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Daniel Ek, CEO of Swedish music streaming service Spotify, in Tokyo in 2016. The company is expected to go public late next month or early April.

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Spotify Files Papers For Its Entry To The Stock Market

6:50pm February 28, 2018

by Andrew Flanagan

The world's most popular music streaming service has announced its long-anticipated plan to debut on the New York Stock Exchange. Spotify's fate, however, isn't entirely in its own hands.

British singer-songwriter Jade Bird performs her blues-country tune "Cathedral" on FUV Live.

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From The Vault: Jade Bird On FUV Live

4:06pm February 28, 2018

The rising Americana singer from the U.K. performs and sits down with host Rita Houston to discuss her debut EP.

Kelela tackles relationship troubles in the digital world for her "Frontline" video.

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Kelela Lives Out A Sims Fantasy In 'Frontline' Video

2:01pm February 28, 2018

by Sidney Madden

The D.C. native takes her relationship drama to the virtual world in a new video.

Barbra Streisand plays with her dog Samantha near her son, Jason Gould (left), and husband, James Brolin, in Paris in 2007. Samantha died last year, but Streisand now has clones of the dog.

Send In The Clones: Barbra Streisand Reveals Fluffy Canine Copies

1:14pm February 28, 2018

by Scott Neuman

In an interview with Variety magazine, the legendary singer/filmmaker dropped a bombshell: Two of her three coton de tulears are clones of a favorite canine who died last year.

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

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The Thistle & Shamrock: Songs Of The Times

11:06am February 28, 2018

Hear what today's songwriters with Celtic roots have to contribute to our understanding of current concerns.

Joan Baez's new album, Whistle Down the Wind, is available March 2.

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Joan Baez On 'Whistle Down The Wind' And Working Through Pessimism

9:56am February 28, 2018

The folk star discusses crafting her first album in a decade, and how protests — and protest anthems — have changed since the 1960s.

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Darlingside performing inside the World Cafe Performance Studio.

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Darlingside On World Cafe

9:31am February 28, 2018

by Stephen Kallao

Since its 2015 release, Birds Say, the indie folk band has continued to grow, incorporating more instrumentation.

Kian Soltani's debut album is called Home.

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Songs We Love: Kian Soltani, 'In Memory Of A Lost Beloved'

8:00am February 28, 2018

by Brad Turner

Hear the emerging artist channel his Persian heritage in music that meditates on loss while mixing Eastern and Western traditions.

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Inside The Search For Notorious B.I.G. And Tupac's Killers

4:55pm February 27, 2018

The two biggest musicians of their day were murdered months apart. Why are the cases still unsolved?

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Hembree Performs 'Holy Water' Live In-Studio

4:06pm February 27, 2018

KCPT in Kansas City, Mo. hosts hometown rock band and NPR Slingshot pick Hembree for a studio session.