MAMIE SMITH AND HER JAZZ HOUNDS: (Singing) Now I've got the crazy blues since my baby went away. SHAPIRO: ...Or this. (SOUNDBITE OF GEORGE GERSHWIN'S "RHAPSODY IN BLUE") SHAPIRO: But at the same time ...

It started, as musical happenings sometimes do, with SoundCloud. About five years ago, Matt Sullivan, head of the indie label Light in the Attic, was turned on to a playlist that featured, as he ...

Lil Wayne celebrates his decades of hits on the new I Am Music compilation, out Friday. The compilation, which spans Weezy’s career and marks the first-ever release of its kind for the artist, opens ...

Now 95 is sweeping all before it in the Christmas sales rush. How has the no-frills anthology series managed to prosper in the era of streaming? Until the 95th edition of the long-running pop hits ...

The Beastie Boys are putting out a new compilation album, Beastie Boys Music. The 20-song collection, out October 23rd, serves as a companion to the group’s Emmy-nominated documentary Beastie Boys ...

Legendary and elusive electronic artist Aphex Twin has dropped an unexpected compilation album simply titled Music From The Merch Desk. Arriving on streaming platforms today, the release combines a ...

On Wednesday morning, the link for Cardinals at the Window, a flood-relief compilation of previously unreleased music from dozens of artists, went live on Bandcamp. The 136-track list has an ambitious ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Vitalii Bardetskyi, a Ukrainian DJ and music journalist, about a new compilation of music from that country called "Even the Forest Hums." There are the sounds of war in ...

For George Washington University students Carolina Carmo and Max Cohen, the DC music scene has been a vital source of community and inspiration. Carmo is the production director for GW’s student-run ...