NPR2 hours agoDickey Betts, founding member of the Allman Brothers Band, dies at 80verified_publisherNPR - Chloe VeltmanDickey Betts, a founding member of the renowned rock group the Allman Brothers Band, died at at his home in Osprey, Fla. on Thursday. The influential guitarist, songwriter and vocalist had been battling two kinds of cancer as well as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He was 80 years old. …
NPR6 hours agoLizzie No's 'Halfsies' is like an epic role-playing video game : World Cafe Words and Music Podcastverified_publisherNPR - Stephen KallaoI was immediately intrigued when I heard singer-songwriter Lizzie No call her latest album a video game. As someone who grew up playing Final Fantasy and other role-playing games, I thought an album presented as an epic journey filled with leveling up and finding allies was right up my alley. In this …
NPR7 hours agoWhy Future trusts Metro Boominverified_publisherNPR - Sheldon PearceOnly a few months into Metro Boomin's first year at Morehouse, the full-time student and part-time producer found himself at a crossroads. He had migrated to the trap capital from St. Louis, his stage name an amalgamation of his hometown's bus line and Brick Squad rapper OJ da Juiceman's emphatic …
NPR9 hours agoThe Thistle & Shamrock: New Soundsverified_publisherNPRNew music is as much of a springtime certainty as fresh buds on the trees. Host Fiona Ritchie is keen to get among it all and share recordings recently acquired, downloaded, and re-discovered. This is your chance to be among the first to hear what's dropped into the Thistle mailbox, including new …
NPR1 day agoA new Lennon-McCartney collab has dropped — but this time, it's by the Beatles' sonsverified_publisherNPR - Neda UlabyWhen two musicians with famous fathers co-create a song, it's bound to attract attention. That goes double when the names attached to the song are Lennon and McCartney. "Primrose Hill" is a gently nostalgic ditty by James McCartney, with cowriting credit to Sean Ono Lennon. They are the youngest …
NPR1 day agoHauschka: Tiny Desk Concertverified_publisherNPR - Robin HiltonThe last time Volker Bertelmann stopped by NPR to perform as Hauschka, back in 2010, he dumped handfuls of Ping-Pong balls and anything else he could think of over the strings of our in-house grand piano, a performance captured in one of NPR's pristine studios (in a building that no longer exists). …
