Songs We Love: Vince Gill, 'Take Me Down'
The living Nashville legend returns with a wise, thoroughly modern expression of desire, accompanied by the harmonies of Little Big Town.
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Christian McBride On Ray Brown's Bass And James Brown's Appeal
Over the last year, the bassist and NPR's Audie Cornish have discussed and dissected everything about jazz. Their latest chat, held for a live audience, focuses on how his own career started.
John Grant On World Cafe
Grant tackles his midlife crisis on an adventurous new album, Grey Tickles, Black Pressure. Download his World Cafe performance of "Geraldine."
'Beatlebone' Is A Fictional Lennon's Magical Mystery Tour
Kevin Barry's hallucinatory new novel imagines John Lennon in 1978, at his lowest, wandering around Ireland (with a very mysterious tour guide) in search of a private island he bought but can't find.
Songs We Love: Rex The Dog, 'Musik Hypnotises'
Another winning dance-floor monster, from the finest cartoon canine in the world of electro-house.
First Watch: Spires, 'In Between'
Alongside dreamy vocals and psychedelic guitar, Spires taps into the unsettling side of '70s public information films in the new video for "In Between."
KEXP Presents: Mammút
Watch the cathartic, energetic Icelandic rock band perform "Salt" live in the studio.
Viking's Choice: Black Tusk, 'God's On Vacation'
One year after the death of Jonathan Athon, the bassist's last recordings with the metal band Black Tusk are set for release. "God's On Vacation" sounds just as burly, unrelenting and trashy as ever.
Bob Boilen Wrote A Book
Your Song Changed My Life will explore the moment that musical obsession became a call to action, featuring interviews with musicians from Smokey Robinson to St. Vincent.
Once A Hard Sell, Wal-Mart's Patti LaBelle Pies Fly Off Shelves
The sweet potato pie, sold in boxes bearing LaBelle's face, was a ho-hum seller until a video singing its praises went viral last week. Why pie fever? Partly, it's about celebrating black culture.