Lars Gotrich
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Costa's voice was a key part of the sound that combined Brazilian pop music, psychedelic rock and the avant-garde in the late 1960s. -
Joe Bussard not only sought out obscure 78-rpm records that otherwise would have disappeared, but shared the music with giddy excitement.
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The folk-punk unit performs hopeful, shout-alongable songs about seeking freedom in the face of tyranny, exhaustion and everyday nonsense.
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Filled with pop mosaics, Surrender feels like a quintessentially summer album. Naturally, we asked Maggie Rogers for a roséwave playlist.
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Cruise's instrument, a voice of such intense calm it could be unsettling, made her a natural collaborator of director David Lynch — and, later, new-wave icons The B-52s.
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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2022 class leans heavily on pop hitmakers from the 1980s, but also includes rapper Eminem and country star Dolly Parton, who initially rejected her nomination.
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At his last recorded concerts, the avant-garde outlaw's seemingly disparate sound worlds came together.
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Mark Lanegan, who also made music with Queens of the Stone Age and The Gutter Twins, had a rumbling rasp in his voice that could convey the weight of the world.
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Daniel Bachman retains the chunky chord progression and pass-the-whiskey spirit of the Jack Rose tune, but you can feel the strings rattle the wood of his guitar with rowdy reverberation.
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Director Robert Yapkowitz and singer-songwriter Margo Price join Bob Boilen in a live conversation about this new documentary on the folk singer.
