Bobby Carter, host and series producer of NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts, pointed to three main components that make for a great performance. An artist must be comfortable performing live, captivating an ...

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Stephen Thompson is a host, writer and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist and guest host on All Songs Considered.

Eric Deggans is NPR's first full-time TV critic ... He originally joined the paper as its pop music critic in November 1995. He has worked at the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey and both the ...

December 28, 2024 • Charlie's Music Shop is an old-time radio program hosted by Charlie McMullen and featuring popular music and American standards from the 1940s and 50s.

He was named NPR's Mexico City correspondent in 2022. Before that, he was based in Cape Town, South Africa. He started his journalism career as a pop music critic and after a few newspaper stints ...

Trying, that is, to predict what will happen in the world of pop culture in 2025. We do it every year, so we'll look back on our predictions for 2024 and see how things turned out. Subscribe to NPR ...

The 1964 hit "As Tears Go By," penned by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, made her a star, but Marianne Faithfull demonstrated ...

Today, we make pop culture resolutions for 2025, and look back on last year's goals and assess our progress with brutal honesty. Subscribe to NPR Plus at plus.npr.org or make a gift at donate.npr.org.