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Bon Iver Announces A New Album, Releases Another Pair Of Songs

The band's fourth album, due out Aug. 30, will be titled i,i. Hear "Jelmore" and "Faith" now.

Rihanna performs with Pharrell Williams at her fifth annual Diamond Ball on Sept. 12, 2019. This January marks four years since her last full-length release.

From Dixie Chicks To Rihanna: Our Music Predictions For 2020

NPR Music's Ann Powers and Rodney Carmichael discuss albums they're looking forward to, as well as the artists they're begging to come back.

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, photographed in New York on Aug. 19, 2007. The artist, best known for their work in the groups Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, died on March 14, 2020.

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Provocateur And Industrial Co-Creator, Dead At 70

The Manchester-raised artist was an invariably complicated and controversial figure, said to exert an unhealthy level of control over their collaborators.

Chris Cohen with some of his Private Playlist selections.

Celebrating Public Radio Music Day

Thursday, April 16, marks the first Public Radio Music Day which celebrates the special role that non-commercial radio stations play in bringing music to our ears.

A float carrying participants in the San Diego Pride Parade waits its turn on Normal Street, July 13, 2013.

San Diego Pride Parade Celebration Goes Online

Because of the pandemic, organizers took the historic Pride Parade march through Hillcrest online with a slide show of photos from 46 years of the parade, which started in 1974.

Omar Vivó, a 45-year-old Cuban migrant, in Necoclí, Colombia in September, on his more than 3,000-mile journey to the U.S. Next Vivó made his way to the Darién Gap to trek on foot through the jungle to the Panama border.

He left Cuba for the U.S., and wound up trekking through 60 miles of dangerous jungle

An NPR team follows Omar Vivó as he sets off from Colombia for the U.S., traversing part of the Darién Gap, where the dangers include raging rivers, snakes and criminals who prey on migrants.

The Kaiser Permanente float was one of many participating in the 131st Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., in January. Organizers have canceled the 2021 event, citing health and safety risks associated with the coronavirus pandemic.

Organizers Nix 2021 Rose Parade, Its First Cancellation Since WWII

The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association is canceling the 132nd Rose Parade because of the coronavirus pandemic, but is still tentatively planning for the Rose Bowl Game on Jan. 1.

The UPS Store float is seen at the 129th Tournament of Roses Parade on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif.

Rose Parade Scrubbed Due To Continuing Coronavirus Pandemic

It's only the fourth time since 1891 that the parade has been canceled, with the three previous cancellations occurring during the wartime years of 1942, 1943 and 1945.

A DJ performs a set at an Afternoon Umbrella Friends event at Kava Lounge in December 2019.

A Community-Funded Future For Kava Lounge

After an announced closure due to the pandemic, the electronic and local music community rallied around the small live music venue.

The late rapper Tupac Shakur in 1994 photo. Shakur's estate is among the parties suing Universal Music over a 2008 fire in the label's vaults.

Artists File $100 Million Suit Against Universal Music Over 2008 Fire

A group of bands, artists and estates — including the estates of Tupac Shakur and Tom Petty as well as Hole, Soundgarden and Steve Earle — are suing the world's biggest record company for damages.

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