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The beloved singer and interpreter of pop standards won 20 Grammy awards over a career that touched eight decades.

NPR's Michel Martin remembers the legendary singer Tony Bennett with Weekend Edition host Scott Simon, who wrote the book "Just Getting Started" with Bennett.

As it celebrates its 50th birthday, hip-hop is a global phenomenon. But to map the music's true impact, you have to look closer. Here's a guide to rap history, charted across more than a dozen cities.

Pickles, pots and protein were also employed in their quirky song about pandemic lockdowns and frontline workers.

Giovanni Kiyingi was a stand-out entry in NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest this year. Originally from Uganda but now living in Phoenix, Arizona, his song "Bukunja" blends East and West African styles.

The lead singer of The 1975 disparaged Malaysia's anti-LGBTQ laws, saying he regretted agreeing to perform in the country.

The Puerto Rican vocalist brings her distinctive songs of desire and longing to the Tiny Desk.

In their new book On Minimalism, musicologists William Robin and Kerry O'Brien capture the lesser-known stories of the musical movement and its development, era by era.

See a Little Light, the new memoir by Husker Du frontman Bob Mould, tries to make sense of the author's compulsions, his identity as a musician and a gay man and his escape from a life as a self-described "miserablist."

A single, mysterious episode from the life of Ivan the Terrible — his third marriage, which lasted only a few days and ended with his bride's death.