Ann Powers appears in the following:
Understanding Joni Mitchell Through Her Travels
Tuesday, August 06, 2024
NPR music critic Ann Powers has written a new biography of iconic musician Joni Mitchell, Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell.
NFL teams shift strategy when it comes to hiring coaches
Friday, February 02, 2024
NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Lindsay Jones, senior NFL editor for The Ringer, about the newest coaches hired in the league and what trends we can take away from them.
Ahead of Sunday's Grammy Awards, women dominate nominations for biggest categories
Friday, February 02, 2024
Some of the biggest names in music are nominated for the Grammy Awards happening this weekend. Here's who we think could take home some wins.
What Pitchfork's Absorption into GQ Means for Music Journalism
Friday, January 19, 2024
Is this the end of the record review as we know it?
Pitchfork faces layoffs and restructuring under Condé Nast
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Condé Nast has announced the music website Pitchfork will be rolled into GQ Magazine, and has laid off staff. The site has played a unique role in music criticism and discovery for decades.
New Year's anthems
Saturday, December 30, 2023
It's harder to build a New Year's playlist than it is for other winter holidays. NPR has some tips on finding the right music to ring in the new year.
A look at NPR music's best songs of 2023
Friday, December 15, 2023
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with music critic Ann Powers about NPR's interactive "Best Songs of 2023" online tool.
PJ Harvey: Tiny Desk Concert
Friday, November 17, 2023
In her Tiny Desk performance, the artist lives on her own artistic plane — inviting listeners to take their time to fully join her.
2024 Grammy Nominations: A guide to the best, worst and most surprising nominees
Friday, November 10, 2023
Themes emerge quickly when you dig into the nominations for the 66th Grammy Awards. The major categories are dominated by women and seemingly up for grabs; elsewhere, progress is not always so clear.
Madonna's 'Ray of Light' (Silver Liner Notes)
Friday, September 08, 2023
"Ray of Light," Madonna's foray into electronic dance music, turns 25 this year. We look back at its impact and legacy with NPR Music's Ann Powers and take listener calls.
Tyler Childers is back, and taking chances
Thursday, July 27, 2023
The grassroots country star, whose fan base crosses lines of identity and politics, is releasing a song called "In Your Love," from a new album. Its video tells a queer, Appalachian love story.
PJ Harvey's latest album unfolds out of an epic narrative poem
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
PJ Harvey's new album, I Inside The Old Year Dying, builds off of a narrative poem she wrote about a year in the life of a 9-year-old girl in a fictional town in western England.
'Life and death is such a fine line': PJ Harvey on creating in a place between worlds
Thursday, July 06, 2023
Harvey talks with NPR Music's Ann Powers about her album I Inside the Old Year Dying, a ragged, highly crafted adaptation of her epic poem Orlam, and why she prefers to make art without boundaries.
One of pop music's unreliable narrators offers discomfort. (But can you trust him?)
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Four decades into his career, Lloyd Cole's On Pain finds this purveyor of guitar pop still exploring that hazy space where people question themselves and make excuses or promises they might not keep.
Jess Williamson, 'Topanga Two Step'
Monday, June 12, 2023
Williamson's voice, as poignant as Linda Ronstadt's, dwells in the loneliness that even the most exciting casual encounter can produce.
PHOTOS: Joni Mitchell At The Gorge
Monday, June 12, 2023
The beloved singer-songwriter performed in front of more than 20,000 fans at an idyllic amphitheater in rural Washington state.
Janelle Monáe wants you ... to enter the 'Pleasure' zone
Thursday, June 08, 2023
There's almost nobody better at creating complex musical worlds, but on her new album The Age of Pleasure, Janelle Monáe's aim is to stop thinking. Or at least start thinking about feeling.
Kassi Valazza, 'Watching Planes Go By'
Thursday, June 01, 2023
The Portland singer-songwriter trades in twang for psychedelia on a plane-spotting song that captures a fluctuating melancholy.
On 'Gag Order,' Kesha gets intensely personal
Monday, May 22, 2023
Listening to Kesha's new album, Gag Order, you can't help but think about all she's been through in the past 10 years.
Anna Tivel: Tiny Desk Concert
Monday, May 22, 2023
In her Tiny Desk, Tivel's empathy elevates her folk-based, jazz-touched compositions from mere stories to secular prayers.
