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Cozy up with this playlist to help weather the winter storm.

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Bracing For The Bomb Cyclone: Songs For Storms

4:44pm January 03, 2018

by Talia Schlanger

A playlist of tunes to remind you of warmer weather, songs that sound like hot cups of tea and jams to inspire vigorous dance moves that nobody will see you perform in the privacy of your heated home.

Simón Mejía and Li Saumet are principal members of the band Bomba Estéreo.

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Bomba Estéreo And Arcade Fire Team Up On 'Everything Now (Todo Ya)'

1:48pm January 03, 2018

by Marisa Arbona-Ruiz

A chance encounter between the Canadian rock band and the Colombian electronic group results in an inspired collaborative remix.

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Margo Price On World Cafe

11:59am January 03, 2018

by Talia Schlanger

Zooming out on her lens of personal experience, the singer-songwriter tells small stories that speak to big social and political issues on her latest album.

The Weeknd will headline Coachella 2018 along with Beyonce and Eminem.

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Coachella Lineup May Point To A Shifting Middle

11:46am January 03, 2018

by Sidney Madden

Toronto R&B star The Weeknd, Eminem and Beyonce will headline the April music festival, one of the world's largest. But its bookings also point to a shifting mainstream.

Open Mike performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Dec. 8, 2017 (Jennifer Kerrigan/NPR).

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Open Mike Eagle: Tiny Desk Concert

9:18am January 03, 2018

by Rodney Carmichael

The indie rap denizen behind one of 2017's most inventive albums came to the nation's capital to represent all the Brick Body Kids who Still Daydream.

Rick Hall in his office at FAME Studios in 1968 in Muscle Shoals, Ala.

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Rick Hall, Producer And Songwriter Who Put Muscle Shoals On The Map, Dead At 85

4:57pm January 02, 2018

by Andrew Flanagan

The producer recorded with some of the century's greatest — including Aretha Franklin, Etta James and Otis Redding — as well as helped the nascent career of a young Allman brother.

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In Debut Album, Ladama Reinterprets Sounds From 4 Countries

4:14pm January 02, 2018

by Banning Eyre

Ladama's four ensemble members met during a fellowship program through the State Department. Their self-titled debut album, Ladama, offers new takes on musical traditions from their homes in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia and the U.S.

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Remembering A Legendary Hawaiian Musician

3:48pm January 02, 2018

by Heidi Chang

Guitarist, singer and patriarch Gabby Pahinui died in 1980 but his influence is still felt. His sons have been carrying on the tradition. But Martin Pahinui just died and his brothers are getting old.

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SFJAZZ Collective Plays Joe Henderson And More

1:53pm January 02, 2018

by Patrick Jarenwattananon

This year, the octet has chosen to salute a tenor sax titan and a long-time San Francisco resident. It plays re-arrangements of Henderson classics along with new original pieces live in concert.

Sonny Keaton performs during the Home Cooking concert.

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Home Cooking: The Philadelphia Jazz Organ Tradition In Concert

1:50pm January 02, 2018

It was in Philly where Jimmy Smith first took a church instrument and made it swing. Years later, the city's jazz community gathers to salute its many soulful pioneers of the Hammond B-3 organ.