SiR
Stormzy returns, after a two-year layoff, with the seven-minute polemic "Mel Made Me Do It." Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption
Tiny Desk concert with Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear Morgan McCloy/NPR hide caption
A protester photographed in Trafalgar Square in central London on June 5, 2020. TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
KIRBY's "Kool Aid" injects just the right doses of doo-wop and soul. Courtney Loo & David Karp/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Hey majesty Missy Elliot returned with Iconology in August. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The songs on Nao's Saturn, one of NPR Music's favorite R&B projects of 2018, matched the London-based singer's distinctive tone. Alex Colombino/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"When things line up, the music just flows," Masego says. Jack McKain/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
SiR's album Seven Sundays deserved more love in 2016. Dana Washington/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
SiR's new album, Seven Sundays, is out Friday. Dana Washington/Courtesy of the artist hide caption