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Oddisee's latest album is called The Iceberg.

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Oddisee's 'The Iceberg' Has A Trove Of Stories Beneath Its Surface

7:54am February 18, 2017

by NPR Staff

The hip-hop artist spoke with NPR's Scott Simon about visiting Syrian refugees, getting detained at airports and what a person's shoes can tell you about cultural difference.

Trudy Pitts performs on this week's Piano Jazz.

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Trudy Pitts On Piano Jazz

5:32pm February 17, 2017

The organist performs Duke Ellington's "Mood Indigo" with Marian McPartland in this 1992 session.

This Week In Race: Walls, ID Laws And Getting Typecast

3:49pm February 17, 2017

by Gene Demby

How the border wall might keep undocumented migrants in the country; a study measures the effects of voter ID laws on minority turnout; and what Bey's Grammy snubs illustrate about race and merit.

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Remembering Barbara Carroll, The 'First Lady Of Jazz Piano'

3:03pm February 17, 2017

Carroll, who died Sunday, started recording in the late 1940s, when female jazz musicians were still considered a novelty. Originally broadcast in 2003.

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Across the Blue Ridge #60 - Mac Wiseman, 91-year-old star with a new album

3:00pm February 17, 2017

by Paul Brown

Mac Wiseman is one of the last of the original generation of bluegrass players. And he's much more than that. He's a farm boy-turned-musician, a polio victim who learned guitar while re

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Alison Krauss' new album is called Windy City.

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World Cafe Nashville: Alison Krauss

1:10pm February 17, 2017

by Ann Powers

Krauss discusses her latest solo album, Windy City, and what she's learned about collaboration in the years since her last recording project.

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The cover art from The Shaggs' inadvertently landmark 1969 album, "Philosophy of the World."

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The Best — Or Worst — Band Of All Time Is Back

12:56pm February 17, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The confounding cult band The Shaggs — a trio of New Hampshire sisters who made a single album and then disappeared — are performing at Wilco's Solid Sound Festival.

Mark Volman (right) and Howard Kaylan as they pose backstage in Chicago, May 14, 1983.

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The Turtles Lose Case Over Rights To Their Oldies In New York

10:56am February 17, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

Members of The Turtles lost their New York class action in a ruling from the state's appeals court.

Sui Zhen's new album, Secretly Susan, is out now via Twosyllable Records.

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Songs We Love: Sui Zhen, 'Hangin' On'

10:44am February 17, 2017

by Laura Snapes

The Melbourne artist's Susan persona, whom she calls "a manifestation of social media metadata," gets a taste of freedom in a Butoh-inspired video.

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First Watch: Emel Mathlouthi, 'Lost'

9:16am February 17, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

A powerful Tunisian singer, now based in New York, gives new voice to our turbulent times. She frames her sweet sound with dark, moody electronics that suit the jittery feeling of right now.