Kalisizo, Uganda — Along the deeply rutted red dirt roads of central Uganda's Lake Victoria coast, there is little for miles beyond banana groves and bustling markets. The landscape is unassuming — ...

Audrey Hobert's catchy pop songs put words to the embarrassing thoughts rolling around in our heads. That funny, yet vulnerable exploration of desire turns out to be a perfect fit for the Desk.

It isn't a simple process. Over the 16 tracks that make up this capacious album, Bridgers starts and starts again: in the middle, at the end and at the beginning. Though Lost Weekend rewards an ...

When Florence and the Machine debuted this song in the winter of 2008, they and it were not an overnight sensation. Instead, the song slowly rose up the charts after a series of enigmatic live ...

This week marks one month until Americanafest 2026, so the wheels have been turning around here. Today we share the lineup for our ninth annual Americanafest Day Stage, presented in partnership with ...

If President Trump's threatened 50% tariffs go through later this month, construction businesses that rely on materials imported from Canada are among those that will suffer.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 2,000 people. More than twice that number have gotten sick. NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports that multiple factors have made ...

Austin is lauded for its live music scene, but many musicians struggle to get by. A nonprofit helps thousands of them pay their monthly insurance premiums. And the model is being tried elsewhere.

SUMMERS: The record is called "Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat." It just got a reissue this month. AILSA CHANG, HOST: And even though it sounds like an '80s club track, it was recorded by a ...

Oxford-educated Jon Harvey's character Count Binface has become a fixture in U.K. politics. If elected, Binface pledges to build at least one affordable house, nationalize the singer Adele, "cut your ...

Chuck Redd canceled his annual Christmas Eve performance to protest Trump's name being added to the complex. In June, a superior court judge dismissed the Kennedy Center's lawsuit against Redd.

With the Chantels, a groundbreaking female vocal group, she tugged heartstrings with the indelible hit and paved the way for a wave of “girl groups.” ...