and in stores. But despite a culture of speaking out on issues in the West, why do many rappers in Russia avoid talking about the country’s big problems?

Music

This Woman’s Work: 'The B-52’s'

Azoreans long for family abroad with this double-hearted instrument

Mick Jagger wants you to stop throwing away your plastic cups

The Silver Lake Chorus brings harmony to indie rock

This Woman’s Work: Billie Holiday’s ‘Lady Sings the Blues’

Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir

Remembering trailblazing South African musician and activist Johnny Clegg

Thirty-five years of Yo La Tengo

The duo that’s really folkin’ funny

Russia’s rap scene: No place for politics

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