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With 'HEAVN,' Jamila Woods Writes A Love Letter To Her City

12:08pm September 30, 2017

by Jenny Gathright

The Slingshot artist talks about her love for Chicago, why she sees staying in the city as "an act of resistance" and the renewal she wants listeners to find in her music.

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Charity Tillemann-Dick is an opera singer who, in 2009, received a double lung transplant. She tells this story in her new memoir, The Encore.

Singing With New Lungs In 'The Encore'

9:47am September 30, 2017

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with opera singer Charity Tillemann-Dick, whose new memoir chronicles her double lung transplant, her recovery and how it feels to sing with someone else's lungs.

Shania Twain's new album, Now, is her first after a decade-and-a-half break.

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Shania Twain On Being Respected And Finding Her Voice 'Now'

5:00am September 30, 2017

by Jewly Hight

After nerve damage, divorce and a decade-and-a-half break, Twain has returned to the studio with a much-altered relationship to her instrument. "The mic's become a very good friend of mine," she says.

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Across the Blue Ridge #93- Fiddle Mentors, Sack Full of Songs, and New Music

4:01pm September 29, 2017

by Paul Brown

This week's show brings us a fun listening opportunity in southern mountain fiddling.

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BTS at the Samsung Card Hall on August 19, 2014 in Seoul.

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A Record-Breaking Week Has Us Wondering: How Far Can K-Pop Go?

3:07pm September 29, 2017

by Colin Marshall

The septet BTS became the highest-charting K-pop group in history this week — but why?

Lilly Hiatt and her band inside the World Cafe Performance Studio

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Lilly Hiatt On World Cafe

2:10pm September 29, 2017

by Talia Schlanger

You barely have to listen through a full verse and chorus of one of Hiatt's songs to feel like you've connected with a new friend. Hear a performance and interview from the Nashville songwriter.

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Tony Caramia On Piano Jazz

1:55pm September 29, 2017

Hear the world-class musician play classical, jazz and ragtime songs on this 2003 episode hosted by Marian McPartland.

Simon Joyner's Step Into The Earthquake is out Oct. 6

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Songs We Love: Simon Joyner, 'I'm Feeling It Today'

12:58pm September 29, 2017

by Jim Allen

Originally debuted at Carnegie Hall just weeks after the election, the Midwestern indie-folk troubadour unveils a protest song for a new era.

Protomartyr (left to right): Greg Ahee, Scott Davidson, Joe Casey, Alex Leonard

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What's The Meaning Of Life? Ask Protomartyr

12:42pm September 29, 2017

by Robin Hilton

Protomartyr lead singer and lyricist Joe Casey walks us through some of the thorny questions behind the band's new album, Relatives In Decent, track by track.

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Rap Star Lifestyle In Gear, Vic Mensa Might Not Make It In 'Rollin' Like A Stoner'

12:03pm September 29, 2017

by Rodney Carmichael

His disastrous life is our entertainment.