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Julie Byrne

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  • Music

Devotion and grief intermingle on Julie Byrne's otherworldly record

The skillful guitarist talks about the experiences underneath her latest album, The Greater Wings.

November 09, 2023
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By:
  • Raina Douris and
  • Miguel Perez
Barbra Streisand, photographed in 1965.

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  • Music Interviews

Barbra Streisand shares her secret for keeping performances honest

When she was starring in Funny Girl on Broadway, Streisand would alter the music slightly each night: "You can't just copy what you did from the night before." Her new memoir is My Name is Barbra.

November 08, 2023
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  • Terry Gross

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  • Music Features

PinkPantheress, IRL

The artist doesn't need TikTok anymore to prove she can make a hit. Her debut album, Heaven Knows, makes it clear she's ready to conquer worlds beyond the web.

November 08, 2023
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By:
  • Hazel Cills
Black Thought of The Roots performs during Philly Fights Cancer on May 20, 2023.

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  • Music Interviews

'Music was there for me when I needed it,' The Roots co-founder Tariq Trotter says

Trotter, aka Black Thought, reflects on his childhood in Philly, his decades-long friendship with Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and his life as a musician. Trotter's new memoir is The Upcycled Self.

November 07, 2023
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By:
  • Tonya Mosley
Cher's once again trying something new: a Christmas album.

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  • Music Interviews

'It's freedom': Cher on singing, her mother and her first holiday album, 'Christmas'

A first in a career spanning six decades: Cher has a Christmas album. She talked with NPR about her mother, her experience working with Stevie Wonder, and the time she hopped a freight train at age 9.

November 06, 2023
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By:
  • Ryan Benk,
  • Melissa Gray,
  • and 1 more

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  • Music

How producers used AI to finish The Beatles' 'last' song, 'Now And Then'

Paul McCartney and producer Giles Martin used artificial intelligence to isolate John Lennon's vocals from an old demo to finally complete The Beatles' "last" song, "Now And Then."

November 02, 2023
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  • Miguel Perez
"I really enjoy writing the songs and performing and the other things that we do," David Byrne says of his work in Talking Heads.

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  • Music Interviews

For David Byrne, Talking Heads was about making emotional sense — not literal sense

Byrne opens up about filming the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense and says the band's hit song "Burning Down the House" is a compilation of "non-sequiturs that have a kind of emotional impact."

November 01, 2023
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Mighty Poplar at Sid the Cat in Los Angeles on May 18, 2023

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  • Music

Meet Mighty Poplar, a new supergroup of some of the world's best bluegrass players

Featuring some of the best bluegrass players around, Might Poplar's self-titled debut album was a chance for five friends to play "real deal bluegrass" and is a masterclass in form.

November 01, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Kallao
Butch Walker talks to his Marvelous 3 bandmates on Instagram on

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  • News

'Who's that on my radio?' Butch Walker talks Marvelous 3 reunion, evolution of Georgia music scene

The Georgia-born songwriter and producer of hits by Pink, Taylor Swift and Fall Out Boy is reuniting with Marvelous 3 bandmates for a new album, IV, and sold-out run of shows Oct. 27 through Oct. 29 at Atlanta's Tabernacle.

October 27, 2023
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By:
  • Kristi York Wooten
Jonathan Wilson

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  • Music

Jonathan Wilson goes against the grain on 'Eat The Worm'

Musician and producer Jonathan Wilson talks about his latest album, Eat The Worm, as well as his take on the use of AI in both audio and visual art.

October 23, 2023
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By:
  • Raina Douris and
  • Kimberly Junod
Hauschka performs at the Essen Philharmonie in 2015.

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  • Music Interviews

Hauschka's prepared piano is a layered canvas of sounds in new album

On Philanthropy, the artist's 14th studio album, Volker Bertelmann, also known as Hauschka, returns to his signature prepared piano sound in music he hopes will strengthen connections between people.

October 20, 2023
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By:
  • Olivia Hampton

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  • Music Videos

How Corinne Bailey Rae and Theaster Gates are preserving Black culture

On her album, Black Rainbows, Bailey Rae was inspired by the art, books and magazines at the Stony Island Arts Bank, a repository for Black history on Chicago's South Side, created by Gates.

October 17, 2023
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  • Lara Downes
Grammy award winner Lila Downs is known to sing about love, loss and her tricultural identity. But her latest album, <em>La Sánchez</em>, is her most personal yet.

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  • Arts & Life

After her partner's death, Lila Downs records 'La Sánchez,' her most personal album

Downs and saxophonist Paul Cohen had been together for almost 30 years. She says her latest album is therapy for the soul.

October 15, 2023
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By:
  • Betto Arcos
Composer Angélica Negrón, whose works are increasingly heard in concert halls across America, looks to her native Puerto Rico for inspiration.

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  • Music Interviews

In Angélica Negrón's music, childlike wonder meets the pull of Puerto Rico

The Brooklyn-based composer talks about the musical powers of her island homeland, writing music for America's top orchestras and making music with plants.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney — aka Dan + Shay.

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  • Music

The speed of fame almost made Dan + Shay split up. This is how they made it through

Country music duo Dan + Shay have had a successful few years: Three Grammys, a hit song with Justin Bieber, and a highly anticipated new album, Bigger Houses. But the album almost didn't happen.

October 04, 2023
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By:
  • Alejandra Marquez Janse and
  • Tinbete Ermyas
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