Latest Music Stories
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After releasing two albums in 2025, rap's great modern philosopher and griot is having one of his best-ever runs. He may not have all the answers, but his questions are everything we need right now.
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The very first K-pop band to play behind the Tiny Desk gives us a decade-long, catalog-spanning medley.
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These love songs — Neko Case's "Oh, Neglect...," Valerie June's "Runnin' and Searchin'" and Olivia Dean's "Man I Need" — each express a refreshingly realistic ambivalence toward romance.
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When singer/songwriter Luke Bell died in 2022, he left behind a trove of unreleased music. His mother, Carol Bell, talks to NPR's Scott Simon about his posthumous album, "The King Is Back."
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Robert Plant's voice has only gotten better with age. In this beautiful set, Plant and his band cover Low, Moby Grape, Martha Scanlan and interpret traditional songs.
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Hundreds of students who play brass instruments attended Brass Day on Wednesday. The event was hosted by SIU's school of music to instruct students and learn about music careers.
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At the Tiny Desk, our small office crowd joins the thousands who have been inside of these power ballads and felt something real.
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Lewis Capaldi wants to be known for more than ballads. His new EP Survive is the start.
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Prepare your face to assume and remain in the stank position. It's about to get funky.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with The Lemonheads singer Evan Dando about the new album "Love Chant," the group's first release of original material in nearly 20 years.
The Beethoven Network is the all-classical service produced at WFMT's state-of-the-art broadcast studios. The program is hosted by Peter Van De Graaff.