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Dawn Richard Sings Her Freedom On 'Second Line'

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with New Orleans multi-hyphenate Dawn Richard about her long journey from budding pop star to indie auteur, as well as her latest album Second Line.

Earth As Art: 'How Did Nature Do That?'

Satellites help track storms, power the GPS signals in our cars and phones and beam TV signals around the world. But they also send back striking, totally disarming images of planet Earth.

Booker T. Jones On New Memoir

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with musician Booker T. Jones about his life in music and his new memoir, Time is Tight: My Life, Note by Note.

Neil Young's latest album got its name from where it was recorded – in a barn

Handmade music, raw and rootsy, recorded in a 19th-century log barn. That's the setting for the new album titled "Barn" by Neil Young & Crazy Horse.

AI-generated music is here to stay. Will streaming services like Spotify label it?

Unlike other tech giants, many music-streaming services like Spotify are not currently taking steps to label AI-generated content. But experts say more transparency is key.

Ali Wong and Randall Park say that Always Be My Maybe has long been in the works as their original spin on When Harry Met Sally.

Ali Wong And Randall Park On Rapping, Rom-Com Tropes And (Keanu) Reeves

The stars and creators of Always Be My Maybe, a romantic comedy with a mostly Asian American cast, brought elements of their own California childhoods into their new film.

The PBF Energy refinery in Paulsboro, N.J., uses toxic chemicals such as hydrofluoric acid. Rather than using "inherently safer" design methods, the industry says, other safety measures are taken to prevent accidents like the one in West, Texas.

After Deadly Chemical Plant Disasters, There's Little Action

Proposals for chemical plants to use "inherently safer" design practices have been blocked by industry executives and their allies in Congress, despite deadly accidents and the risk of a potential terrorist attack that could harm an entire community or city.

Elise Road, Brandon Padier & Black Gold, Mary Maria, Daniel Miller, Joaquin and the Glowliners + New Music from Los Desechos

More Live Local Music! SNC On Air Season 2: Episode 3 hosted by Noah Slavin. This set of music from Summer Night City was recorded at TPR's HQ downtown San. Antonio. Listen back to some amazing previous Summer Night City performances, and check out some brand new music from Los Desechos! Join us Thursday evenings throughout June for more great live music at this free event! Summer Night City Live Performances from Elise Road, Brandon Padier & Black Gold, Mary Maria, Daniel Miller & the Red Roses, Joaquin and the Glowliners and more + New Music from Los Desechos

Maya stucco glyphs diplayed in the museum at Palenque, Mexico.

Puerto Rico informs 'West Side Story'

On this episode of KPAC's Momentos Musicales, host James Baker recalls early reactions to "West Side Story" through interviews with the late songwriter Stephen Sondheim.

A Maryland state flag waves near the Statehouse in Annapolis. Maryland has decided to drop a state song that originated during the Civil War and alludes to Abraham Lincoln as a tyrant and a despot.

Maryland Repeals State Song That Called Lincoln A 'Tyrant'

Maryland, though a slave-holding state, did not secede from the Union and attempted to maintain neutrality during the Civil War. The song was a full-throated defense of the Confederacy.

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