Host Juana Summers talks with Ruby Ibarra, the Bay Area rapper who won this year's Tiny Desk Contest. Her winning entry, "Bakunawa," is inspired by Filipino mythology and the birth of her first child.

WAMC is highlighting some hopefuls from our region. In today's segment, first we hear from Michael Holt, a singer/songwriter ...

With no warning, they voted to slash $3.675 million in annual funding for Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations: the umbrella organization for the state's NPR and PBS operations. Had the money not ...

Grupo Frontera made its way to the NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., for the band’s Tiny Desk debut, which premiered on Thursday (April 24). Dressed in light blue denim and white shirts ...

This year's Tiny Desk Contest, NPR Music's annual search for the next great undiscovered artist, received nearly 7,500 entries. It was a record number for the Contest, which has been crowning ...

By Isabela Raygoza Associate Editor, Billboard Español Grupo Frontera made its way to the NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., for the band’s Tiny Desk debut, which premiered on Thursday ...

On Thursday, NPR Music premiered the band’s Tiny Desk show, capturing the band effortlessly jumping between genres while staying true to their accordion-backed sound. Frontera opened the ...

Following the first song in the video, the bands frontman Adelaido "Payo" Solís thanked NPR for allowing the band ... (Rio Grande Valley, Texas) on Tiny Desk is incredible,” one commentor ...

Executives with PBS and NPR have been brought before Congress to testify on this. Earlier this month, national media outlets reported on a draft memo from the White House asking Congress to ...

Well, "I had a dream" that one day we'd see this show at the Tiny Desk. On Broadway, musical supervisor Andy Einhorn conducts a 26-person orchestra, but for Tiny Desk, that ensemble was stripped ...

The performance is his entry to NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, which aims to highlight unsigned, independent artists from across the country. Koolik joins a pool of more than 100 musicians in South ...

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