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. Mallory Yu
Wyatt Flores talks about his new album 'Welcome to the Plains' and 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. Juana Summers
Now in her 50s, Kylie Minogue says she feels liberated NPR's Brittany Luse, host of It's Been a Minute, talks with Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. Her new album Tension II is a follow-up to last year’s Tension. Brittany Luse
Tom Petty to 'Fresh Air': 'The songs mean a lot to people, and it means a lot to me' Petty's classic album is being rereleased as Long After Dark Deluxe, including seven previously unreleased songs. Petty, who died in 2017, spoke to Fresh Air in 2006 about his influences. Terry Gross