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Pianist Lara Downes and Pulitzer-winning author Salamishah Tillet discuss Nina Simone and one of her best-known songs at her lovingly restored birthplace in Tryon, N.C.

Neil Young talks to NPR about his reflective 50th studio album, Second Song, out Sept. 18.

The era-defining star's seventh album sparks a conversation about the infinite possibilities of dance music, the difference between fun and pleasure and why disco is always political.

Author Zadie Smith says she'll miss being young. In this week's Wild Card, Smith opens up about having enough time and growing older.

For two London artists on a whirlwind U.S. tour, time is precious, gains are scarce and fun is mandatory. Writer Eve Barlow joins Marika Hackman and The Big Moon on their mission to break America.

President Trump is in Brussels for the second day of the NATO summit. He spent the first day lashing out at allies. Also, protests are expected for Trump in London and the latest on the Supreme Court.

The Scottish band's 2000 album XTRMNTR isn't as well remembered as its thematic twin, Radiohead's Kid A. But its dark premonition of a world in socioeconomic crisis looks startlingly accurate today.

They have seen patients who presented with these symptoms — then tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Now they're gathering data to see if they can prove that there is indeed a connection.

The ways in which Spalding's music is the most radical are perhaps the most easily overlooked: how, through her singing and playing, she challenges gender norms across styles.

Walters was the first woman to co-anchor a national news show on prime time television. "The path she cut is one that many of us have followed," says biographer Susan Page, author of The Rulebreaker.