The Day Dylan Got It Right
"Like a Rolling Stone" is a classic today, but it flummoxed a young Bob Dylan in the studio. Newly released outtakes reveal where the song started and how it dramatically transformed.
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The Sounds Of James Bond, From The Editors Who Created Them
Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg won the Oscar for their sound work on Skyfall. Now they're back with the new James Bond movie, Spectre. NPR's Becky Sullivan talks to the pair about just what a sound editor does.
Odesza: Love Songs For A Digital Age
"Electronic music can get really weird," says Clayton Knight, one-half of the ascendant Seattle duo. "And I think we've made it, in some way, more accessible."
Shawn Colvin On World Cafe
Performing material from her new covers album, Colvin shows she has a knack for singing other people's songs as well as her own.
Jaki Byard On Piano Jazz
The pianist and saxophonist was a frequent collaborator with Charles Mingus and Maynard Ferguson.
First Watch: Tom Jones, 'Elvis Presley Blues'
Tom Jones pays tribute to his longtime friend with a cover of the song "Elvis Presley Blues."
My Bubba: Tiny Desk Concert
My Bubba is the duo of Sweden's My and Iceland's Bubba, women whose quirky, delicate, sweetly sung folk songs are a delight.
Songs We Love: Marisa Anderson, 'House Carpenter/See That My Grave is Kept Clean'
PDX guitarist's narrative marriage of a Scottish folk ballad and a Blind Lemon Jefferson blues standard updates the ancient art of music storytelling.
The Techno Feminists Next Door
The three founders of the Brooklyn-based all-female DJ collective Discwoman are chipping away at club culture's bro problem.
Silvestrov's Ukrainian Nostalgia
With minutely detailed instructions from Kiev-born composer Valentin Silvestrov, a British pianist probes the heart of melancholy in music that appears light but weighs heavy.