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Writer, singer, rapper, fill-in NPR host. Dessa is back with her first solo album in five years.

The teen idol and massively successful solo singer's tabloid life paled in comparison to his uncommonly soulful work.

On Sunday, November 10, comic book and pop culture fans from around the region will gather at Albany Comic Con, now in its 6th year. WAMC’s Jessica…

One of the bands at Coachella this year is Beach House, the duo out of Baltimore known for their “dream pop” style of music.

Few, if any, people have more influence of the sound of popular music today as Ryan Tedder, a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. And…

Pop-up book artist Robert Sabuda, creator of the New York Times betsellers The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Night Before Christmas, talks with NPR's Scott Simon about his latest three-dimensional extravaganza: the Lewis Carroll children's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

The young Icelandic-Chinese singer, now a Grammy nominee, has been pegged by some as her generation's jazz savior — a burdensome role that arguably misreads her talents.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Vivian Yoon. Her new podcast K-Pop Dreaming is a personal and historical journey through Korean pop music.

In the early 1960s, Joe Barry combined Cajun and country music into a whole new sound. In honor of a new anthology of Barry's music titled A Fool to Care, critic Ed Ward tells the forgotten musician's story.

Jeopardy! champion and host Ken Jennings rose to fame for knowing nearly everything about anything. Now he's written a book on destinations of the afterlife called 100 Places to See After You Die.