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    Trombonist Jonas Gwangwa performs in Sandton, South Africa in 2017.
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    Jonas Gwangwa, South African Musician And Activist, Dies At 83

    Jan 23, 2021
    The trombonist was a major figure in South Africa's early jazz scene, and an activist after the restrictions imposed by apartheid. In 1988 he was nominated for an Oscar for his theme to Cry Freedom.
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    Darlene Love in 1964. Love was the uncredited singer on a handful of the biggest hits produced by Phil Spector during the era when he was making his "Wall of Sound" production technique famous.
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    The Voices Of Black Women Were Essential To Phil Spector's Wall Of Sound

    Jan 21, 2021
    The full impact of Spector's musical legacy is impossible to measure without accounting for the creative labor of singers like Darlene Love and the damage Spector's manipulations did to their careers.
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    Palberta's album <em>Palberta5000</em> is out Jan. 22.
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    Punk And Harmony: Rising Rock Trio Palberta Finds A Sweet Spot

    Jan 19, 2021
    Just as soon as you think you have a frame of reference for the Brooklyn band's sound, it swerves into an entirely new direction. Palberta's new album, Palberta5000, comes out Jan. 22.
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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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    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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    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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    Austin Guitarist Sees His Music In A 'New Way' After Suffering Stroke

    Jan 02, 2021
    In Austin, Texas, an accomplished writer and guitarist suffered a devastating stroke. He lost use of his strumming hand. But he still found a way to continue making beautiful music on his guitar.
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    Dale Ann Bradley (left), Tina Adair, Gena Britt Tew and Deanie Richardson (center) of the bluegrass band Sister Sadie do their impression of the rock band Queen.
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    Bluegrass Band Sister Sadie Embodies Tradition, But Bends It Too

    Jan 01, 2021
    This fall, the bluegrass supergroup Sister Sadie became the first all-female band ever to win the top prize at the International Bluegrass Music Association awards.
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    Best Music Of 2020
    Little Richard in the studio, circa 1959.
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    He Was An Architect

    Dec 22, 2020
    Little Richard saw a depth and possibility for American culture, for black genius, that he could not fully see for himself. It's up to us to continue the work.
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    Louder Than A Riot
    Rapper Noname and activist and organizer Mariame Kaba joined <em>Louder Than A Riot</em> to discuss hip-hop's role in a prison-free future.
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    'I Want Us To Dream A Little Bigger': Noname And Mariame Kaba On Art And Abolition

    Dec 19, 2020
    What role can hip-hop play in reforming — or entirely dismantling — mass incarceration? Rapper Noname and activist Mariame Kaba joined Louder Than A Riot to discuss making revolution irresistible.
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    Beethoven's Life, Liberty And Pursuit Of Enlightenment

    Dec 17, 2020
    Growing up in a progressive city, Ludwig van Beethoven embraced the ideals of the Enlightenment, the philosophical movement that shook Europe and helped shape the composer's music.
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    Diary Of A Fugue Year

    Dec 16, 2020
    Is it possible to hear the music of 2020 without getting lost in the noise? NPR Music's critic Ann Powers studies a year during which nearly everything about loving music was turned upside down.
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    Charley Pride left behind a complex legacy and rich body of work that deserves closer listening.
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    There's Only One Charley Pride

    Dec 16, 2020
    Charley Pride was a symbol, ancestor and influence. But the country singer was also a master interpreter of song, his warm baritone attuned to deep emotion.
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    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's Pivot Online Brings Accessibility

    Dec 12, 2020
    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra principal cellist Rainer Eudeikis explains how the pandemic has changed the way they're bringing music to their audience.
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    Louder Than A Riot
    Nipsey Hussle is part of a mural featuring other local notable people on the wall of a bank in the rapper's Hyde Park neighborhood. In the wake of Hussle's March 2019 death, many murals of the beloved Los Angeles musician were painted in the Hyde Park ne
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    Caught In The System

    Dec 12, 2020
    When rapper Nipsey Hussle was killed in 2019, he was known as an advocate for the people in the neighborhood where he grew up and made his name. But the LAPD couldn't let his gang affiliation go.
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    'It Becomes More And More Special': Paul McCartney On His Friendship With John Lennon

    Dec 11, 2020
    NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Paul McCartney about the life and death of the Beatles' John Lennon, who was killed 40 years ago this week.
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    Pianist Harold Budd, seen here during a portrait session in 2011, died after contracting COVID-19.
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    Harold Budd's Music Was Heaven On Earth

    Dec 10, 2020
    The ambient composer and Brian Eno collaborator died this week at the age of 84 from complications brought on by COVID-19.
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    2020 Was The Year Female Rappers Dominated

    Dec 10, 2020
    To know what tomorrow sounds like, one need only listen to the women in rap today. Our 23-song playlist represents but a handful of the many women rappers who left their mark on 2020.
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    Mary Baxter and her son, Rasir.
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    Becoming Isis Tha Saviour

    Dec 03, 2020
    A former ward of the state who gave birth while imprisoned, Philly rapper Isis Tha Saviour uses hip-hop to transform her trauma into freedom.
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    The 100 Best Songs Of 2020

    Dec 03, 2020
    The great songs of 2020 were as abundant as the rest of the year was a drag. Think of these 100 jams as a silver linings playlist for the worst year of our collective lives.
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    The 100 Best Songs Of 2020

    Dec 03, 2020
    Think of these 100 songs (Nos. 80-61 here) as a silver linings playlist for the worst year of our collective lives.
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    The 100 Best Songs Of 2020

    Dec 03, 2020
    Think of these 100 songs (Nos. 60-41 here) as a silver linings playlist for the worst year of our collective lives.
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    The 100 Best Songs Of 2020

    Dec 03, 2020
    Think of these 100 songs (Nos. 40-21 here) as a silver linings playlist for the worst year of our collective lives.
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    The 100 Best Songs Of 2020

    Dec 03, 2020
    The great songs of 2020 were as abundant as the rest of the year was a drag. Think of these 100 jams as a silver linings playlist for the worst year of our collective lives.

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