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Raise a glass; it's roséwave season, y'all. This summer, we're bringing you a new playlist each week.

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Roséwave Returns: 101 Songs To Shade Your Summer Pink

12:03pm June 06, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

Last summer, we didn't invent a genre; we just gave the lifestyle a name. This year, we're celebrating the whole spectrum of the roséwave lifestyle to soundtrack your summer of thinking pink.

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Listen To Sun June's Nostalgic Ode To Falling Out Of Love

11:00am June 06, 2018

by Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey

"Records" is the latest glimpse of the Austin indie-rock band's upcoming debut album.

Courtney Barnett performs live at Non-COMM 2018 in Philadelphia, recorded live for this session.

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Courtney Barnett On World Cafe

10:37am June 06, 2018

by Talia Schlanger

The Australian artist's latest album Tell Me How You Really Feel is marvelous for many reasons. Barnett discusses writing about doubt while exuding total ease and artistic certainty.

Breaching humpback whale in Hawaii, where the musician and entrepreneur Paul Gilman spent time attempting to communicate with the animals via music.

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Musician And 'Whale Whisperer' Sued For Defrauding Investors Of $3.3 Million

10:10am June 06, 2018

by Andrew Flanagan

The SEC has accused musician, producer and entrepreneur Paul Gilman of defrauding investors in a sound-based technology he claimed to have developed that would affect the physics of oil.

Grace VanderWaal performs a Tiny Desk Concert on May 1, 2018.

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Grace VanderWaal: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am June 06, 2018

by Bob Boilen

The 14-year-old singer who signed to Columbia after winning America's Got Talent, dazzles the Tiny Desk with her breathtaking voice.

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Transgression, Noise And Drag: The Creation Of A Fake Arab Pop Star

4:53pm June 05, 2018

by Mina Tavakoli

Of the life of an artist — particularly for women of color — the fearless Fatima Al Qadiri says: "Everything can be an act of joy and beauty until it gets put out. Then it can get dangerous."

Jade Bird in front of a mural in the entertainment district of Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas.

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The South Meets Britain: Jade Bird Drops In On Deep Ellum, Texas

3:54pm June 05, 2018

KXT spent two days with the British-born singer-songwriter as she explored the historic entertainment district east of downtown Dallas.

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World Cafe Nashville: R.LUM.R

3:40pm June 05, 2018

by Ann Powers

His voice and style align him more with rising R&B crooners than with country hunks, but R.LUM.R is part of a Tennessee pop scene pairing classic song craftsmanship with innovative production.

Clockwise from upper left: Laurie Anderson, cover art for Nothing, Audible, Liminal

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New Mix: The 1975, Nothing, Laurie Anderson On Hurricane Sandy, More

3:32pm June 05, 2018

Songs on this week's episode of All Songs Considered grapple with sweeping, thematically weighty subjects, from xenophobia and immigration to Hurricane Sandy and the inherent meaninglessness of life.

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Listen To Lane 8's Guest Mix For 'Metropolis'

1:43pm June 05, 2018

The deep house DJ peppers his Metropolis mix with several unreleased cuts.