By — William Brangham William Brangham By — Andrew Corkery Andrew Corkery By — Diane Lincoln Estes Diane Lincoln Estes Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/meet-khruangbin-the-texas-trio-at-the-forefront-of-a-new-music-movement Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio In today’s pop music, vocals reign supreme. The charts are dominated by singers and rappers, but there’s an increasingly popular genre focused on more instrumental music. William Brangham catches up with Khruangbin, a Grammy-nominated Texas trio and one of the bands at the forefront of this movement. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Sep 06, 2025 By — William Brangham William Brangham William Brangham is an award-winning correspondent, producer, and substitute anchor for the PBS News Hour. @WmBrangham By — Andrew Corkery Andrew Corkery Andrew Corkery is a national affairs producer at PBS News Weekend. By — Diane Lincoln Estes Diane Lincoln Estes Diane Lincoln Estes is a producer at PBS NewsHour, where she works on economics stories for Making Sen$e. @DianeLincEstes