NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks to singer-songwriter Jesca Hoop about her new album, "Long Wave Home." It's her seventh studio album, but the first she's produced herself.

The last two Eurovision winners – Switzerland's Nemo and Austria's JJ – both deployed operatic vocal runs in their songs. So, ...

Four notes is all it takes to recognize Touch Girl Apple Blossom’s “The Springtime Reminds Me Of…” Dustin Pilkington, the group’s bassist, and I are seated at Tweedy’s Bar while guitarist and vocalist ...

These country songs uphold the classic tradition of spoken-word lyrics. Revisit this convention of country music via these ...

A song that has repeatedly been dismissed as “stupid” and even got banned managed to defy expectations and climb to No. 1 on this day, 54 years ago. Here’s the song’s history and why it is often ...

In 1985, Heart had a Top 5 hit with “What About Love”. On their self-titled eighth studio album, “What About Love” is written by Brian Allen, Sheron Alton, and Jim Vallance. One of Heart’s most ...

Art from creators across the country is featured during Art, Beats + Lyrics, a traveling exhibition celebrating hip-hop’s influence on visual art. (Photo by Kat Goduco/AB+L) The sound of the crowd ...

Bruno Mars has spent so much time collaborating with other artists, it will take a minute to remember his last solo hit. That is, of course, excluding the first single from his new album, "The ...