Music

Here are the 2026 Pulitzer Prize winners

Anastasia Tsioulcas

Neda Ulaby

Award winners include authors Daniel Kraus, Jill Lepore and Yiyun Li, opinion writer M. Gessen and staffers and contributors at The Washington Post, Reuters and AP.
On 'SANGÚ,' Arturo Sandoval reaches back and pays it forward

Ryan Benk

Scott Simon

For more than 60 years, this maestro of magic has collaborated with towering figures. Now on a new record, he turns to family.
AI music is flooding streaming platforms. But listeners like it less and less

Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

Music fans are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with AI songs, according to a recent study.
Kneecap is used to controversy. On new album 'Fenian,' they're leaning further in

Kathryn Fink

Juana Summers

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap of the Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap about their new album Fenian.
Science & Technology

Will.i.am wants to future-proof a new generation

Chloe Veltman

The Black Eyed Peas co-founder turned entrepreneur is now teaching a class on "agentic AI" for Arizona State.
Arts & Culture

San Diego weekend arts top picks: Underground film, indie lit and fish art

Julia Dixon Evans

This weekend in the arts in San Diego: Kate Tova's burnout-inspired art; Print Day in May; "To Catch a Fish"; Small Press Nite; San Diego Underground Film Festival; Phil Geraldi; Olive Klug and more.
Olivia Rodrigo's 'drop dead' goes to No. 1 — and helps The Cure return to the charts

Stephen Thompson

Olivia Rodrigo's third album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, doesn't come out until June. But it's already off to a tremendous start on this week's Billboard charts.
Flea on his wild path from childhood to the Chili Peppers: 'Thank God I've changed'

Terry Gross

The longtime bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers has his first solo album. "I'm making music that occupies its own place in the world and that feels that's good to me," Flea says of Honora.
Young pop stars are burning out — and singing through it

Sheldon Pearce

On jagged new albums and festival stages, rising pop artists are learning there may be no escape from the influencer economy.
Arts & Culture

He's a French horn's best friend

John Carroll

A retired San Diego Symphony French horn player finds joy in making, fixing and playing his favorite instrument.