With the help of producer Tucker Martine and a smart, subtle band, Hoop and Beam achieve a fine balance — of songwriting sensibilities and of... Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the ...

Court documents show that Melissa Diana Simmons, 50, left the elderly victim in soiled clothes, drained his bank account, and forged his veterans’ checks Read full article: A Tame, Cooler Day Before ...

ROANOKE, Va. – School may be out for winter break, but it’s all gas and no brakes when it comes to perfecting your craft on the hardwoods. Dozens of kids have been doing that this week thanks to Hoop ...

Sometimes being a community activist, teacher or just a concerned citizen can weary the best-intentioned of us. I taught school in inner-city Los Angeles and after five years I knew I’d given all I ...

Sign up for the best picks from our travel, fashion and lifestyle writers. There are two questions that I always get asked when I tell people I'm a hula hooper. "Does ...

For both Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop, Love Letter For Fire could have gone horribly wrong. Like any untested working relationship, it risked ending up as either an underwhelming compromise or (worse) an ...