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News Articles: Series: Morning Edition Song Project

Rhiannon Giddens' new track for <em>Morning Edition</em>'s Song Project series describes her feelings of emotional whiplash during the COVID-19 era.

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  • Music Interviews

Rhiannon Giddens Confronts Emotional Whiplash On 'Best Day / Worst Day'

Giddens explains how the new song she composed for Morning Edition's Song Project series grew from this year's extreme ups and downs.

October 28, 2020
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By:
  • David Greene and
  • Vince Pearson
Lori McKenna's new track for <em>Morning Edition</em>'s Song Project series was inspired by her children's perspectives of the COVID-19 era.

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  • Music Interviews

On 'This Close,' Lori McKenna Draws Inspiration From Family

McKenna's new song for Morning Edition's Song Project series was a family affair — written with her children's perspective of the COVID-19 era in mind, and featuring production from her sons.

October 14, 2020
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By:
  • David Greene and
  • Vince Pearson
From left: Norman Spence, Tarriona "Tank" Ball, Albert Allenback and Joshua Johnson are the New Orleans band Tank and the Bangas. Their new track for <em>Morning Edition</em>'s Song Project was inspired by a collective feeling of restlessness in the COVID-19 era.

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  • Music Interviews

Tank And The Bangas Have 'Feelings' On The COVID-19 Era

The New Orleans band says its new song, "Feelings," came out of a need to process the overwhelming input of the pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests unfolding all at once.

September 30, 2020
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By:
  • David Greene and
  • Vince Pearson
GPB News NPR

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  • Music Interviews

Indigo Girls' New Song Is About Patience And Fortitude In The COVID-19 Era

Amy Ray and Emily Saliers rarely write together, but the unique challenges of the pandemic inspired the veteran folk-rockers to try true collaboration for the first time in years.

September 16, 2020
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By:
  • David Greene and
  • Vince Pearson
Colin Melody says that the idea for his new song came while watching a documentary on Slint's 1991 album <em>Spiderland</em>.

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  • New Music

On His New Song, Colin Meloy Gets Lost In 'Slint, Spiderland'

The Decemberists' Colin Meloy talks about his entry to the Morning Edition Song Project, a meditation on the banality of everyday life in the midst of an international emergency.

September 02, 2020
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By:
  • David Greene and
  • Vince Pearson
"I think it's OK to have different views as long as you can come together and talk to each other with love," Devon Gilfillian says. "Me and my friend agreed to come together and have that conversation."

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  • New Music

Devon Gilfillian Thinks The Pandemic Has Exposed The 'Cracks In The Ceiling'

The soul singer talks about his entry for the Morning Edition Song Project which considers how the pandemic created space for a national dialogue on race after pausing many aspects of regular life.

August 19, 2020
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By:
  • David Greene and
  • Vince Pearson
Christylez Bacon

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  • New Music

Rapper Christylez Bacon On His New Song About Inequality In Quarantine

David Greene talks to Christylez Bacon, a rapper based in Washington D.C., about his song "Quarantined," which describes the conditions he's seen in the nation's capital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

August 05, 2020
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By:
  • David Greene and
  • Vince Pearson

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