Music Interviews : NPR

The Philadelphia musician delivers his most cohesive record to date.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/07/1211597967/mondo-cozmo-album-its-principle

We revisit a 2016 interview when NPR’s Robert Siegel spoke with actor and comedian H. Jon Benjamin about a jazz album on which he plays piano despite no training.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/05/nx-s1-5179692/without-knowing-how-to-play-piano-comedian-h-jon-benjamin-made-a-jazz-album-in-2015

The saxophonist has spent his life developing his unique, physically demanding performance style.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/05/1211597785/colin-stetson-album-the-love-it-took-to-leave-you

The renowned arranger, composer and producer worked with countless artists, including Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin and Michael Jackson. Jones died Nov. 3. Originally broadcast in 2...

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/05/g-s1-32502/remembering-superstar-music-producer-quincy-jones

NPR's A Martínez speaks with Dutch brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen about their new EP, Rêve, featuring piano duets by lesser-known composers influenced by — or rejecting — French Impressio...

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/04/nx-s1-5104202/lucas-arthur-jussen-reve-new-album

"Weird Al" Yankovic is the undisputed king of parody music. He's been recording music for over four decades and sold millions of records. Al just turned sixty-five, and we're celebrating with a l...

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/05/1211596761/bullseye-with-jesse-thorn-weird-al-yankovic

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Scottish musician Nina Nesbitt about her new album, "Mountain Music."

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/02/nx-s1-5166108/scottish-musician-nina-nesbitt-on-her-new-album-mountain-music

Heavily inspired by cumbia, the London-based band has a straightforward ethos: have fun.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/01/1211597695/los-bitchos-album-talkie-talkie

The Cure's first album in 16 years, Songs of a Lost World, is thematically dark, but sonically rich and inviting. Still, though, Robert Smith says there's so much more to come.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/01/nx-s1-5111807/the-cure-robert-smith-interview-songs-of-a-lost-world

Whether she’s singing in the world’s great opera houses, the White House or in prisons, the celebrated mezzo-soprano and U.S. Global Music Ambassador understands how music can move people.

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/31/nx-s1-5148804/amplify-lara-downes-denyce-graves