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Justin Timberlake teases first new album in 5 years with single 'Selfish'

The Grammy Award-winner's track comes in run up to the March 15 release of his new album, Everything I Thought It Was.

January 25, 2024
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  • Chloe Veltman
Jonathan Scales

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The steel pan has a legacy. Jonathan Scales is redefining it.

Meet a steel pan artist that will knock you out of your shoes. Jonathan Scales provides new angles to hear and appreciate his enigmatic instrument.

January 25, 2024
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  • Sarah Geledi and
  • Simon Rentner
Unionized staff picket outside the Condé Nast offices in New York on Jan. 23. The company is merging the popular digital music publication Pitchfork with the men's magazine <em>GQ</em>, which has triggered anger over the resulting layoffs and concern for the outlet's future.

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With Pitchfork in peril, a word on the purpose of music journalism

At its best, the influential online music pub — which Condé Nast announced last week will be folded into GQ — created a rare and precious space to slow down, pay attention and really listen.

January 24, 2024
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  • Ann Powers
BLK ODYSSY performs at Tiny Desk concert.

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Tiny Desk Premiere: BLK ODYSSY

An 18-minute flex that proves the artist is the modern personification of funk.

January 24, 2024
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  • Bobby Carter
GPB News NPR

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  • Music News

Billy Joel returns to the recording studio with first new song in nearly 20 years

The 74-year-old singer-songwriter's longtime label, Columbia Records, plans to drop 'Turn the Lights Back On' on Feb. 1st.

January 23, 2024
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  • Chloe Veltman
This year's winner will perform in front of the famous Tiny Desk bookshelves.

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Want to play a Tiny Desk concert? The 2024 Contest is now open for entries

NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest is back.

January 23, 2024
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  • Elle Mannion
Hania Rani performs a Tiny Desk concert at NPR Music in Washington, D.C.

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Tiny Desk Premiere: Hania Rani

The Polish pianist and composer blurs the lines of ambient, classical and house in this performance.

January 22, 2024
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  • Lars Gotrich
Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael of pop duo Wham! perform in London in November 1983.

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'1980s middle school slow dance songs' was the playlist I didn't know I needed

Pop culture critic Linda Holmes recently stumbled onto a satellite radio channel called 80s Chillpill. And though she hadn't really missed any of these songs, they kicked off some serious nostalgia.

January 22, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
Three members of the Shangri-Las are seen on a visit to London in 1964, with Mary Weiss pictured in between twins Marge and Mary Anne Ganser.

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Mary Weiss, lead singer of The Shangri-Las, has died

With the 1960s pop girl group, Weiss found fame as a 15-year-old. She died on Friday, according to her husband.

January 22, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
GPB News NPR

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One of the world's greatest instrument collections is in South Dakota, of all places

The National Music Museum has one of the world's largest and most significant collections of historical instruments. It's located in a place you might not expect — Vermillion, South Dakota.

January 21, 2024
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  • Elizabeth Rembert
The Takács Quartet — left to right: Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes, Richard O'Neill and András Fejér — collaborated with composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama (center) to premiere her composition "Flow."

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What did the beginning of time sound like? A new string quartet offers an impression

Nokuthula Ngwenyama's Flow is on a 13-city tour of performances by the celebrated Takács Quartet.

January 19, 2024
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  • Olivia Hampton
The Japanese House performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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The Japanese House: Tiny Desk Concert

The U.K. singer-songwriter recasts four of her electro-pop songs in fresh arrangements.

January 18, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
Mike Stasny's artwork for sale inside Mom Said Its Fine

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'Showing new love' to Underground Atlanta, artists discuss resurgence of the storied downtown site

For decades, developers have explored what to do with Underground Atlanta. But now, the long vacant downtown retail center is entering a new phase as a grassroots arts hub, recently hiring set designer Marina Skye and artist Mike Stasny to direct the project. GPB’s Jake Cook spoke with Stasny and artist Jamie Shelton at Stasny’s studio space and art venue in Underground Atlanta.

January 17, 2024
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  • Jake Cook
yMusic performs at the Tiny Desk at NPR's HQ in Washington, DC on Nov. 11, 2023. (Catie Dull/NPR)

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Tiny Desk Premiere: yMusic

The band's unique sound, driven by its peculiar blend of trumpet, winds and strings, seems like a compelling soundtrack for an age when music genres are becoming increasingly arbitrary.

January 12, 2024
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  • Tom Huizenga
The 30A Songwriters Festival, now in its 15th year, has become a regional tradition for touring musicians and  is a favorite of Georgia-based performers.

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Florida's 30A Songwriters Festival celebrates 15 years of national headliners — and Georgia roots

The annual music gathering at venues along the beaches of Walton County in Florida's panhandle was co-founded by Atlanta artist manager Russell Carter and this year features headliners including Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash and Jeff Tweedy as well as Georgia favorites Shawn Mullins, David Lowery, David Ryan Harris, John Driscoll Hopkins and more.

January 11, 2024
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