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    All Songs Considered
    Bongeziwe Mabandla's "masiziyekelele" sends you racing through the streets of Johannesburg.
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    Heat Check: Teleport And Transform

    Mar 30, 2020
    Ghanian trap, South African soul, Barbadian pop. This week's Heat Check does some digital globetrotting for a temporary escape.
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    Music News
    Rihanna accepts the President's Award onstage during the 51st NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 22, 2020.
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    Rihanna Returns With First Song In 3 Years On PARTYNEXTDOOR's 'BELIEVE IT'

    Mar 27, 2020
    It's the superstar's first song in three years, after releasing a string of collaborative singles in 2017 with artists like DJ Khaled, Kendrick Lamar, Future and N.E.R.D.
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    New Music
    The artwork for Bob Dylan's latest song, "Murder Most Foul."
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    Bob Dylan Releases Epic New Song, 'Murder Most Foul'

    Mar 27, 2020
    The iconic songwriter surprised fans at midnight with a 17-minute song about the assassination of JFK.
    Classical
    Deceptive Cadence
    Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson says he thinks of the composers on his new album, <em>Debussy – Rameau</em>, as "painters in sound."
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    Conversation Between The Keys: Víkingur Ólafsson Meets Debussy And Rameau

    Mar 27, 2020
    On his new album, the rising pianist once called "Iceland's Glenn Gould" offers a dialogue between two radical French composers born nearly 200 years apart.
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    All Songs Considered
    Linda Diaz submitted the song "Green Tea Ice Cream" to the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest.
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    The Best 2020 Tiny Desk Contest Entries We Saw This Week: Volume 4

    Mar 26, 2020
    We extended our deadline: You now have until until 11:59 p.m. ET on April 27 to enter the Contest. Our favorites this week include a groovy protest song, a folksy breath of fresh air and more.
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    Alt.Latino
    KORDELYA's futuristic electro-pop globalism can capture imaginations.
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    Alt.Latino Playlist: Supporting Ourselves And Our Favorite Artists

    Mar 25, 2020
    Music can help us deal and we can help musicians, too. On our weekly playlist, we're spotlighting independent artists and providing links for you to help support their music.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Still from a public safety video released by Bobi Wine, a Ugandan musician and politician.
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    Bobi Wine, Ugandan Pop Star And Political Opposition Leader, Shares Some Health Tips

    Mar 25, 2020
    The politician and artist has some helpful, and optimistic, advice for anyone left wondering what to do.
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    Music
    Bright Eyes.
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    Bright Eyes' 9-Year Hiatus Ends With 'Persona Non Grata'

    Mar 24, 2020
    Plans for a world tour are on hold, but the band insists that a new album is coming this year — no matter what. In the meantime, hear its first new song since 2011.
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    All Songs Considered
    Serpent Column's new EP is called <em>Endless Detainment</em> — quite the 2020 mood.
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    Viking's Choice: Raging Black Metal, Burly Math Rock, Escapist Shoegaze

    Mar 24, 2020
    The world's gushing hot garbage, so hate-spewing black metal must be the remedy. Plus new music from Control Top, Horse Lords and the return of We Versus The Shark.
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    Music Interviews
    The Joshua Redman Quartet. From left: drummer Brian Blade, pianist Brad Mehldau, saxophonist Joshua Redman and bassist Christian McBride.
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    Now That They've Conquered The World: Joshua Redman Quartet Readies A New Album

    Mar 24, 2020
    A quarter-century after it first formed, the storied ensemble of Joshua Redman, Brian Blade, Brad Mehldau and Christian McBride reunites. Hear a premiere now.
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    All Songs Considered
    Alex Isley's "Gone" perfects the art of subtle, fear-inducing seduction.
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    Heat Check: Make It Make Sense

    Mar 23, 2020
    When parts of reality seem unfathomable, music always makes sense. New music from Alex Isley, Childish Gambino, Melanie Faye and more on this week's Heat Check.
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    Our Daily Breather
    Vikingur Ólafsson performs a piece by Rameau.
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    Our Daily Breather: Tom Huizenga On Víkingur Ólafsson's Restorative Rameau

    Mar 20, 2020
    In a time of striving to keep ourselves and our environments pathogen-free, Our Daily Breather seeks guidance on the health of the psyche. Tom Huizenga has been turning to a calming piano performance.
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    New Music
    Hayley Williams' latest single features guest vocals from boygenius — Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers.
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    Hayley Williams Invites Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker And Phoebe Bridgers To Sing Backup

    Mar 19, 2020
    Williams delayed the full release of Petals For Armor, but still shared a new track with guest vocals from Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers
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    All Songs Considered
    The Kraken Quartet entered the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest with its entry "Chance the Dog (The Song)"
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    Hear From SXSW Artists Who Entered The 2020 Tiny Desk Contest

    Mar 19, 2020
    SXSW is usually a great place to discover new artists. When this year's festival was canceled, we asked unsigned artists who were planning to go to enter the Tiny Desk Contest. Here are their entries.
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    New Music
    Little Big. From left: David 'DJ' Ginyard (bass), Tommy Crane (drums), Aaron Parks (piano) and Greg Tuohey (guitar). The band will release its second studio album, <em>Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man,</em> on May 8.
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    'Solace' Amidst The 'Deeply Odd': Pianist Aaron Parks On Releasing A Record Right Now

    Mar 19, 2020
    The virtuoso is planning to release a new album with his band Little Big in a little more than a month. The timing couldn't be more surreal.
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    The Austin 100
    Loyal Lobos.
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    The Austin 100: Loyal Lobos

    Mar 17, 2020
    Singer-songwriter Andrea Silva is enormously adept at dreamy, languid balladry. Even when crisp, gorgeous guitars dominate the mix, it's hard not to hang on her every word.
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    The Austin 100
    Catholic Action
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    The Austin 100: Catholic Action

    Mar 17, 2020
    Joy and aggression coexist in this band from Glasgow, Scotland.
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    The Austin 100
    Steven G.
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    The Austin 100: Steven G

    Mar 17, 2020
    L.A. singer-rapper Steven G finds more or less the exact midpoint between sleekly stylish R&B and slyly playful hip-hop.
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    The Austin 100
    Tomás del Real.
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    The Austin 100: Tomás Del Real

    Mar 17, 2020
    Tomás del Real's songs possess the gentle sway of the Chilean folk music in which he's steeped, but they're also burnished with notes of jazz and influences that stretch to the U.S. and Europe.
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    The Austin 100
    Tufan Derince.
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    The Austin 100: Tufan Derince

    Mar 17, 2020
    Derince plays a stringed instrument called an elektrobağlama — think of a long-necked, amplified lute — that lends his arrangements a springy sense of playfulness
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    The Austin 100
    Carla Geneve
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    The Austin 100: Carla Geneve

    Mar 17, 2020
    An Australian singer-songwriter with a gift for deadpan observation and deftly deployed guitar licks, Carla Geneve sneaks up on you.
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    The Austin 100
    Holy Pinto.
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    The Austin 100: Holy Pinto

    Mar 17, 2020
    Aymen Saleh makes sweetly jangling, goodnatured Britpop. Dispensed with abundant charm and grace, his songs feel warm and lived-in.
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    The Austin 100
    Horse Jumper Of Love.
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    The Austin 100: Horse Jumper Of Love

    Mar 17, 2020
    Led by singer-guitarist Dimitri Giannopoulos, the band's songs sound hypnotically beautiful, with arrangements that magnify small narrative details into big, booming moments of catharsis.
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    The Austin 100
    Katie Malco.
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    The Austin 100: Katie Malco

    Mar 17, 2020
    "Creatures," from Malco's forthcoming full-length debut, taps briefly into the singer's softer side, but uses it primarily as a foil for a soaring string of marvelous, ever-grander choruses.
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    The Austin 100
    Why Bonnie.
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    The Austin 100: Why Bonnie

    Mar 17, 2020
    At the helm of Why Bonnie, Blair Howerton writes glossy, synth- and string-inflected guitar-pop songs that fit a mighty, beating heart underneath all the gleaming hooks.

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