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One of rock's most important backup singers, Merry Clayton performs a relaxed but purposeful Tiny Desk home concert.

Every year, the Tiny Desk Contest attracts thousands of unsigned musicians. Lauren Eylise impressed the judges with "Peaks and Valleys," her song about toughing it out through hard times.

Live on YouTube, Bob Boilen and Rita Houston will watch their favorites entries to the 2020 Contest and discuss what made them stand out from the thousands we saw this year.

The Canadian powwow and round dance act perform a meditative set for globalFEST.

Neuwirth, an Austrian composer and multimedia artist known for works of elemental power, was honored for her opera 'Orlando,' produced by the Vienna State Opera in 2019.

Hear Arcade Fire live in concert from New York's Judson Memorial Church during their Neon Bible period in 2007.

Walter Hyatt's widow, Heidi, has finished one of her husband's last albums. The singer-songwriter who inspired Lyle Lovett and Nancy Griffith left more than 40 tracks behind when he died in a plane crash in 1996. Some Unfinished Business showcases the variety of styles that Hyatt played and wrote.

The Brooklyn quartet's latest musical evolution culminates in a buoyant synth-pop song, that's also a tale of infidelity and agism.

The original Santana made music history nearly 50 years ago. As the band reunites for a short tour this spring, the guitarist tells Alt.Latino how he and his collaborators did it.

A huge appetite for drugs, a U.F.O. cult, great songs — just a few parts of the Tim Maia story.