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Photographer: MJ Kim/© MPL Communications LtdLast week, the hottest ticket in NYC wasn't the SNL 50th anniversary concert. It was the three nights Paul McCartney played at a tiny downtown venue that usually hosts up-and-coming indie rock bands. -
Sophia Matinazad/Universal Music Group NashvillePart of a growing number of Black artists being embraced by the Nashville country-music machine, The War and Treaty is the husband-and-wife duo of Michael and Tanya Trotter. Their new album, Plus One, infuses country with gospel, bluegrass, rock and whatever else inspires them.
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MJ Lenderman's compelling lyricism and wry sense of self shines in this stripped back set. -
Charley Crockett has come a long way from his days busking on the streets of New Orleans. Now, he performs at theaters in front of thousands of people. To cap it all off, he's up for his first Grammy. -
Questlove's newest documentary features interviews and clips from 50 years of musical performances on Saturday Night Live. -
Influential bassist Tony Levin speaks with NPR's Eric Deggans about Levin's work with the experimental rock band King Crimson. -
We asked NPR photographers to share their favorite pictures and their thoughts about photographing Tiny Desk concerts in 2024. -
The Top 90 albums of 2024 as voted on by the listeners of 90.5 The Night. -
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Morning Host Michele McBride shares her Top 10 albums of the year in no particular order
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Stephanie Coskey shares her top albums of 2024, in no particular order
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Jeff Raspe shares his 10 best albums of the year, with an honorable mention
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Tom BrennanScott Pendell has combed through all the albums we've played this year. Check out the list of his Top 10 favorites. -
Tom BrennanRich Robinson has ranked his top albums of 2024. Check out his list.
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Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Maroon EntThe Earworm Eraser is a 40-second audio track specifically designed to banish "Jingle Bells," "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and other much-too-catchy seasonal tunes. -
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes, the band plays a breathtaking and career-spanning set. -
The artist sings fervently of hope, joy and perseverance backed by a group of impressive gospel singers. -
Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Cure's first album in 16 years, Songs of a Lost World, is thematically dark, but sonically rich and inviting. Still, though, Robert Smith says there's so much more to come. -
Joe Maher/Getty ImagesThe British band hasn't had a chart-topping album in a decade, but it pulled out all the stops to promote its latest, Moon Music, including selling more than a dozen different versions of the album. -
AP/APLisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley, was working on a memoir when she died in 2023. Now, her daughter Riley Keough, has finished and published From Here to the Great Unknown. -
Eric Risberg/APSan Francisco software engineer Riley Walz's Bop Spotter runs the song identifier app Shazam to quietly listen in on what music passersby are listening to in the city's diverse Mission District. -
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images/AFPArkansas unveiled a new statue of Johnny Cash in the U.S. Capitol. Cash, the first musician to be honored in the building, replaces a statue of a Confederate general. -
Corey Perrine/Getty Images/Getty Images North AmericaMusic festivals are canceling their events like maybe never before. Call it the music festival recession.
