World Cafe Next: Boogarins
Hear two songs from the Brazilian psychedelic guitar band's new album, Manual.
Music & Culture
Metropolis: 10/31/15
This week's two-hour EDM mix with KCRW's Jason Bentley features a guest mix from Disclosure.
Diane Coffee: Tiny Desk Concert
At times conjuring Mick Jagger and David Bowie, Diane Coffee's Shaun Fleming swaggered and shimmied behind the Tiny Desk.
Show Takeover: The Milk Carton Kids
The Milk Carton Kids, Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan, commandeer the mic and take over this week's show.
The 'Complete Bee Hive Recordings' Buzz With The Energy Of '70s Mainstream Jazz
A new 12-CD box set by Mosaic features a number of superior musicians who aren't household names, like saxophonists Nick Brignola and Sal Nistico. Critic Kevin Whitehead has a review.
Songs We Love: Josh Abbott Band, 'Ghosts'
The regretful first song that the country singer-songwriter composed for his group's concept album about the end of a marriage now has a video.
Neon Indian: A Musician With The Mind Of A Filmmaker
Alan Palomo says he deliberately took his time making his band's latest LP: "At some point I was just kind of like, 'I don't want to spend my 20s in a van."
Hot Sugar Makes Music Out Of Anything And Everything
"I try to capture sounds the same way a photographer would capture an image," says musician Nick Koenig, whose songs are meticulously constructed from the noise of everyday life.
In 'Great Scott,' Joyce DiDonato Leads An Opera Within An Opera
The new Dallas Opera production is a meta-story about the value — and cost — of great art.
Rod Stewart Picks Up The Pen
At age 70, after a long affair with soul standards and the American Songbook, Stewart has warmed up to writing his own material again. He joins Scott Simon to discuss the new album Another Country.