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Where is 'Harry's House' anyway? Harry Styles explains

The pop star has spent a life on the go, so the pandemic offered him a rare chance for reflection, to separate the person from the pop star. Also, of course, to record a new album.

May 20, 2022
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By:
  • Leila Fadel,
  • Phil Harrell,
  • and 1 more
Leikeli47 (left) speaks with NPR's Sidney Madden about how <em>Shape Up </em>tracks the rapper's learning process to embody the confidence she so often preaches onstage to others.

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  • Music Interviews

Leikeli47 wants you to look and listen deeper

Cozy and coiffed in a Brooklyn studio, watch the masked rapper break down essential tracks from Shape Up with host Sidney Madden.

May 16, 2022
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  • Sidney Madden
"I have been the architect of my creativity and my life in such a specific and obsessive way," Florence Welch tells NPR.

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  • Music Interviews

On 'Dance Fever,' Florence + the Machine explores her fractured desires

The singer-songwriter talks about her new album Dance Fever, her creative process and her influences.

May 15, 2022
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By:
  • Michel Martin,
  • Kira Wakeam,
  • and 1 more
"I have been the architect of my creativity and my life in such a specific and obsessive way," Florence Welch tells NPR.

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  • Music Interviews

On 'Dance Fever,' Florence + the Machine explores her fractured desires

The singer-songwriter talks about her new album Dance Fever, her creative process and her influences.

May 15, 2022
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By:
  • Michel Martin,
  • Kira Wakeam,
  • and 1 more
Coldplay

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Back from a touring hiatus, Coldplay pledges to make performances more sustainable

Coldplay is pledging to make the band's current tour "as sustainable and low carbon as possible."

May 14, 2022
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By:
  • Michel Martin and
  • Tyler Bartlam
The members of Kalush Orchestra were granted special permission to leave Ukraine, and will return immediately after Eurovision ends. One stayed behind to help defend Kyiv.

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  • Music Interviews

Ukraine's Eurovision act wants to bring home some good news

Kalush Orchestra's Oleh Psiuk tells NPR that representing Ukraine on the world stage is a huge responsibility. He hopes people will continue to support his country even after Eurovision ends.

May 13, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
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Anthony Roth Costanzo nearly lost his voice to cancer. Now he's back as 'Akhnaten'

A decade ago, Costanzo had surgery that threatened to destroy his singing voice. Now he stars as a gender-fluid Egyptian pharaoh in the Met Opera's production. Originally broadcast Oct. 7, 2019.

May 13, 2022
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Tarriona "Tank" Ball, singer of Tank and The Bangas, photographed on Jan. 24, 2020 in West Hollywood, Calif.

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  • Music News

Tank and the Bangas' album tackles serious issues including the Capitol attack

Tank and the Bangas' third studio album, Red Balloon, celebrates Black life and reckons with America's ills. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to lead singer Tarriona "Tank" Ball.

May 13, 2022
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By:
  • Leila Fadel and
  • Taylor Haney
Raven Chacon's <em>Voiceless Mass</em> has won the Pulitzer Prize for music.

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  • Music News

Meet Raven Chacon, the first Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for music

A composer, performer and installation artist from the Navajo Nation, Chacon's winning piece, Voiceless Mass, was composed for chamber orchestra and a specific Milwaukee pipe organ.

May 10, 2022
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Warpaint. From left: Jenny Lee Lindberg, Theresa Wayman, Emily Kokal and Stella Mozgawa.

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  • Music Interviews

Warpaint returns, radiating

The LA-based group was, naturally, waylaid by the pandemic — just enough to write a new record, Radiate Like This.

May 06, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Martin and
  • Lindsay Totty
Talib Kweli of the rap duo Black Star, photographed performing in New York City on July 22, 2017.

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  • Music Interviews

Talib Kweli on Black Star's return: 'We stand tall on the shoulders of our ancestors'

Talib Kweli discusses the return of Black Star after 24 years, including a return to some of the duo's foundational themes — black excellence, unity, Pan-Africanism and the raising of consciousness.

May 03, 2022
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By:
  • Leila Fadel and
  • Taylor Haney
Dua Lipa

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  • Music Interviews

In Dua Lipa's ever-expanding world, 'there's no time limit and there's no what-ifs'

The pop star is returning to stages two years after releasing an acclaimed second album, Future Nostalgia, and being forced like everyone else to hunker down for the long chill.

April 28, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Martin and
  • Marc Rivers
Jessie Montgomery's new work <em>Hymn for Everyone</em> receives its world premiere with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on April 28.

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  • Music Interviews

Can classical music really be inclusive? Composer Jessie Montgomery thinks so

With orchestras clamoring for her work, the rising artist feels a responsibility and opportunity to help reframe classical music and the institutions that present it.

April 28, 2022
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Jessie Montgomery's new work <em>Hymn for Everyone</em> receives its world premiere with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on April 28.

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  • Music Interviews

Can classical music really be inclusive? Composer Jessie Montgomery thinks so

With orchestras clamoring for her work, the rising artist feels a responsibility and opportunity to help reframe classical music and the institutions that present it.

April 28, 2022
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Greg Tate (right) levitates while conducting Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber.

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  • Music Interviews

Under Greg Tate's direction, musical possibilities were limitless

Greg Tate's death left an immeasurable hole in the universe of cultural criticism. Vernon Reid, Matana Roberts, Jared Michael Nickerson and Christina Wheeler pay tribute to his music as Burnt Sugar.

April 24, 2022
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  • Ann Powers
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