Music

Arraignment delayed again for suspect charged with murdering Tupac Shakur

Anastasia Tsioulcas

In a surprise delay, Duane "Keffe D" Davis did not enter a plea in a Las Vegas courtroom Thursday morning, because he didn't have a lawyer. Davis is expected back in court on Nov. 2.
Arts & Culture

Pianist Jahari Stampley just won a prestigious jazz competition — he's only 24

Neda Ulaby

A 24-year-old piano prodigy, Jahari Stampley, has won one of the most prestigious awards in jazz. The competition held by the Herbie Hancock Institute is widely seen as anointing new stars.
National

Carla Bley, prolific and expansive jazz pianist, dies at 87

Andrey Henkin

Bley's pieces could be ethereally beautiful or subversively brash, but always found a grandeur without tilting into pretension.
Can the Tupac Shakur murder trial salvage any justice from a 27-year-old case?

Sheldon Pearce

The arrest of Duane Davis in the 1996 shooting of the rapper in Las Vegas is a huge development in a case that has evaded closure, as competing narratives and mythologies have emerged in its place.
Arts & Culture

Even Beethoven got bad reviews. John Malkovich reads them aloud as 'The Music Critic'

Anastasia Tsioulcas

A new live stage show features actor John Malkovich transformed into some of the meanest music critics ever — in real reviews skewering the work of great composers like Beethoven, Brahms and Chopin.
Arts & Culture

From opera to breakdancing and back again: Jakub Józef Orliński fuses two worlds

Olivia Hampton

Polish countertenor and breakdancer Jakub Józef Orliński talks about his new album with Il Pomo d'Oro orchestra.
Getting older, with — or without? — The National

Grayson Haver Currin

What happens when the band that has soundtracked the milestones of your adulthood suddenly feels like it has nothing left to give you?
Troye Sivan's new album has something to give us

Ari Shapiro

Michael Levitt

Tinbete Ermyas

Sivan speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about Something to Give Each Other and the power of getting specific about queer love and attraction in pop music.
Now in theaters: A three-hour testament to Taylor Swift's titan era

Bilal Qureshi

The Eras Tour film is precisely as advertised: nothing more and nothing less than a pristine recording of a record-shattering concert spectacle. But will it really be a savior for the cinema industry?
Becky G: Tiny Desk Concert

Felix Contreras

The stripped down sound of some of Becky G's biggest hits offered a rare view of her artistry.