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    Composer Osvaldo Golijov (second from right) and three of his colleagues on <em>Falling Out of Time</em>: vocalists Wu Tong, Nora Fischer and Biella da Costa.
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    What Is The Sound Of Grief?

    Jan 18, 2021
    In his newest work, Falling Out of Time, composer Osvaldo Golijov explores a painful subject — the death of a child. He was inspired by a unique literary work by Israeli writer David Grossman.
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    Gospel Singer Looks Forward To Virtual Inauguration Day Concert

    Jan 17, 2021
    Gospel great Fred Hammond discusses his participation in "The 2021 Inaugural Gospel Celebration: An Evening of Inspiration and Unity," which will take place Wednesday.
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    Phil Spector in the studio in an undated photo.
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    Phil Spector, Legendary Record Producer And Convicted Murderer, Has Died At 81

    Jan 17, 2021
    The famous — even infamous — producer, known for his "wall of sound," died Saturday. He produced records for The Ronettes, Ike and Tina Turner as well as The Beatles, among many others.
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    Lumineers Co-Founder Jeremiah Fraites Releases First Solo Album

    Jan 17, 2021
    NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Jeremiah Fraites of the Lumineers about his new solo album, Piano Piano.
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    R&B singer-songwriter Jazmine Sullivan released <em>Heaux Tales</em> on Jan. 8.
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    Jazmine Sullivan On 'Heaux Tales,' Dirty Laundry And The Value Of Taking Breaks

    Jan 16, 2021
    The artist speaks with Michel Martin about her acclaimed, ambitious new album and why she wanted to bring the conversations women have amongst themselves to light.
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    Not My Job: We Quiz Singer Songwriter Phoebe Bridgers On Feeble Bridges

    Jan 16, 2021
    We have three questions for Bridgers about bridges that have fallen over, collapsed or otherwise done a bad job of spanning things.
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    DakhaBrakha: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

    Jan 16, 2021
    The Ukrainian rock band joined us from Kiev for a Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST concert.
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    <strong>Sofia Rei</strong>
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    Sofia Rei: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

    Jan 16, 2021
    The Argentine singer-songwriter performed a three-song set from her Brooklyn apartment for Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST.
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    <strong>Labess</strong>
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    Labess: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

    Jan 16, 2021
    This Algerian and Canadian band recorded its Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST set from Colombia and France.
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    Dedicated Men of Zion
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    Dedicated Men Of Zion: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

    Jan 16, 2021
    Watch the North Carolina gospel band perform a three-song set for Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST.
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    Obituaries
    Sylvain Sylvain of the New York Dolls, shown here performing in 2007, has died at the age of 69.
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    Sylvain Sylvain, New York Dolls Guitarist, Dies At 69

    Jan 15, 2021
    Sylvain's rhythm guitar playing was the foundation for the raw, hard-driving sound of the New York Dolls, who presaged punk and new wave and influenced generations of musicians.
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    Best Music Of 2020
    Maria Schneider (center) whose album <em>Data Lords</em> was one of 2020's most acclaimed jazz albums, performs with her orchestra at the New York City club Jazz Standard, where the group had an 16-year annual Thanksgiving week performance that was inter
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    We Need To Be Able To Feel

    Jan 15, 2021
    The cost of 2020 — in lives, livelihoods, legacies and communities — is high and still being tallied. For jazz critic Nate Chinen, all that loss demands change to old ideas of critical objectivity.
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    Global Fest Night 4
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    Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Edwin Perez, Elisapie, Nora Brown, Rokia Traoré

    Jan 14, 2021
    Our final night of globalFEST 2021 features salsa, First Nations music, Appalachian folk and a West African superstar.
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    Best Music Of 2020
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    The 2020 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll

    Jan 14, 2021
    The best new and rediscovered jazz recordings that lit up the dark and unsettling year that just ended, as voted on by 148 jazz critics.
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    Best Music Of 2020
    Pedal steel player Susan Alcorn, whose album with her quintet, <em>Pedernal</em>, was the pick for the best album of the year by Francis Davis, who runs the annual NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll.
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    The 2020 Jazz Critics Poll: It's After The End Of The World

    Jan 14, 2021
    2020 was an annus horribilis if there ever was one, writes Francis Davis, the founder of NPR Music's Jazz Critics poll, and much of the year's best jazz carried post-apocalyptic feelings within it.
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    Bee Gees Documentary Traces The Gibb Brothers' Pathway To Stardom

    Jan 14, 2021
    Of the three Bee Gees, only Barry Gibb is still alive. His new album is Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook Volume 1. The HBO documentary, The Bee Gees, tells the story of the group's rise.
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    Biden Transition Updates
    Jennifer Lopez, as well as Lady Gaga, will perform at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden next week.
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    Lady Gaga, J-Lo To Headline Biden Inauguration

    Jan 14, 2021
    The entertainers will be joined by a Georgia firefighter and a Jesuit priest at the Capitol ceremony.
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    The Thistle & Shamrock
    Cellist Ofra Harnoy is featured in this week's episode.
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    Thistle & Shamrock: New Year Sounds

    Jan 14, 2021
    Hear Fiona Ritchie's collection of new sounds for the new year. This week's episode includes The Chair, John Doyle and cellist Ofra Harnoy.
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    Global Fest Night 3
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    Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Vox Sambou, Aditya Prakash, Martha Redbone And More

    Jan 13, 2021
    Wednesday night's showcases blends the sounds of Haiti, India, Italy and the Indigenous people of North America.
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    Global Fest night two.
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    Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Minyo Crusaders, Hit La Rosa, Natu Camara, Emel

    Jan 13, 2021
    The second night of our virtual festival features music from Japan, Peru, Guinea and Tunisia.
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    Music Features

    Equal At Last? Women In Jazz, By The Numbers

    Jan 12, 2021
    Half of the top 10 spots in 2019's NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll went to women. But a deeper look at the data from across the poll's lifetime complicates claims about women's equality in jazz.
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    Tiny Desk Meets Global Fest
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    Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Dedicated Men Of Zion, Labess, Sofia Rei & DakhaBrakha

    Jan 11, 2021
    Our first night of live performances features music from Algeria, Argentina, Ukraine and North Carolina.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Tim Shantz conducts Luminous Voices' first car concert on Oct. 4, 2020.
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    Car Concerts Offer Choirs A Way To Rehearse And Perform

    Jan 11, 2021
    This car choir solution is one that accomplished baritone David Newman came up with so that ensembles could sing "together." The method uses microphones, a mixer, an FM transmitter and car radios.
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    Baritone Will Liverman's upcoming album is devoted to Black composers past and present.
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    NPR's Classical Music Editor Previews 2 Albums You'll Want To Hear

    Jan 11, 2021
    NPR's resident classical music specialist Tom Huizenga previews two of the albums he's looking forward to spending time with in 2021.
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    Las Cafeteras released a Spanglish cover of "Georgia On My Mind" in December as the Senate race in Georgia headed to a runoff.
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    Music That Moves From Despair To Hope

    Jan 08, 2021
    After an upsetting week in the U.S., we offer some music to cope, featuring David Bowie and Miriam Makeba, plus covers by Las Cafeteras and Los Cenzontles.

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