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Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Offers A Seductive Take On A Stravinsky Classic

3:08pm January 02, 2019

by Lloyd Schwartz

The legendary frontman plays all the characters in a new recording of Igor Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale. Critic Lloyd Schwartz calls it a seriously enjoyable addition to the Stravinsky catalogue.

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Huffamoose (left to right): Erik Johnson, Kevin Hanson, Jim Stager and Craig Elkins.

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Huffamoose On World Cafe

1:29pm January 02, 2019

The Philadelphia band has reunited with its original lineup to release its first new album in more than a decade.

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NASA Gets Some Help From Guitarist Brian May On Its New Horizons Probe

5:10am January 02, 2019

Queen guitarist Brian May is also an astrophysicist. He consulted with NASA on its New Horizons probe, which this week started sending back signals from the outer reaches of our solar system.

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Rachel Barton Pine's Blues Dialogues album and Music by Black Composers educational project are part of a mission that stretches back more than 20 years.

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For One Violinist, Elevating Music By Black Composers Is A 20-Year Mission

6:58pm January 01, 2019

by Tim Greiving

Composers of color have long had to compete with dead white men for space on the concert stage. A new project, spearheaded by Rachel Barton Pine, seeks to correct that for the next generation.

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How The Byrds' 'Sweetheart Of The Rodeo' Became A Classic 50 Years After Its Debut

6:28pm January 01, 2019

by Meredith Ochs

When The Byrds released "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" in 1968, it was a commercial failure. A half century after its debut, the album has become a classic.

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'You Better Own This': How Rami Malek Came To Embody Freddie Mercury

1:58pm January 01, 2019

by Terry Gross

Malek sang at the top of his lungs while playing Queen's lead singer in the new biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. Still, he says, "No one can sing like Freddie Mercury." Originally broadcast Nov. 21, 2018.

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience circa 1968. Left to right: Noel Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell.

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Why Is The Music Of 1968 So Enduring? 'It Was Allowed To Be Art'

6:14pm December 31, 2018

by Joel Rose

Half a century later, 1968 continues to resonate as a landmark year for rock, pop and soul — in part, say musicians who were there in the studio, because artists were trying things no one had before.

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The New Year's Eve ball that will be lit and sent up a 130-foot pole atop One Times Square to mark the start of the 2019 new year in Times Square, New York.

WATCH: New Years Eve Revelers Gather In Times Square

5:37pm December 31, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to convene in Manhattan to watch the ball drop and see performances by stars such as Snoop Dogg, Sting and Paulina Rubio.

This week's episode of The Thistle & Shamrock features music by Altan.

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The Thistle & Shamrock: Here We Go 2019!

5:06pm December 31, 2018

Celebrate the dawn of the New Year with host Fiona Ritchie and the music of Bachue, Altan, Cathie Ryan and Eddi Reader.

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'In The Moment, You Just Fly': Jon Batiste Lets Loose At The Piano

1:29pm December 31, 2018

by Terry Gross

Batiste, the band leader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, sits at the piano and demonstrates his "everything in the pot" style of playing. Originally broadcast Sept. 26, 2018.

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