Music Interviews archive
Watch Why 'Edelweiss' Makes Audra McDonald Think Of Home
May 29, 2012 – When the Porgy and Bess star was growing up, her uncle gave her a music box that changed her world.
Listen Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros Are 'Here'
May 29, 2012 – David Greene profiles the 12-member indie-folk band, which just released its second album, Here.
Listen Canadian Brass: Spiking The Recital With Humor
May 27, 2012 – The decades-old group incorporates classics, Dixieland, jazz and Broadway into its repertoire.
Listen Deep In The Desert, Monks Make Transcendent Music
May 27, 2012 – Benedictine monks living outside Santa Fe have released an album of Gregorian chant.
Listen The Lumineers: Chasing Big Dreams Out West
May 26, 2012 – After years of struggling in New York, the folk group left everything behind and settled in Denver.
Listen Cadence Weapon: A Poet Hones A Musical Personality
May 26, 2012 – Once the poet laureate of his Alberta hometown, Rollie Pemberton is three albums into a rap career.
Listen In A Clouded World, The CD Can 'Stay'
May 25, 2012 – Twelve years ago, Jim's Big Ego was trying something new: uploading its songs to the Internet.
Listen Regina Spektor Still Doesn't Write Anything Down
May 24, 2012 – Through early live bootlegs, Spektor culled 10 years' worth of songs for her new album.
Listen How Wes Anderson Soundtracks His Movies
May 24, 2012 – Randall Poster selects the music used in Anderson's films, as well as many TV shows.
Listen Birth Of An Album: In The Studio With Neko Case
May 24, 2012 – In the months ahead, Morning Edition will check in from time to time as Case creates her new record.
Listen Jeremy Denk: The Fresh Air Interview
May 23, 2012 – The pianist's new album features etudes written by the Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti.
Watch Garbage: After An Absence, Always The Oddball
May 22, 2012 – "I wanted to make loud, guitar-driven rock again," lead singer Shirley Manson says of the band.
Listen Adam Lambert: 'I Want To Sing It Big'
May 20, 2012 – An American Idol runner-up and its first openly gay contender, Lambert is embracing pop stardom.
Listen Behind The Shades: Slash Tries To 'Figure This Thing Out'
May 20, 2012 – After all the success and vice, the former Guns N' Roses guitarist says he's a work in progress.
Listen John Mayer: Restoring An Image, And An Instrument
May 19, 2012 – Two years after a major media fiasco, Mayer is resurfacing — with a new set of problems.
