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Jimi Hendrix Experience's Are You Experienced? was released 50 years ago Friday.

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Only 1 Chance At A First Impression: Celebrating Great Musical Debuts

11:53am May 12, 2017

Fifty years ago, the Jimi Hendrix Experience made about as tremendous a first impression as it gets with Are You Experienced? — but here are several more debuts that stack up.

Danilo Brito performs a Tiny Desk concert on April 10, 2017. (Ariel Zambelich/NPR)

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Danilo Brito: Tiny Desk Concert

11:26am May 12, 2017

by Tom Cole

Danilo Brito and his band brought their dextrous expression of choro music to the Tiny Desk, a long-established musical style that has its roots in the streets and backyards of Brito's native Brazil.

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Fetty Wap Teases 'King Zoo' With New Single, 'Aye'

11:07am May 12, 2017

by Rodney Carmichael

A new post-apocalyptic video has arrived in advance of the rapper's forthcoming sophomore album.

Wuilly Arteaga plays the violin as tear-gas canisters explode in Caracas, Venezuela.

Tear Gas Doesn't Stop Venezuelan Protester From Playing The Violin

11:05am May 12, 2017

by Gabriela Saldivia

In a video filmed during the ongoing protests in Caracas, 23-year-old Wuilly Arteaga can be seen playing the Venezuelan national anthem as tear gas billows around him.

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The songs of the animated show Bob's Burgers are little jewels of character development and progressive ideals baked into catchy jingles filled with fart jokes.

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The 15 Best Songs From 'The Bob's Burgers Music Album'

10:53am May 12, 2017

by Erin Manning

Music is central to the character of the long-running animated show Bob's Burgers. The 107 songs collected on a new double album showcase the warmth and progressive ideals behind the fart jokes.

Sarathy Korwar performs for NPR's "Night Owl" series.

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Watch Sarathy Korwar Play A Nighttime Meditation On Tablas And Computer

10:22am May 12, 2017

by Nate Chinen

The London-based percussionist and producer performs "Indefinite Leave To Remain," a song whose themes speak to the issue of cultural exchange in an era of high geopolitical tension.

A still from Jane Weaver's "Did You See Butterflies?" video.

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Jane Weaver's Prismatic Pop Haunts An Abandoned Finnish Circus

10:14am May 12, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Jane Weaver takes her psychedelic-pop song "Did You See Butterflies?" to a remote part of Finland with 16mm film.

Maceo Plex's new album, Solar, comes out June 16.

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Songs We Love: Maceo Plex, 'Polygon Pulse'

10:00am May 12, 2017

by Megan Buerger

The Miami-born house and techno producer is shifting gears towards more melancholic, romantic tones with modern dance-floor structures. The new direction is inspired by his 2-year-old son.

A woman dances on a beach in a scene from a new video for the song "Fool's Errand."

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A Strangely Beautiful Video For Fleet Foxes' Newest, 'Fool's Errand'

10:00am May 12, 2017

by Robin Hilton

The band's latest song and video is both eerie and beautiful, filled with anguish and longing.

Hundred Waters new EP, Currency, was released May 12.

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Hundred Waters Takes A Village To Raise A Festival

9:49am May 12, 2017

by Jacob Ganz

FORM Arcosanti — a festival organized by the band Hundred Waters and held for the past four years at an eco-friendly desert town — is the opposite of Fyre Festival in almost every way imaginable.