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Pianist Lara Downes and Pulitzer-winning author Salamishah Tillet discuss Nina Simone and one of her best-known songs at her lovingly restored birthplace in Tryon, N.C.
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Mike Campbell spent about 40 years playing lead guitar for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. His new band, The Dirty Knobs, just released its fourth album, "Mission of Mercy."
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The singer/songwriter from New Orleans blends rock, soul, and jazz on her new album produced by Jimbo Mathus.
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The musician, producer and Vampire Weekend cofounder shares musical insights from American Stories.
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Ditching the punchy pop punk of Guts to play with a soft '80s pop and New Wave-indebted sound, her new LP is about the life cycle of her first "real, big girl" relationship. The result is bittersweet.
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The award-winning singer/songwriter is on an extensive Summer tour with her band, and on dates opening for one of her mentors - Bob Dylan. She spoke to us ahead of her show at the Holly Theatre in Medford.
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Frontman Ben Gibbard talks about the band's latest album, I Built You a Tower. Watch them perform four songs live.
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A new HBO documentary by Questlove tells the story of the R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire. Morning Edition host A Martinez speaks with band members Philip Bailey, Verdine White and Ralph Johnson.
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The New Zealand singer/songwriter's 5th studio album has a lot to unpack.
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Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck's joint project, which took more than 20 years to finalize, sees them collaborate with other folk musicians and singers.
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Recorded on tape, at his home, Shakey Graves makes a lo-fi sound into something bigger than the sum of its parts on the new release "Fondness, etc."
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Music is interwoven with the sounds of daily life in this West African island nation, which hosted two international music festivals in April and has been named the African Capital of Culture for 2028.
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In the lineage of jazz, Miles Davis, born 100 years ago, presents something of a paradox: He looms as large as anyone, but he means many things to many people.
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On May 31, Mo Sabri makes a landmark appearance with the Nashville Symphony for an orchestral rendition of his new album, "Tennessee Desi," which blends Appalachian styles with Muslim devotional music.