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In 1966, a couple months before he was set to graduate, Otis Taylor was told he needed to cut his short afro or he'd be kicked out. Now, 57 years after he left, he has received a diploma.

The recording made at NYC's Village Gate during the summer of 1961, when the John Coltrane quartet was joined by Eric Dolphy, was thought lost until it was discovered in the New York Public Library.

An engaging exploration of what is arguably the universal instrument of our species: the human voice.

Women came to Alaska during the gold rush to seek a better life, but their options were often limited to sex work; Juneau folk singer Annie Bartholomew tells their stories.

The Indonesian artist Nicole Zefanya brings a tiny toy piano and sleek songs to this Tiny Desk debut.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with musician Peter One about starting from scratch in Nashville after a successful career in Côte d'Ivoire and his first album in decades Come Back to Me.

2023's Tiny Desk Contest unique, winning band performs a range of emotional and creative songs.

In this March 2023 interview, Joy spoke about coming from a family of gospel singers. In February, she became the second jazz performer in Grammy history to win the award for best new artist.

The movie follows partners in music and life as they battle through breast cancer — while holding onto their sense of the comically absurd

Made famous on TikTok, "if i were a fish" is a silly, fun ode to self-acceptance and self-confidence from the musician corook.