Wyatt Flores talks about his album and being honest about mental health NPR's Juana Summers talks with musician Wyatt Flores about his new album Welcome to the Plains and his honesty around mental health. Vincent Acovino
R&B Singer Elmiene says if his song doesn't make you cry, he hasn't done his job British R&B singer Elmiene stops by for a performance at the Tiny Desk and chats with NPR's Scott Detrow about why he's drawn to soul music, his Sudanese roots and why he loves touring in the U.S. Scott Detrow
'Even the Forest Hums' is a new compilation of music from Ukraine NPR's Scott Simon talks to Vitalii Bardetskyi, a Ukrainian DJ and music journalist, about a new compilation of music from that country called "Even the Forest Hums." Scott Simon
Hans Zimmer discusses his music 'Blitz', a film set in World War II NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with award-winning film composer Hans Zimmer about his latest work for the film "Blitz." Eleana Tworek
Without knowing how to play piano, comedian H. Jon Benjamin made a jazz album in 2015 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.
Remembering superstar music producer Quincy Jones 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 2001. Terry Gross
‘How it will end is how it will end,’ but The Cure isn’t over, yet 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. Stephen Thompson
Undone by the loss of his brother Eddie, Alex Van Halen looks back in a new memoir Though Alex had been the guitarist in the family, when they formed Van Halen, it quickly became clear who would play: "[Ed] made that instrument sing." Alex's new memoir is Brothers. Tonya Mosley
Singer/songwriter Randy Newman looks back on his decades-long music career Ken Tucker reviews Robert Hilburn's biography of Newman, A Few Words in Defense of Our Country. Plus, we listen back to a 1998 archival interview with the Grammy Award-winning artist. Ken Tucker
Dua Lipa talks about her new album and playing a venue like the Tiny Desk Dua Lipa usually plays for thousands in stadiums, but she recently stopped by NPR to play a much smaller venue: the Tiny Desk. Ari Shapiro