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Jack Harlow is a rising star in the hip-hop world, someone that legends praise and peers envy.

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  • Music Reviews

Jack Harlow wants to be legendary. His new album proves he's still finding his voice.

A cultural chameleon with a handful of viral hits, the rising rapper's Come Home The Kids Miss You misses the mark.

May 20, 2022
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By:
  • Reanna Cruz
Argentine soldiers landing from a Sea King helicopter not far from Port Stanley, the capitol of the Falkland Islands (las Islas Malvinas).

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  • History

40 years ago, the Falkland-Malvinas War transformed Latin rock

When English-language music was banned in 1982, Spanish-language groups found an opportunity.

May 18, 2022
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  • Fi O'Reilly

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  • Obituaries

Songs of Remembrance

At least 1 million people have died in the U.S. from COVID-19. NPR's Songs of Remembrance project shares some of their stories and the music they loved.

May 18, 2022
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By:
  • Wynne Davis,
  • Jacob Ganz,
  • and 8 more
<em>Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers</em> is the first album from Kendrick Lamar since <em>DAMN.</em>, the 2017 release that made him the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize.

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  • Music Reviews

Kendrick Lamar is ready to talk. Is he ready to listen?

The long-dormant, era-defining rapper makes one thing clear from the start of Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers: He's not the hero you're looking for.

May 18, 2022
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By:
  • Marcus J. Moore
<em>Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers</em> is the first album from Kendrick Lamar since <em>DAMN.</em>, the 2017 release that made him the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize.

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  • Music Reviews

Kendrick Lamar is ready to talk. Is he ready to listen?

The long-dormant, era-defining rapper makes one thing clear from the start of Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers: He's not the hero you're looking for.

May 18, 2022
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By:
  • Marcus J. Moore
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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By:
  • Sidney Madden
On his new album <em>Un Verano Sin Ti</em>, Bad Bunny opts for personal intimacy and cultural specificity, anchoring his music in the Caribbean.

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  • Music Reviews

Bad Bunny's 'Un Verano Sin Ti' is a Caribbean love letter to Puerto Rico

On his latest album, Bad Bunny opts for personal intimacy and cultural specificity.

May 14, 2022
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By:
  • Stefanie Fernández
Third Coast Percussion's new album, <em>Perspectives</em>, is the group's most accessible.

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  • Music Reviews

Third Coast Percussion's borderless music finds inspiration in fleet-footed beats

On a new album, the most accessible so far, the Grammy-winning group reaches out to an EDM wizard, a famous film score composer and Philip Glass.

May 13, 2022
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
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
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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By:
  • Ann Powers
John Foster, Charles Mingus, Roy Brooks, Charles McPherson performs live. Aout 1972. Photo : Christian Rose/Fastimage

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  • Music Features

Charles Mingus contained multitudes, but his native language was protest

The jazz icon's 100th birthday is a chance to appreciate an enduring throughline of his career, which often teetered between exquisite composure and raging chaos.

April 22, 2022
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By:
  • Nate Chinen
Pianist Ruth Slenczynska, photographed in 2021. At 97, she just released her first record for the Decca label in nearly 60 years.

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  • Music

At 97, Pianist Ruth Slenczynska has a new album — and plenty of stories

The ebullient nonagenarian's new recording features music she's been playing for nearly a century.

March 18, 2022
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Saweetie has been nominated for Best New Artist and Best Rap Song at this year's Grammy Awards.

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  • Music Interviews

Saweetie draws on her roots to make rap that's more personal and intentional

The 28-year-old rapper opens up about her two Grammy nominations, and how meditation helps her stay centered amid an increasingly busy career.

March 15, 2022
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  • Ailsa Chang,
  • Cyrena Touros,
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