March 21, 2025Our Classic Americana pick this week highlights foundational blues artist and slide-guitar innovator, Son House. Save This Story
Classic Americana: Son HouseMike Pengra and Luke Taylor • Mar 21, 2025Our Classic Americana pick this week highlights foundational blues artist and slide-guitar innovator, Son House.
Coffee Break: ReunitedJill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Mar 21, 2025For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from bands that have gotten back together would you like to hear?
Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner embraces melancholy in new albumLindsay Totty • Mar 21, 2025With a new album, Michelle Zauner tells NPR she is finally finding balance between all the things she yearns for: her career goals, a connection to family and a connection to her ancestral home of Korea.
The Chart Show: The Linda Lindas enter Hall of Fame at No. 1 Mar 20, 2025The Linda Lindas now have two songs in the Chart Show Hall of Fame. After 10 weeks on The Chart, the Los Angeles punk rock band’s "Nothing Would Change" is at No. 1 in their final week.
Coffee Break: Spring Equinox! Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Mar 20, 2025For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that celebrate spring would you like to hear?
Coffee Break: Women in Hip-HopJill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Mar 19, 2025For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from women in hip-hop would you like to hear?
Celebrate Women's History Month with The Current Mar 19, 2025The Current launches special features and The Siren, a 24/7 DJ-curated stream that honors and amplifies the sounds of women’s voices and music, as part of Women’s History Month.
The best bands we saw at SXSW 2025The NPR Network • Mar 18, 2025Public radio stations were on the ground in Austin for this year's SXSW Music festival.
Jesse Colin Young, singer of The Youngbloods' 'Get Together,' dies at 83Annie Zaleski • Mar 18, 2025Prolific musician Jesse Colin Young, best known for being the voice of the '60s folk-rock anthem "Get Together," died on Sunday at age 83.
Coffee Break: Well... That Was AwkwardJill Riley and Nilufer Arsala • Mar 18, 2025For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs about being awkward or awkward moments would you like to hear?