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    Grace Semler Baldridge, in a still from the lyric video for her song "Razor's Edge," released in 2020.
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    Semler, With 'Preacher's Kid,' Writes Music Of Faith For A Real World

    Mar 08, 2021
    In February, an album topped the iTunes Christian album charts unexpectedly – it was Preacher's Kid, in which Grace Semler Baldridge addresses the depths and limitations of Christian culture.
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    Jeremie Pennick, better known as Benny The Butcher, in a portrait from 2021. His new album, <em>Plugs I Met 2</em>, will be released March 19.
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    On 'Plugs I Met 2,' Benny The Butcher Is Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud, Up Front

    Mar 08, 2021
    Butcher came to prominence through the close-knit and much-respected crew Griselda, but is now stepping to the front with a label, sports agency and new album, Plugs I Met 2.
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    Alice Cooper Revisits Hometown In New Album

    Mar 07, 2021
    NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Alice Cooper about his new album, Detroit Stories.
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    Musician Semler Talks New Album 'Preacher's Kid'

    Mar 06, 2021
    NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Semler about her new album. On Preacher's Kid, Semler reckons with her faith and queerness.
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    Bridget Kearney Taps Into The 'Exhaustion' Of Being A Woman In New Song

    Mar 06, 2021
    Lake Street Dive's Bridget Kearney wrote "Being a Woman," a track on the band's new album, Obviously. She says she wanted to convey exhaustion.
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    Grammy-nominated singer Andra Day, in a still from <em>The United States Vs. Billie Holiday.</em>
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    Andra Day On Portraying BilIie Holiday And The Enduring Strength Of 'Strange Fruit'

    Mar 05, 2021
    The song "Strange Fruit" is the powerful and thematically horrifying centerpiece of the new film The United States Vs. Billie Holiday, which positions music as a powerful force for change.
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    Gustavo Dudamel during a press conferece on Sept. 30, 2009 in LA, around the time he was named the music director of the LA Philharmonic.
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    Dudamel And L.A. Philharmonic Reunite For Socially Distanced Virtual Concert Series

    Mar 05, 2021
    On March 5th, conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic return to the Hollywood Bowl to launch the second season of their virtual concert series, Sound/Stage.
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    New Compilation Of Old Tunes Is 'An Alternate History Of The World's Music'

    Mar 03, 2021
    NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jonathan Ward on his new 100-track compilation of early recordings from around the world called Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World's Music.
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    From left: Tyshawn Sorey, Vijay Iyer and Linda May Han Oh. The trio, Iyer's newest, collaborated on the album <em>Uneasy</em>.
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    Vijay Iyer And A New Trio Reflect On The 'Uneasy' Past And Present

    Feb 26, 2021
    The composer and pianist joined with drummer Tyshawn Sorey and bassist Linda May Han Oh in late 2019 to record Uneasy, which now functions as a welcome reminder.
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    U-Roy, performing at Reggae Sunsplash in Montego Bay, Jamaica on Aug. 8, 1984.
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    U-Roy, Jamaican Vocalist Who Defined Dancehall And Presaged Hip-Hop, Dies At 78

    Feb 18, 2021
    Influenced by jazz, the Kingston-born vocalist revolutionized the art of occupying a space with his words. "Before U-Roy, no one was toasting," Grammy winner Sean Paul tells NPR.
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    The Fort Lauderdale duo Black Violin wrote "Time to Shine" after reflecting on what happened last year and ringing in the new one.
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    On 'Time To Shine,' Black Violin Focuses On The Light

    Feb 17, 2021
    The duo, famed for enmeshing classical and hip-hop, looks back at America's past year and toward its near future on a new song, "Time to Shine."
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    Jazz Night In America: Video Episodes And Shorts
    Taali and José James
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    Alone Together: Jazz Couples (Stuck) at Home

    Feb 12, 2021
    Over the past year, we caught up with jazz couples to get a behind-the-curtain look at life during quarantine, alone together.
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    Will Liverman 'Dreams Of A New Day' For Black Composers

    Feb 09, 2021
    As a student, the young baritone was never really introduced to any Black composers. Liverman's latest album, Dreams of a New Day, features an abundance of them.
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    Awake In The Dark, A Musician Finds His Muse

    Feb 06, 2021
    Jacob Allen, who performs as Puma Blue, suffered from chronic insomnia. And he's used his sleeplessness as inspiration for his new album "In Praise of Shadows."
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    Dusty Springfield's Manager/Biographer Describes Singer's Dance With 'Demons'

    Feb 05, 2021
    The late British singer had a number of hits in the '60s, many of which are included in a new Atlantic Records anthology. We listen back to a 2002 interview with Springfield's friend Vicki Wickham.
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    The Foo Fighters celebrate their 25th anniversary with a cheery, upbeat sound on their 10th record entitled <em>Medicine at Midnight</em>.
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    Dave Grohl Talks Foo Fighters' New Saturday-Night Party Album, 'Medicine At Midnight'

    Feb 05, 2021
    The release of the band's 10th album, and a world tour in support of it, had to be put on hold thanks to you-know-what. But there's only so long folks can wait before needing some release.
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    "There's so many people who refuse to hear each other and refuse to understand," says Tamara Lindeman. "The album, I think, is in part about this process of moving through denial into understanding."
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    On 'Ignorance,' The Weather Station Compels You To Care

    Feb 04, 2021
    During an intense reckoning with the global climate crisis, Tamara Lindeman wrote much her new album. For her, the biggest takeaway was "to acknowledge that I could care this much and this deeply."
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    Ben Harper And Mom Ellen Reflect On A Lifetime Immersed In A Folk Music 'Wonderland'

    Feb 01, 2021
    Ellen and Ben Harper both grew up in the Folk Music Center in Claremont Calif., which Ellen's parents founded in 1958. They join Fresh Air to discuss Ellen's new memoir, Always a Song.
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    Sophie Fustec's New Album Is A Journey Through Her Grief

    Jan 31, 2021
    NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Sophie Fustec, known artistically as La Chica, about her new album La Loba, in which she comes to terms with her brother's recent death.
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    Weezer's new record, <em>OK Human</em>, is an orchestral affair, recorded back to back with a heavy metal album.
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    Rivers Cuomo On Weezer's Latest, 'OK Human,' And The Need To Riff (Or Not)

    Jan 29, 2021
    Cuomo says Weezer is always looking to try the opposite of whatever it just did. Case in point: the band's new orchestral record, made back to back with a metal album.
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    <em></em>Ani DiFranco's latest album, <em>Revolutionary Love</em>, explores the idea of approaching your adversaries with compassion.
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    Ani DiFranco Wants Us To Engage In 'Revolutionary Love'

    Jan 29, 2021
    DiFranco's latest album finds inspiration in a book by activist Valerie Kaur, which urges an understanding of and empathy for one's opponents.
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    Madlib, performing during Pitchfork Fest at Union Park in Chicago on July 19, 2015.
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    Madlib Heads Back To The Future On 'Sound Ancestors'

    Jan 28, 2021
    For over two decades, Madlib's work has been defined not by any one style, but by the artist's stylistic breadth and tireless output. On a new album, the polymath compiles his artifacts.
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    Benee
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    Benee, The Artist Behind A Viral TikTok Hit, Gets Serious And Weird

    Jan 27, 2021
    What's it like to have a song go viral on TikTok and rack up a half a billion plays on Spotify? Host Stephen Kallao talks with up and coming New Zealand artist Benee in this session.
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    Brothers Osborne
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    Brothers Osborne's Unusual Path To Country Music Stardom

    Jan 25, 2021
    TJ and John Osborne's music encompasses lots of interesting flavors, including blues, rock and bluegrass.
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    Mike Milosh says that <em>Home</em>, his latest album as the leader of Rhye, is a product of managing pandemic-era stress and fear alongside creativity.
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    Even In Isolation, Rhye Makes Music For Us To Come Together

    Jan 22, 2021
    Mike Milosh, the voice of the R&B collective, says creativity permeates every hour of his life — so he tried to make a sacred space for it while recording his new album, Home.
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