Apr 30, 2021 | Elizabeth King - Results, NPR
Get Familiar With Elizabeth King’s Long Journey “Gospel singer Elizabeth King is unstoppable. It’s not just that she recently released her first new album in more than four decades at the age of 78. Wait until you hear the whole story.” ...
Apr 20, 2021 | Elizabeth King - Results, NPR
Gospel Singer Elizabeth King Hits A Musical Milestone At 77 “At the age of 77, Memphis sacred soul singer Elizabeth King is releasing her first full-length album, Living in the Last Days.” | Read More at...
Mar 29, 2021 | Elizabeth King - Results, NPR
Elizabeth King’s Gospel Sound Transports Believers And Non-Believers Alike “King made some recordings in the 1970s, but then quit the music business to raise her children.” | Read More at...
Feb 26, 2021 | Gearbox Records - Results, NPR
New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On Feb. 26 “Featured Album: Don Cherry’s Cherry Jam” | Read More at...
Jan 11, 2021 | Bible & Tire - Results, NPR
Watch the gospel group perform at globalFEST “The Tiny Desk is teaming up with globalFEST this year for a thrilling virtual music festival: Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST. The online fest includes four nights of concerts featuring 16 bands from all over the...
Dec 10, 2020 | Hanging Tree Guitars - Results, NPR
Hanging Tree Guitars listed in NPR’s book concierge Read More at...
Nov 23, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Results, NPR
A Lost Chapter Of Gospel, Saved From Extinction “The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Records Story, Vol. 1 aims to give a second life to some memorable performances that almost disappeared forever.” | Read More at...
Sep 14, 2020 | Hanging Tree Guitars - Results, NPR
The Wood’s ‘Not Good, Not Bad, Not Ugly–Just Strange’ “A new book and museum exhibition celebrate the work of North Carolina luthier Freeman Vines.” | Read More at...
Jul 31, 2020 | Charles Tolliver - Results, NPR
Podcast Includes Connect Among Featured Albums “NPR Music’s Bobby Carter, WBGO and Jazz Night in America’s Nate Chinen, NPR Music contributor Gavin Godfrey, NPR Music’s Tom Huizenga, Marissa Lorusso and NPR’s Ann Powers all join host...
Jun 26, 2020 | Bible & Tire - Results, NPR
New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out June 26 “John Morrison, Ann Powers, and Stephen Thompson of NPR Music as they share their picks for the best new albums out on June 26.” | Read More at...
Jan 14, 2020 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results, NPR
The 2019 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll: The Fringe Fills the Gap “Sublime…for Ibrahim, rather than cities and natural wonders spotted on world tours, the places are remembered ones from his youth to which he was forbidden to return for all those years. His...
Sep 10, 2019 | Barnes Brothers - Results, Bible & Tire - Results, Elizabeth King - Results, NPR
‘It’s Soul Music Without The Sex’: Fat Possum Records’ Bruce Watson Goes Gospel “For the label’s new recordings, Watson produced the Sensational Barnes Brothers himself, at Delta-Sonic Sound studios in Memphis.” | Read More...
Aug 6, 2019 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results, NPR
Ibrahim Is Deeply Rooted Yet Sounds Like No One Else “The latest album from the 84-year-old South African composer and pianist showcases his work as a master composer of melodic mood pieces.” | Read More at...
May 11, 2018 | NPR, Radio Jarocho - Results
Afro-Mexican Folk Takes Root in New York City “The songs on Rios de Norte y Sur are, in large part, beloved exemplars of the son jarocho songbook, delicately nuanced with contemporary flourishes.” | Read More at...
May 27, 2015 | Eilen Jewell - Results, NPR
Eilen Jewell, The Half-Broke Horse Of Idaho, Returns Home “Jewell did wander. She went to college in New Mexico and busked on the streets of Venice Beach. She even went back to Boise — that didn’t work out. Next, she tried Boston.” | Read More at...
