Austin, TX: Texas Troubadour’s new video tells the story behind his new album “Only Dead For a Little While” It’s been seven years since we’ve gotten a new album from Jon Dee Graham. The 5th generation Texan’s artistry and accomplishments are well-known throughout his home state and the music community beyond, as a seminal figure […]

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with the Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, about their 1989 hit “Closer to Fine” being featured prominently in the new Barbie movie. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: As you have probably heard by now, Barbie is having a moment. She is not the only one. She is sharing the spotlight with

By Chris Willman If you came into the “Barbie” film cold, expecting that if any song was going to get the most play, it might be Aqua’s “Barbie World,” you had a surprise coming. Turns out Barbie is a huge Indigo Girls fan — or, at least like a million women and some men before her, she

A 1989 song about soul searching has maintained cultural relevance for three decades, but the band has also long been the target of homophobic jokes. Fans are savoring a moment of vindication. By Trish Bendix In Greta Gerwig’s Barbieland, where every day is the best day ever, pop stars like Lizzo, Dua Lipa and Charli XCX