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Music Of All Kinds Was Celebrated At 41st Kennedy Center Honors

6:56am December 03, 2018

by Lynn Neary

A number of celebrities paid tribute Sunday night to the five Kennedy Center honorees: Reba McEntire, Wayne Shorter, Philip Glass, Cher, and the team behind the hit Broadway show Hamilton.

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Gussie Clarke Says Reggae Spreads A Universal Message

6:44pm December 02, 2018

by Michel Martin

Reggae music was added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. One of the pioneers of reggae, music producer, Augustus "Gussie" Clarke, shares how the genre impacts the world.

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Professor Patricia Hall and graduate student Joshua DeVries discuss the music manuscript for "The Most Beautiful Time Of Life" at University of Michigan.

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University Of Michigan Ensemble 'Gives A Voice' To Nazi Prisoners Through Unearthed Music

7:53am December 02, 2018

While conducting research at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, a music theory professor discovered manuscripts of music that haven't been heard since World War II.

Jeff Tweedy's WARM is out now via dBpm Records.

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On 'Warm,' Jeff Tweedy Confronts His Shadow Self

8:11am December 01, 2018

The Wilco frontman talks about using music to cope, appreciating the exercise of prose writing and releasing his first original solo album.

This month's Heavy Rotation features music by Calvin Arsenia.

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Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

8:05am December 01, 2018

November's heavy rotation lineup includes the single from Kansas City native Calvin Arsenia, a cut from Anderson .Paak's album Oxnard, a haunting ballad from Anna Tivel and more.

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Across the Blue Ridge #154 - Jason Cade

4:00pm November 30, 2018

by Paul Brown

Jason Cade is a Georgia fiddler with roots all over the south, an artist who reveres the historic fiddlers of the past while contributing new interpretations, energy and new tunes to a longstanding

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A still from Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next" video.

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Who Is Ariana Grande? 'Thank U, Next' Video Nods To 'Mean Girls' And More

3:00pm November 30, 2018

by Kristy Guilbault

After teasing fans for days, Grande has finally dropped her new video, which features elaborate references to Mean Girls, 13 Going On 30, Legally Blonde and Bring It On.

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Lori McKenna On World Cafe

12:47pm November 30, 2018

This Nashville transplant has a Cinderella story with a glass cowboy boot for a slipper.

Joey Alexander performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Nov. 6, 2018 (Cameron Pollack/NPR).

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Joey Alexander: Tiny Desk Concert

12:03pm November 30, 2018

by Lauren Onkey

No one in the NPR offices could have imagined how remarkable this 15-year old pianist would be at the Tiny Desk.

Chance The Rapper performs during Spotify's RapCaviar Live in Brooklyn, New York.

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Chance The Rapper Does His Own Thing, Drops Two New Singles

11:30am November 30, 2018

by Madeline Clement

Continuing his 2018 trend of dropping singles whenever he pleases, Chance the Rapper has favored us with two more: "The Man Who Has Everything" and "My Own Thing (Feat. Joey Purp)."