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The Kingsmen's enduring recording of the song turns 60 this year, and remains a classic, in part because of its dramatic history.

Twenty years ago this month, NPR launched a multimedia program called All Songs Considered — which grew out of host Bob Boilen directing All Things Considered.

With the holiday looming large, today Linda Fasulo looks at 2 very different holiday-themed books by award winning Florida authors. The first is The…

Singer Jessie Reyez is a rising star; she's sold out shows, appeared on TV and received her first Grammy nomination for her EP, Being Human in Public. The producers of Latino USA have the profile.

Lauren Pritchard left her tiny Tennessee town for show business before she was old enough to drive. She speaks with Scott Simon about her latest release as LOLO.

The folk singer's rendition of "Child's Song" takes on special significance during graduation season.

This week, NPR Music writer and editor Stephen Thompson introduces us to a newly-released single by Minnesota indie pop musician Jeremy Messersmith.

Brian Evenson's new collection brings together stories that have appeared in literary fiction, speculative fiction and horror publications — and yet they flow together into a disturbing whole.

Yesterday we asked for your picks for the songs that represent the feeling in the U.K. right now. Here are some of your suggestions.

It's stupefying that Karen Dalton remains, even in this crate-digging age, largely unknown: She was a singer of transfixing nuance and uncommon emotional control. If her debut album appeared new today, Dalton could have easily become a phenomenon of at least Madeline Peyroux proportions.