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Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson and more named 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame...
Wednesday morning brought the announcement of the 2023 nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Among the first-timers in this year's class of potential inductees are Sheryl Crow, Joy...
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Harrison (feat. Kadhja Bonet), 'Float'
Toronto-bred, Juno-nominated producer and jazz musician Harrison is a high-achieving polymath: When he isn't producing his own engrossing singles, you might find him composing for Nintendo. His work...
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Lee Fields: Tiny Desk Concert
This year's Black History Month celebration at the Tiny Desk features a carefully crafted lineup spanning many genres, generations and walks of life. Each artist represents the best in their class and...
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Kenny Beats: Tiny Desk Concert
"I know producers don't always get to do stuff like this," Kenny Beats said as he wrapped up his Tiny Desk concert. "I'm very lucky I get to do a lot of stuff people with my job title don't get to do."...
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Flying solo this Valentine's Day? This playlist's for you.
You know what? Upon further consideration, we actually have had enough of silly love songs. For Valentine's Day this year, we're embracing the single life with a cathartic mix of songs about everything...
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Kelela, 'Raven'
Kelela has made a career of decadently infusing soulful R&B melodies into pulsing EDM beats, submerging the listener in her atmosphere. On her sophomore studio LP, Raven, she draws the listener...
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Fousheé: Tiny Desk Concert
This year's Black History Month celebration at the Tiny Desk features a carefully crafted lineup spanning many genres, generations and walks of life. Each artist represents the best in their class and...
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Intrusive thoughts and mixmaster madness in Liv.e's 'Girl in the Half Pearl'
Liv.e's Girl in the Half Pearlcreates space for the voices inside your head — letting them float around, talk to each other and scream into the abyss. Some sweetly whisper messages of prosperity while...
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The meditative, ambient calm of Kelela's 'Raven'
Since releasing her debut mixtape, CUT 4 ME, in 2013, the singer Kelela has always innovated at the crossroads of left-field R&B and forward-thinking electronic music. After six years away, she...
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Omah Lay: Tiny Desk Concert
Omah Lay brought a calm demeanor and a bright smile to his time at NPR headquarters. By the third song of his Tiny Desk concert, "soso," I realized that the Nigerian star was exercising lots of...
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Tianna Esperanza's uphill climb to conquering 'Terror'
"When I was first listening to [your music]," Morning Edition host Leila Fadel tells singer-songwriter Tianna Esperanza, "I was more listening to just the music, before the lyrics really set into my...
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Durand Bernarr: Tiny Desk Concert
Durand Bernarr is an experience. At the Tiny Desk, members of his band — clad in costumes evoking characters from the Disney Channel animated series The Proud Family — surrounded Bernarr, outfitted in...
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Here's a few of our favorite photos from the 2023 Dreamville Music Festival
The 2023 Dreamville Music Festival brought more than 100,000 fans to Raleigh, N.C., on April 1-2.The annual event, organized by J. Cole's record label, is held each year in Cole's home state of North...
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Jalen Ngonda, 'If You Don't Want My Love'
Jalen Ngonda wasn't singing the first time I saw him, but his presence was striking nonetheless. I was waiting in line at the Baltimore Soundstage when a man walked by in a dignified leather jacket....
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RAYE: Tiny Desk Concert
"I'm a songwriter for a living, okay. I usually have all the words but I'm genuinely speechless." RAYE told the audience at her Tiny Desk. "All I've wanted is to be seen and respected as a musician."...
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Devon Gilfillian's latest album is a bold declaration of Black joy
Devon Gilfillian's new album, Love You Anyway, is just as much a celebration as it is a declaration. The musician's third studio album addresses the widening political gap in American culture,...
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'SNL' just wrapped its 48th season: It's time to cruelly rank its musical...
It was a rough season for Saturday Night Live, which endured painful cast attrition (Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong, et al.), mixed reviews and a writers strike that knocked out Season 48's final three...
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30A Songwriters Sessions: Cat Ridgeway
Today, we're bringing you another session from the 30A Songwriters Festival in Florida, an annual event that brings together almost 200 songwriters to perform in the Florida sun along the Emerald Coast...
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30A Songwriters Sessions: Eddie 9V
Next up in our showcase from the 30A Songwriters Festival: a performance from blues, roots and soul musician Eddie 9 Volt.Based in Atlanta, Eddie's an old soul with a young heart, and he takes...
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Tina Turner, rock and roll icon, dead at 83
Tina Turner, a soul and rock powerhouse known for her octave-defying voice and mesmerizing stage moves, has died at the age of 83. She died Wednesday in her home in Switzerland after a long period of...
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Incarcerated teens find escape in music and poems composed with artists
Jaylene is about to turn 16. But it's no Sweet Sixteen. She's among the tens of thousands of kids who wake up each morning incarcerated across the United States.One thing's clear for Jaylene: she wants...
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Charlie Wilson: Tiny Desk Concert
NPR Music is celebrating Black Music Month with an array of brand new Tiny Desk concerts. Together, these artists represent the past, present and future of Black music. This month of carefully curated...
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Aja Monet's debut album fuses art and advocacy, poet and performer
In Black American folklore, music and poetry share the same soul. The poets of the Black Arts movement, particularly Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, Audre Lorde and Amiri Baraka, were in touch with jazz...
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With 'Fountain Baby,' Amaarae redefines herself as a pop auteur
In a three-page directive for Amaarae's second record, Fountain Baby, which functions as an artist statement, album analysis and thesaurus, the Ghanaian-American singer-songwriter shares an aim for the...
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Janelle Monáe wants you ... to enter the 'Pleasure' zone
In the already uncomfortably hot summer of 2023, talk of pleasure can hit like a forbidden tonic, providing relief from a steady diet of grief, outrage and anxiety. Janelle Monáe's new album The Age of...
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Babyface: Tiny Desk Concert
NPR Music is celebrating Black Music Month with an array of brand new Tiny Desk concerts. Together, these artists represent the past, present and future of Black music. This month of carefully curated...
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Tank: Tiny Desk Concert
NPR Music is celebrating Black Music Month with an array of brand new Tiny Desk concerts. Together, these artists represent the past, present and future of Black music. This month of carefully curated...
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Meshell Ndegeocello opens the lid on her self-contained world
Realness is a root position in The Omnichord Real Book, Meshell Ndegeocello's expansive yet interior new album. That doesn't make it the default. "I've been saying things I don't believe," Ndegeocello...
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Ambré: Tiny Desk Concert
NPR Music is celebrating Black Music Month with an array of brand new Tiny Desk concerts. Together, these artists represent the past, present and future of Black music. This month of carefully curated...
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Amaarae: Tiny Desk Concert
NPR Music is celebrating Black Music Month with an array of brand new Tiny Desk concerts. Together, these artists represent the past, present and future of Black music. This month of carefully curated...
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Crystal Rose came 'Mad' close to winning the Tiny Desk Contest
Nashville-based artist Crystal Rose displays a lot of emotion in her 2023 Tiny Desk Contest entry, "Mad Black Woman." It's one of the things about her performance that most impressed Tiny Desk Contest...
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Roséwave: 106 songs for the best summer ever!
Stream the playlist via Apple Music (clean), Spotify (clean), Tidal (clean), YouTube (clean).In summer, we party, we dance, we love. We try to pack in as much bliss as possible, as if the sun will one...
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'Struggler' is Genesis Owusu's bold follow-up to his hit debut album
Updated August 21, 2023 at 2:03 PM ETA funny thing happened on Australia's music scene a couple of years ago. Genesis Owusu was a brand new artist dropping his debut album, Smiling With No Teeth. The...
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War celebrates 50 years of 'The World is a Ghetto'
The World Is A Ghetto, the sprawling masterpiece and blockbuster from the band War, began as an idea for a play.Founding member Lonnie Jordan says it was original percussionist Thomas "Papa Dee" Allen...
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Teezo Touchdown's search for the perfect breakthrough
Before birthing Teezo Touchdown in 2016, the Beaumont, TX rapper, singer-songwriter and producer Aaron Thomas underwent a couple of iterations — first, rapping as Aye Tee during his senior year of high...
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21 Days of Musica Latina: Mexico
Editor's Note: To commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month this year, World Cafe is going on a musical tour of Latin America. Every weekday from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we'll spotlight the music of a different...
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21 Days of Musica Latina: Haiti
Editor's Note: To commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month this year, World Cafe is going on a musical tour of Latin America. Every weekday from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we'll spotlight the music of a different...
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21 Days of Musica Latina: Bolivia
Editor's Note: To commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month this year, World Cafe is going on a musical tour of Latin America. Every weekday from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we'll spotlight the music of a different...
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21 Days of Musica Latina: Cuba
Editor's Note: To commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month this year, World Cafe is going on a musical tour of Latin America. Every weekday from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we'll spotlight the music of a different...
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21 Days of Musica Latina: Nicaragua
Editor's Note: To commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month this year, World Cafe is going on a musical tour of Latin America. Every weekday from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we'll spotlight the music of a different...
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21 Days of Musica Latina: Dominican Republic
Editor's Note: To commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month this year, World Cafe is going on a musical tour of Latin America. Every weekday from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we'll spotlight the music of a different...
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21 Days of Musica Latina: Colombia
Editor's Note: To commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month this year, World Cafe is going on a musical tour of Latin America. Every weekday from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we'll spotlight the music of a different...
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Smokey Robinson: Tiny Desk Concert
Legend is a word thrown around far too often. But if there was ever an artist the word "legend" applies to, it would be Smokey Robinson. The iconic songwriter, producer and vocalist was not only a key...
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How Corinne Bailey Rae and Theaster Gates are preserving Black culture
After we wrapped the shoot on this episode of Amplify, I called an Uber to take me from the Stony Island Arts Bank on Chicago's South Side back to my downtown hotel. The 30-minute ride along Lakeshore...
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Jordan Ward: Tiny Desk Concert
Jordan Ward showed up to NPR headquarters radiating with a warm energy that felt familiar, like linking up with your favorite cousins at the cookout. After all, the immense amount of creativity and...
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Nile Rodgers & CHIC: Tiny Desk Concert
Before Nile Rodgers & CHIC set the Tiny Desk off, the icon established a sort of mission statement for the group's sound: "If we can funk in this, you know we can funk." They surely can. In stints...
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Black Pumas to celebrate release of 'Chronicles of a Diamond' with live show
Black Pumas are celebrating the release of their new sophomore album, Chronicles of a Diamond, with a special live concert, and you can watch it right here. The Austin-based band, led by...
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Arlo Parks: Tiny Desk Concert
Watching Arlo Parks read an excerpt from her newly published book of poetry, The Magic Border, during her performance, it felt like a full circle moment for her. Her origins as a musician began with...
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What the abuse lawsuit against Diddy, one of hip-hop's most powerful men, means
Sean "Diddy" Combs, the hip-hop executive known widely as the head of Bad Boy Records, has been accused of years of abuse by R&B singer Cassie Ventura, including emotional and physical abuse, human...
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Something magical happened when Britti stopped doubting herself
The period leading up to the release of her debut album has been a whirlwind for Brittany Guerin, who goes simply by Britti.There was a point in her life when the New Orleans singer-songwriter wasn't...
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