Lauren Onkey
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One of rock's most important backup singers, Merry Clayton performs a relaxed but purposeful Tiny Desk home concert.
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Filmed in stark black and white, Ndegeocello takes us on an intense trip across her catalog. Watch the R&B auteur's contribution to Tiny Desk's Black History Month celebration.
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Mary Wilson began her career in Detroit in 1959 as a singer in what was then called the Primettes. The group went on to become The Supremes, with members Diana Ross and Florence Ballard.
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The soul legend isn't letting quarantine slow him down.
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A new documentary doesn't radically alter what we know and love about The Band, but does unearth some fresh details. -
For our series One-Hit Wonders/Second-Best Songs, NPR Music Senior Director Lauren Onkey recommends "Out of Left Field" by Percy Sledge. He's known mostly for his 1966 hit, "When a Man Loves a Woman." -
Mavis Staples is a living embodiment of gospel music's place in the civil rights movement, but We Get By Proves that she's no static symbol of the past. -
Charles laid claim to the center of American popular music on these 1962 classics, and ended up with some of the brashest and best-selling music of his career. -
Springsteen has performed his one-man show over 230 times since its debut last year. But, just as the Boss bids adieu to Broadway, a new film documenting the show is set to premiere on Netflix. -
Deluxe reissues of Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland and The Beatles' self-titled "White Album" celebrate their 50th anniversaries, and reveal the remarkable creative abandon behind them.
