Roberta Flack Dreamed of Being a Classical Pianist, Then Made Pop History

Born JoAnne Deborah Byron in 1947 into a family of strivers in Queens, she split her time between her mother’s home in New ...
The Source

Conway The Machine Enters His Prime With “BMG” Video From New Album

Conway The Machine releases the cinematic “BMG” video from his new album You Can’t Kill God With Bullets, marking a new prime ...

“It had a swing that can’t be duplicated”: Ex-Guns N’ Roses drummer Josh Freese says nobody can play like Steven Adler

Josh Freese is one of many great drummers to have featured in Guns N’ Roses over the years – and as far as he’s concerned, ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 2013, Country Music Said Goodbye to the Superstar Singer Who Redefined Honky Tonk with a History-Making Hit

Twelve years ago today, the country music world lost an innovative singer, songwriter, and guitarist who helped define the ...

Songs that hit hard in 2025

NPR listeners share the one song that hit them the hardest this year, and tell us why they laughed, cried, or simply couldn’t ...