-
The British singer Dua Lipa has become one of the world's biggest pop stars. Now, she's back with Radical Optimism, a sort of concept record about moving through life with a more mature and constructive attitude. But it's also a pretty straightforward collection of grievance-free, hyper-catchy bangers.
-
The singer-songwriter's fourth album is her best yet, with crisp, commanding songwriting, shades of '60s baroque pop and melodies that seem to have existed forever.
-
"I'm not playing with persona," St. Vincent says of All Born Screaming. "It's a really a record about life and death and love. That's it. That's all we got."
-
Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield talks about writing her latest album, Tigers Blood, from a place of happiness and peace.
-
On Friday — the day Swift released her 11th album, The Tortured Poets Department — she smashed the all-time Spotify record for most album streams in a single day, with more than 300 million.
-
A new single, "Primrose Hill," was co-written by Sean Ono Lennon and James McCartney, the youngest sons of Beatles musicians John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
-
Musician and composer Ameen Mokdad opens up about his album The Curve, which he composed while living under ISIS occupation in Mosul, Iraq.
-
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers about friendships, divinity studies, and the music from her new album, "Don't Forget Me."
-
Plus, Phosphorescent's Matthew Houck sits down to talk about making his first album since 2018.
-
The Houston-bred artist's new album uses country as a trapdoor into a sweeping genre expression. By adopting the role of the outlaw, she's free to toss all rules into the trash heap.
-
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers about his new collection of piano music, his second, called "Piano Piano 2."
-
NPR's Scott Simons speaks with Bardo Martinez, the lead singer of the Latin rock band Chicano Batman, about their fifth album, "Notebook Fantasy."