Taylor Swift won big at Sunday's MTV European Music Awards. Swift, walking away with multiple wins, including for best artist, best video and best long-form video.
NPR's Scott Simon speak to Nahid Siamdoust, assistant professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, about the role of rap in protests and political dissent in Iran.
How does a scene survive when disaster strikes its venues, music schools, rare instruments and priceless archives all at once? The musicians of flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky have a few answers.
The duo trades threats and out-of-pocket disses of virtually everyone they've ever encountered on a new album. It's ugly, but it mostly works as a more targeted, focused version of Drake's whole deal.
The Country Music Association held its annual awards on Wednesday night by having some of the genre's biggest stars pay tribute to the late country queen Loretta Lynn.
Mimi Parker, known for her chilling vocals and sparse drumming in the critically acclaimed rock band Low, died Saturday at age 55. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2020.
Parker's crystalline vocals and spare percussion gave Low's sound a grounding force and a leavening agent all at once. She died Saturday, but her voice is eternal.
She and her daughter carried one small suitcase for toiletries, clothes and shoes. But she made sure she had room for a few items with deep sentimental value.