The band War formed in 1969, in Long Beach, California. “Low Rider” is from their 1975 album Why Can’t We... more

Shania Twain is a singer and songwriter from Ontario, Canada. She’s the only female artist to have had three consecutive... more

Danny Brown started his career in 2007 by handing out mixtapes in Detroit, where he’s from. In 2011, he put... more

Rhiannon Giddens has released five solo albums since 2015. Before that, she was a member of the Grammy-winning band, the... more

I wanted to revisit an episode about one of my favorite songs from 2021, “Black Dog” by Arlo Parks. A... more

Green Day is a punk band from the East Bay in California. Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool... more

The first episode of Song Exploder, about The Postal Service song "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight," came out 10 years... more

For the last episode of the year, I got the chance to drive up to Northridge, California, and have a... more

Raye is a singer, songwriter and producer from London. Besides being an artist in her own right, she’s also been... more

Sampha is a singer, songwriter and producer from London. His first album, Process, won the Mercury Prize in 2017. He’s... more

I think one of the hardest things there is to do in music is to write a love song that... more

Kesha is a singer and songwriter from Los Angeles. She put out her first song in 2009, and it was... more

Alvvays is from Toronto. Their first album came out in 2014, and they’ve put out two other albums since then.... more

Laufey is a singer and songwriter originally from Iceland. She studied piano and cello as a kid. When she was... more

This summer, in June 2023, Janelle Monáe put out her fourth album, The Age of Pleasure. Listening to it made... more

The "Skip Intro" button first got introduced to us through Netflix in 2017, and, I know, a lot of people... more

It can be hard to be in a band, or really, in any kind of group where there’s creative collaboration,... more

Bakar is a singer and songwriter from London. In 2018 he put out his first release, Badkid. A year later,... more

Natalie Merchant is an award-winning singer and songwriter from upstate New York. She was the lead singer of the band... more

This week, I wanted to go back and revisit an older episode. I recorded an interview with singer and songwriter... more