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This is likely to be one of the most beautiful albums you'll hear in 2018.

Mal Devisa and JD AKA ThrashKitten join the Chicago multi-instrumentalist for the extraterrestrial "dOn't turn me Off," a song dripping with positivity.

Care and tenderness are integral to this minimal and memorable album, one of Bob Boilen's favorites of 2017.

In what seems like an upbeat, rollicking song about finding love, Jordan Geiger still hints at the inevitability of loss in "Honey, Please."

Don't know your Traviata from your Trovatore or your Otello from your Aida? Try out this handy cheat sheet — with music — to explore the greatest of Italian composers on the centennial of his birth. Hear his music and learn the unlikely story of his rise from a small town to international renown.

How do you ironically cover a song that's already a parody of itself? "Earnestly" seems to be the answer, at least based on the version of "Fight for Your Right" from The Hotrats' debut album, Turn Ons — a collection of 12 covers authored by Supergrass members Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey.

The singer's new album shakes up her rumbling acoustic arrangements with an influx of electric sounds, in the process giving her a greater arsenal with which to brood, search, seethe and menace.

Smith has a steady, well-trained swell of a voice and a knack for whipping in and out of his falsetto in a hairsbreadth. He doesn't feel the need to hide — certainly not by stifling his vocal skills.

Winthrop University students will get to live like the Jetsons. Dining Services announced on Wednesday that they have launched a new meal delivery service with a fleet of Kiwibots that can be used on campus.

Spektor performs songs filled with truth and whimsy from her astonishing new record, plus some old favorites.

Chris Estrada was working at a warehouse when he got the call that his show This Fool had been picked up. He knows about the ups and downs of comedy, but what does he know about April Fools' pranks?

The inspiring Angélique Kidjo graces the Tiny Desk for our 1,000th concert.

Future Islands' sound is as texturally interesting as it is rhythmically accessible -- music designed for both heads and feet. The X factor on songs like "Walking Through That Door" comes courtesy of husky-voiced singer Sam Herring, whose pipes are as elusive in description as the rest of the band.

For the past ten years, Jamie Schaaf has had an ongoing battle with his music. A multi-instrumentalist from Portsmouth, NH, Schaaf has been writing songs off and on, mostly as a hobby, but he's never been comfortable with his work. For the RPM Challenge he decided to let go of any hangups and produce an entire album in just one month. Schaaf came up with a collection of ten original tracks he's calling Postcards From the Back of the Bar. It features the folky song "Butterfly."

On her second full-length album, the soulful and versatile U.K. pop singer tugs at the boundaries of her sound, while also letting in details from her life.

As the leader of Wavves, Nathan Williams has spent five albums grafting big emotions onto a restless runaround of energetic pop-punk and stoner fuzz.

Raleigh's Jamil Rashad is a funk-boogie stylist who embraces 21st-century dance-floor hedonism, speeding from one classic musical climax to another.

A South African artist lays utter waste to preconceptions about period performances.

On her new collection of British rock covers, the soul singer takes a George Harrison song, "Isn't It a Pity," and brings out its transcendent serenity. LaVette was schooled in the tradition of soul music, and her restraint can't disguise the fact that she's heartbroken over humankind's inability to learn from its mistakes.

Placido Domingo takes on his 126th role, as Bajazet in Handel's taut drama, Tamerlano.