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Celebrating 30 Years Of 'Fresh Air': Soul Singer Ben E. King

1:35pm August 29, 2017

King began his career in the '50s with The Drifters, but it was the '61 hit "Stand by Me" that sealed his musical legacy. He spoke with Terry Gross in '88 about his career and his childhood in Harlem.

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Celebrating 30 Years Of 'Fresh Air': Singer Otis Williams, Founder Of The Temptations

1:35pm August 29, 2017

Williams started the famed harmony group, whose hits included "My Girl" and "Ain't Too Proud To Beg." Later he kept The Temptations together after its lead singers left. Originally broadcast in 1988.

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Songs We Love: Bicep, 'Aura'

1:31pm August 29, 2017

by Megan Buerger

The Belfast-born, London-based production duo previews its upcoming self-titled album with a video for the standout track "Aura," directed by filmmaker Matilda Finn.

The National's new album, Sleep Well Beast, comes out Sept. 8.

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Watch: In 'Day I Die,' 5,000 Photos Depict A Night In The Life Of The National

1:25pm August 29, 2017

by Stephen Thompson

The band's innovative new video, for the latest song from the forthcoming Sleep Well Beast, is an impressive and slightly unsettling work of time-lapse photography.

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Steve Earle On World Cafe

11:56am August 29, 2017

by Talia Schlanger

The prolific songwriter has a lifetime of stories, and you're gonna hear them — plus, a live performance of music from his latest album.

Clockwise from upper left: S. Carey, Beck, King Krule, Weaves, Curtis Harding

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New Mix: Beck, Weaves, King Krule, S. Carey, More

11:29am August 29, 2017

This week's essential mix from All Songs Considered includes the profoundly warped sounds of King Krule, Beck's new Beatles-esque song "Dear Life," an S. Carey track featured on Flaked and more.

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Supernormal Festival took place in Brazier Park, Oxford, U.K., earlier this month.

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Views From: Oxford's Supernormal Festival

10:30am August 29, 2017

by Sarah Lippett

London-based illustrator Sarah Lippett shares her experience from one blissfully avant-garde art festival in Oxford, England.

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World Cafe Nashville: Molly Tuttle

10:00am August 29, 2017

by Jewly Hight

Catching up with the first female to ever be nominated for International Bluegrass Music Association's guitarist of the year award — she was not expecting the honor.

"Matthew's music has always been my go-to for late night bus rides in headphones and I still geek out that we made this together!" Sara Quin says of her collaboration with Matthew Dear.

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Matthew Dear And Tegan And Sara Address The 'Bad Ones'

9:13am August 29, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

"Bad Ones" could come straight out of Tegan And Sara's remarkable pop crossover Heartthrob, but is indelibly wired to Matthew Dear's own rich frequencies.

Franklin "Lamparita" Tejedor and Julian Salazar of the band Mitú

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'Cosmus' From Mitú Marks An Evolution In Roots-Meets-Electronic Music

2:54pm August 28, 2017

by Catalina Maria Johnson

New music from two Colombian musicians who wanted to recreate the landscape of the jungle through a combination of palenquero roots music and electronic wizardry.