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News Articles: Music Interviews

Adam Duritz, lead singer and songwriter for Counting Crows, spoke with <em>Morning Edition </em>about the band's new album,<em> Butter Miracle, the Complete Sweets!</em>

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  • Music

'Being dismissed for being different': Adam Duritz on new music with Counting Crows

In 1993, Adam Duritz and his band Counting Crows took roots-rock to new heights with their debut August and Everything After. More than 30 years later, they offer a new album, cut from the same cloth.

May 15, 2025
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  • Phil Harrell and
  • Leila Fadel
The Doobie Brothers 2025.

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  • Music Interviews

The Doobie Brothers mine Southern influences and promote human connection with 'Walk This Road'

Tom Johnston and Michael McDonald spoke with GPB about their new album, out June 6, and upcoming induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

May 08, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten

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  • Arts & Life

'Weird Al' Yankovic keeps dorkiness close to his heart

"Weird Al" Yankovic has no trouble tapping into his dorkiness. Perhaps that's the secret to his decades-spanning appeal. On this week's Wild Card with Rachel Martin, he talks about aging into his weirdness.

May 01, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Martin
When she was 25, violinist Esther Abrami realized that none of the hundreds of pieces she had played were composed by women. The results of her journey to change that are on her new album, <em>Women</em>.

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  • Music Interviews

Violinist Esther Abrami uncovers 'hidden treasure' of music by women

French violinist and social media influencer Esther Abrami releases her new album, Women, featuring music by female composers in a bid to redress historic biases.

May 01, 2025
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  • Olivia Hampton
Violinist David Coucheron and Atlanta Symphony colleagues

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  • Music Interviews

From bowings to nerves: David Coucheron on life as the Atlanta Symphony’s first-seat violinist

David Coucheron was just 25 when he landed the position of concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Now, 15 years on, he joins GPB’s Sarah Zaslaw to talk about what a concertmaster does.

April 24, 2025
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  • Sarah Zaslaw
Chicago has toured since the 1960s and swings through Macon on April 9., 2025.

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  • Music Interviews

Rock Hall of Famers Chicago are heading to Macon. Check out the band's fun Georgia connection

Chicago's tour stops at the Macon City Auditorium April 9. Band co-founder and trumpeter Lee Loughnane gives GPB a preview.

April 04, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten

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  • Music Interviews

Jason Isbell confronts the pain of divorce, and the possibility of new love

Jason Isbell sings about his split from musician Amanda Shires on his latest album Foxes in the Snow. "What I was attempting to do is document a very specific time where I was going through a lot of changes," he says.

April 03, 2025
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Wadada Leo Smith (left) and Vijay Iyer have known and collaborated with each other for decades. They have just released their second album as a duo, <em>Defiant Life</em>, with Smith on trumpet and Iyer on piano.

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  • Music

Wadada Leo Smith and Vijay Iyer on what it takes to lead a defiant life

On their new album, two of the most celebrated composers and players in the jazz world pay homage to the pursuit of purpose and joy found in the struggle for liberation.

March 27, 2025
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  • Nate Chinen
Roderick Cox

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  • Music Interviews

Meet Roderick Cox, international conductor and son of Macon

LISTEN: Roderick Cox, music director of the opera orchestra in Montpellier, France, came home to Georgia to lead the ASO in concert last fall. GPB’s Sarah Zaslaw caught up with Roderick remotely in December.

March 24, 2025
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  • Sarah Zaslaw
"When people grieve or go through a great loss, there are just ugly parts that come out of people when they're in survival mode," Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner told NPR, reflecting on the complicated relationships behind her new album.

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  • Music

Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner embraces melancholy in new album

With a new album, Michelle Zauner tells NPR she is finally finding balance between all the things she yearns for: her career goals, a connection to family and a connection to her ancestral home of Korea.

March 21, 2025
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  • Lindsay Totty
American composer Steve Reich has invented, developed and evolved interlocking patterns in his music for more than six decades.

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  • Music

Steve Reich has always been to able to hear the pulse

The 88-year-old composer, who talks as fast as the interlocking phrases of his music, looks back on crucial moments in a career that moved minimalism into the mainstream.

March 14, 2025
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  • Tom Huizenga
Maestra Marin Alsop conducts the National Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Julia Wolfe's <em>Her Story</em> on Feb. 27.

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  • Music

Conductor Marin Alsop on Trump, the Kennedy Center and why art is bipartisan

The celebrated conductor brought Her Story, a potent piece by Julia Wolfe, to Kennedy Center audiences recently.

March 04, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Simon and
  • Michael Radcliffe
South African cellist and composer Abel Selaocoe pictured Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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  • Music Interviews

South African cellist Abel Selaocoe fosters dialogue across time and cultures in a new album

South African cellist and composer Abel Selaocoe talks about his new album "Hymns of Bantu," which highlights the healing power of song across cultures.

February 24, 2025
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  • Olivia Hampton
Duane Betts

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  • Music Interviews

'This is for my dad': Duane Betts plans tribute to Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts

The lineup of the sold-out concert at the Macon City Auditorium features Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Oteil Burbridge, Jaimoe, Chuck Leavell, Devon Allman, Duane Betts, Charlie Starr, Jimmy Hall, Lamar Williams Jr. and more.

February 21, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
The composer Celia Hollander (left) and rapper Fat Tony are two musicians who were affected by the LA wildfires, which destroyed the instruments, record collections and irreplaceable work of many artists.

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  • Music

For many LA musicians, the wildfires took their homes — and their livelihoods

The Los Angeles fires impacted many musical artists, destroying instruments, record collections and hard drives of irreplaceable work.

February 13, 2025
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  • Christopher Intagliata
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