Music

Ray Manzarek, Founding Member Of The Doors, Dies

Krishnadev Calamur — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:30:00 +0000

Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and a founding member of The Doors, died Monday in Germany. He was 74.

A statement from publicist Heidi Ellen Robinson-Fitzgerald said Manzarek died in Rosenheim, Germany, after a long battle with bile duct cancer.

Manzarek and Jim Morrison founded the iconic band after meeting in California.

Loudon Wainwright III On Mountain Stage

editor — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:56:00 +0000

Loudon Wainwright III makes his 14th appearance on Mountain Stage, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va. Wainwright first played Mountain Stage in 1988 — at that time, he was already regarded as one of America's finest singer-songwriters.

Next: Hanni El Khatib

David Dye — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:12:00 +0000

Hanni El Khatib is a first-generation American who grew up with a Palestinian father and a Filipino mother in San Francisco.

Mohammad Reza Shajarian: Tiny Desk Concert

Anastasia Tsioulcas — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:03:00 +0000

Every Tiny Desk Concert provides its own particular thrill, but it's not every day that we get to welcome one of NPR's 50 Great Voices to our offices.

Sarah Vaughan: A New Box Set Revels In Glorious Imperfections

Kevin Whitehead — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:17:00 +0000

Singer Sarah Vaughan came up in the 1940s alongside bebop lions Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, starting out in Earl Hines' big band. Hines had hired her as his singer and deputy pianist, while Gillespie praised her fine ear for chords as she grasped the arcane refinements of bebop harmony.

Do You Really Listen To Full Albums?

Robin Hilton — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:08:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxyUl3DrOLE

Deke Sharon Makes A Cappella Cool Again

editor — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:58:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lExW80sXsHs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q573_hDhTbE

Laura Mvula: A Soulful Voice That Once Answered Phones

editor — Sun, 19 May 2013 09:41:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYjHixQ9Ns4

Marques Toliver: An R&B Crooner With Strings Attached

NPR Staff — Sun, 19 May 2013 09:41:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cWdb6N4rg

Draco Rosa: A Pop Survivor Returns From The Brink, With Friends

Mandalit del Barco — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:03:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHRjWauwpvE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3UVw3a7qIQ