Now Playing

Loading streams...

NPR Music

Pages

Music Reviews
2:33 pm
Tue July 31, 2012

Fat Boys: A Hip-Hop Novelty Act Strikes Back

Credit Ebet Roberts / Redferns
The Fat Boys in 1990. Left to right: Damon "Kool Rock-Ski" Wimbley, Darren "Buff Love" Robinson and Mark "Prince Markie Dee" Morales.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By

Originally published on Fri August 3, 2012 9:33 am

Read more
World Cafe
2:18 pm
Tue July 31, 2012

Kat Edmonson On World Cafe

Credit Courtesy of the artist
Kat Edmonson.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By editor

Texas native Kat Edmonson possesses astonishing vocal control: She glides effortlessly between tones, and can move from a lilting falsetto to a raspy growl with ease. Her debut album, 2009's Take to the Sky, finds her exploring the roots of classic pop and jazz songs — an approach she continues on its sequel, this year's Way Down Low.

Read more
All Songs Considered Blog
2:02 pm
Tue July 31, 2012

'Oh We've Got A Bigger Dressing Room Than The Puppets, That's Refreshing'

Credit Popperfoto / Getty Images
The members of Grand Funk Railroad, Don Brewer (drums), guitarists Mel Schacher (right) and Mark Farner play at a free concert in London's Hyde Park in 1971.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By

Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 7:42 pm

The bigger they are, the harder they fall. That old expression came to mind when I read the headline of a recent press release:

'Grand Funk Railroad, Boston, Kansas at Aberdeen Proving Ground, August 11'

Read more
Music
12:14 pm
Tue July 31, 2012

Boban i Marko Markovic: Irresistible Party Music

Next imagePrevious image
Credit Roger Kisby / Getty Images
Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar performs onstage in 2008.
Credit Michael Mann
Boban and Marko Markovic are the father and son behind Serbia's Markovic Orkestar.
Credit
Share
E-mail
Comments
By

A dozen years ago, if someone told me that one of the liveliest, most inventive party albums of the year would come from a band originally associated with wedding celebrations and beer festivals, I would have been all, "Yeah, sure, you bet." If it was further explained that the band's roots were much closer to polka than rock, funk or hip-hop, I would have responded, "Don't push it." But nowadays, I'm familiar with the Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar, whose retrospective Golden Horns will lighten the heart and lift the feet as surely as anything you'll hear in 2012.

Read more

Pages