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A still from Circuit Des Yeux's "Brainshift" video.

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Circuit Des Yeux's 'Brainshift' Holds A Disorienting Mirror To Humanity

10:00am November 06, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

"Brainshift" opens Reaching For Indigo quietly with organ and synthetic choral voices, almost like an invocation. In a manipulated video, Haley Fohr's face is processed through purple soundwaves.

Cat Power's Moon Pix represents her vast capabilities as an artist.

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Shocking Omissions: Cat Power, 'Moon Pix'

10:00am November 06, 2017

by Lisa Lagace

On Moon Pix — an album that truly represents Chan Marshall's vast capabilities as an artist — the songwriter sets an example of how to talk about weakness without feeling ashamed.

Wyclef Jean performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Oct. 11, 2017. (Christina Ascani/NPR)

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Wyclef Jean: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am November 06, 2017

by Bobby Carter

The hip-hop statesman walked through our doors greeting and charming anyone within arm's reach. Once in front of an audience, he was in attack mode, including a unique rendition of his signature hit.

The Tallis Scholars, one of four choir groups who will be performing at Lincoln Center's The Psalms Experience.

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150 Psalms, 12 Days: Music for Challenging Times At The White Light Festival

7:54am November 05, 2017

by Jeff Lunden

One hundred fifty composers, from the 12th century to today, are part of The Psalms Experience, performances of all 150 psalms during Lincoln Center's White Light Festival in New York.

Teri Thornton, photographed on Jan. 1, 1990.

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Teri Thornton On Piano Jazz

6:30pm November 03, 2017

Revisit this 1999 episode of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, featuring the late vocalist and pianist a year before she lost her battle with cancer.

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Across the Blue Ridge #98- Listening to the Classics

4:13pm November 03, 2017

by Paul Brown

This week we present an encore broadcast of one of our popular “listening session” shows. We dig into the riches of early country music recordings to hear classics of old time mountain, white

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Robert Plant On World Cafe

12:40pm November 03, 2017

by Talia Schlanger

In our interview with Led Zeppelin's lead singer, we talk about the many musical chapters in his life, including his latest album, Carry Fire.

Sonny Rollins during the recording of A Night at the Village Vanguard.

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Sonny Rollins Spent A Mythical 'Night at the Village Vanguard' 60 Years Ago Today

11:43am November 03, 2017

by Nate Chinen

On the 60th anniversary of the touchstone jazz album, Sonny Rollins, Fred Hersch, and others recall the room's magic and its enduring legacy and influence.

Azar Swan's Savage Exile comes out Dec. 1.

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Industrial Duo Azar Swan Purges Righteous Anger With 'Territorial'

11:36am November 03, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Savage Exile, due Dec. 1, is primed to be a caliginous chasm coiled in noise.

Tucker Beathard's family connections in Nashville haven't smoothed the path to his debut album.

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Tucker Beathard Is More Than Country Music's Latest Punk

11:14am November 03, 2017

by Jewly Hight

Beathard, who has family connections in the country music industry and an edgier, angstier sound than Nashville is used to, will release his debut album, Dear Someone, on November 17.