Black Music Month begins June 1st with a combination of Tiny Desk concerts and Tiny Desk (home) concerts. NPR hide caption toggle caption NPR Black Music Month begins June 1st with a combination of Tiny Desk concerts and Tiny Desk (home) concerts. NPR May 31, 2022 – Washington D.C. In […]
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SNL’s Best (And Worst) Musical Guests From The 2021-22 Season : NPR
Katy Perry. NBC/Will Heath/NBC hide caption toggle caption NBC/Will Heath/NBC Katy Perry. NBC/Will Heath/NBC Saturday Night Live is designed to be chaotic: Any time you take a host who may or may not possess a sense of humor, pair that person up with a mixed bag of comedy professionals and […]
Ukrainian-style decorated eggs are raising money for the war-torn country : NPR
Workshop participants learn to create pysanky, or Ukrainian-style decorated eggs, at a workshop in Troy, N.Y. on Mar. 21. Psyanky for Peace hide caption toggle caption Psyanky for Peace Workshop participants learn to create pysanky, or Ukrainian-style decorated eggs, at a workshop in Troy, N.Y. on Mar. 21. Psyanky for […]
Texas teacher brings rap music into the classroom : NPR
Thomas Mayfield poses at the entrance of J. T. Stevens Elementary School. JerSean Golatt for NPR hide caption toggle caption JerSean Golatt for NPR Thomas Mayfield poses at the entrance of J. T. Stevens Elementary School. JerSean Golatt for NPR Thomas Mayfield had a major problem to solve in his […]
Women are rare in the music industry, especially as producers : NPR
According to a new report, Nicki Minaj is one of the few top female songwriters in an industry where 57% of songs have no female writers. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images According to a new report, Nicki Minaj is one of the few top female […]
‘Pure Colour’ by Sheila Heti imagines evolution with art critics on top : NPR
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Farrar, Straus and Giroux Sheila Heti is famous for writing about herself. Her early fiction is abstract, sometimes fable-like, but her breakthrough 2010 novel How Should a Person Be? comes explicitly from her life: it helped launch the autofiction craze of the past decade, and portrays […]
Mitski’s ‘Laurel Hell’ confronts the wild complexity of feeling : NPR
Mitski’s Laurel Hell charts the sometimes infinitesimal, sometimes deeply disruptive complexities of emotion. Ebru Yildiz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Ebru Yildiz/Courtesy of the artist Mitski’s Laurel Hell charts the sometimes infinitesimal, sometimes deeply disruptive complexities of emotion. Ebru Yildiz/Courtesy of the artist All over the world, every […]
Tiny Desk (Home) Concert : NPR
The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It’s the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space. In her Tiny Desk (home) concert, singer-songwriter […]