As Song of the Summer contenders make their way to the airwaves and colleagues become suddenly unavailable after lunch on Fridays, we think it’s safe to say summer has arrived (no, not technically, but if you ask your newsletter editors, anything after Memorial Day counts). Since 2017, we’ve greeted the season’s long days and steamy temperatures with roséwave, our genre-slash-lifestyle dedicated to breezy, listenable tracks.
Last year, the celebratory, carefree spirit of roséwave didn’t quite feel right (see our Lost Summer playlist from late 2020). And while this summer promises to be unlike any other, roséwave is back, and her crowd-pleasing spirit remains. Whether you're ready to hit the club immediately or are preparing for a more cautious reentry to everyday life, roséwave understands, and our kickoff playlist features a little something for everyone, from Gen-Z icon Olivia Rodrigo to perennial favorite Carole King, from Prince to Mariah Carey, plus Bad Bunny, Arlo Parks and more. And this is only the beginning. We'll be sharing playlists – varietals, if you'll permit the parlance – all summer long.
Like roséwave, Lorde is back. It's been four summers since the release of her 2017 album Melodrama; now, the singer-songwriter has returned with the confident, sunny single, "Solar Power."
The 2021 Tiny Desk Contest closed for entries this week, and now our judges will start to search for a winner. In the meantime, we’ve been sharing weekly lists of the best entries we’ve seen. Plus, on All Songs Considered, Bob Boilen played a song from 2018 Contest winner Naia Izumi and a track from musician and producer Maddie Jay, who Bob first heard when she performed with Izumi on tour.
This time last year, Morning Edition was looking for ways to chronicle and make sense of this tumultuous moment. That led to the launch of the Morning Edition Song Project, which asked musicians to write one original song about their experience. Now, after 25 entries, the project’s final installment comes from the celebrated composer and pianist Vijay Iyer, who says his composition was an attempt to account for the toll of “carrying all of this confusion and loss and anxiety and rage, all at the same time … for months and months.”
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Live music is shifting back into high speed in New York City: Foo Fighters will be the first band to perform at Madison Square Garden since March 2020, and the Strokes will host a show at Irving Plaza to support the mayoral campaign of Maya Wiley. Bruce Springsteen will return to Broadway for a run of Springsteen on Broadway shows from June 26 through Sept. 4.
You might know Merry Clayton as one of rock’s most important and arresting backing vocalists (for starters, see The Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter," Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" and Carole King's Tapestry). But for her Tiny Desk (home) concert, her powerful, knowing voice is center stage as she performs songs that testify to the power of faith and friendship.
Also this week: We shared a Tiny Desk (home) concert from Tom Jones on the Welsh singer’s 81st birthday, plus an acoustic performance from songwriter and producer Rostam.
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