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    Heartbreak, 3 Ways: New Songs Confront The Ache And Fury Of Lost Love

    Feb 09, 2021
    Jazmine Sullivan's "Pick Up Your Feelings"; Matthew Sweet's "At a Loss"; and Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License" prove that people experience heartbreak in as many ways as a heart can be broken.
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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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    A new Dusty Springfield anthology collects singles from her time with Atlantic Records.
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    On A New Anthology, Dusty Springfield's Take On Southern Soul Gets Another Look

    Jan 21, 2021
    In 1968, the British singer flew to the U.S. after signing with Atlantic Records. Her acclaimed recordings from this period are collected in Dusty Springfield: The Complete Atlantic Singles 1968-1971.
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    With 'Some Kind Of Tomorrow' 2 Jazz Musicians Improvise Together Over Zoom

    Jan 21, 2021
    Soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom and bassist Mark Helias play together in a new remotely recorded digital album. These seasoned improvisers line up just right, despite the recording challenges.
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    Folk Musician Peter Stampfel Pays Homage To 100 Favorite Songs On '20th Century'

    Jan 19, 2021
    A new five-CD set features Stampfel's recording of a favorite song for each year of the last century. The resulting collection is a wonderful survey of popular music — as well as lots of great fun.
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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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    Joshua Abrams' Chameleonic Quartet Gets Exuberantly Ornery On 'Cloud Script'

    Jan 08, 2021
    Abrams' quartet can groove and play pretty, but they can also do free jazz. Their new album is about being part of something bigger, where each player is stronger for all the ways they interlock.
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    Remembering The Jazz Legends Who Died In 2020

    Dec 30, 2020
    Dozens of notable jazz musicians died this year, many from COVID-19. Fresh Air critic Kevin Whitehead remembers some of the legends lost, including Bucky Pizzarelli, Ellis Marsalis and Jimmy Heath.
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    3 New Holiday Songs Tap Into The Cheer — And Despair — Of The Season

    Dec 22, 2020
    The holidays have never felt more ambivalent — a feeling captured by Phoebe Bridgers' "Christmas Song"; The Bird and the Bee's "You and I at Christmas Time"; and Nick Lowe's "Winter Wonderland."
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    Tenor Sax George Coleman Shines On Newly Released Live Record, 'In Baltimore'

    Dec 21, 2020
    The album showcases 45 minutes from Coleman's '71 sets at Baltimore's Famous Ballroom, where the atmosphere was typically lively and the jazz legend was elegant and full of fire.
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    Dua Lipa performs onstage for the 2020 American Music Awards. Her album,<em> Future Nostalgia, </em>ranks second on Ken Tucker's list of his favorite albums of 2020.
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    A Year Like No Other: Ken Tucker Picks 10 Albums That Made An Art Of Escapism

    Dec 15, 2020
    The pandemic, along with unprecedented political and social upheaval, created a year in which listeners sought to be transported. Enter these 10 albums. At the top of the list: X's Alphabetland.
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    Employment Brings Relief To Food-Insecure Illinois Family

    Nov 28, 2020
    NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Illinois artist and mother of three Ja Nelle Pleasure, who has recently experienced food insecurity, about how she is feeding her family this winter.
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    Sonny Rollins Plays His Heart Out In A Newly Discovered Live Recording

    Nov 26, 2020
    Recorded over the course of three days in 1967, during a period when the saxophonist was disillusioned with the record business, Rollins in Holland presents a jazz master in an ideal setting.
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    Pianist Keith Jarrett On The 'Calling' That Drew Him To Jazz

    Nov 14, 2020
    Jarrett is acclaimed for his intense and physically energetic improvised performances. Kevin Whitehead reviews Jarrett's new album, Budapest, and we listen back to a 2000 interview with him.
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    New Anthology Revisits Brief History Of The Gospel Truth Label

    Nov 13, 2020
    The Gospel Truth was a subsidiary of the famous soul label Stax Records. A new anthology, The Gospel Truth: The Complete Singles Collection, revisits its brief moment in gospel soul history.
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    With 'Pedernal,' Susan Alcorn Expands Pedal Steel Guitar's Range

    Nov 10, 2020
    Pedal steel guitar is a staple of country music, but Alcorn bends it around odd corners. Her quintet's new album is beyond category — roaming betwixt jazz and improvised music and rock and country.
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    Billy Joe Shaver, photographed onstage during Willie Nelson's 4th of July Concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on July 4, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas.
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    The Ballad Of Billy Joe Shaver And Jerry Jeff Walker, Country Outlaws

    Nov 08, 2020
    The deaths of Walker and Shaver this month prompted critic Charles Aaron to consider the impact of their work on the wider sound of American music.
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    Cornet Player Ron Miles Embraces His Pop Influences On 'Rainbow Sign'

    Nov 04, 2020
    Much of the music on Miles' new album has a poppy accessibility — but it isn't quite easy listening. Instead his quintet stretches the material and lets things get a little warped.
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    From Springsteen To Stevie Wonder, Veteran Musicians Capture The Moment

    Oct 30, 2020
    Three new songs from established acts speak to the times: "Ghosts," by Bruce Springsteen; "Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate," by Stevie Wonder; and "Didn't Want to Be This Lonely," by The Pretenders.
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    CD Set Of Leontyne Price's Live Performances At The Met Opera Is A Treasure

    Oct 21, 2020
    Price, now 93, was the first African American soprano to have a major career at the Metropolitan Opera. Critics and fans agreed that she had one of the most beautiful singing voices they'd ever heard.
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    Latin Jazz Album 'El Duelo' Features Lively Solos And Moments Of Surprising Beauty

    Oct 20, 2020
    For 30 years, trumpet and flugelhorn player Diego Urcola has toured and recorded with Cuba-born saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera. For his own new album, Urcola hired his boss as featured sideman.
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    Low Cut Connie Showcases A New Ambition On 'Private Lives'

    Oct 12, 2020
    Once known as a loud bar band, Low Cut Connie bends classic rock to meet ever-more complex emotionalism. The resulting album is filled with songs about lovers, losers and beautiful dreamers.
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    Temporary Trio Creates A Quirky Groove On 'General Semantics'

    Oct 08, 2020
    Reed players Geof Bradfield and Ben Goldberg join formidable drummer Dana Hall on a new album that features humor, sobriety and a piece that's funky one minute and chamber music the next.
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    Superdeluxe Release Of Prince's 'Sign O' The Times' Holds Up As A Masterpiece

    Oct 07, 2020
    Prince's creativity is more impressive than ever on a new version of his highly praised 1987 album — now with three discs of previously unreleased material.
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    21 Savage and Metro Boomin in Atlanta in 2019. The duo recently released <em>Savage Mode 2</em>, which feels like a big-budget revenge thriller.
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    'Savage Mode 2' Is A Rare COVID-19 Era Blockbuster Sequel

    Oct 07, 2020
    In a year when Hollywood's splashy sequels are continually delayed, 21 Savage and Metro Boomin delivered a big-budget revenge thriller that toes the line between authoritativeness and absurdity.

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