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A still from Caroline Spence's "Hotel Amarillo" video.

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Check Into Caroline Spence's Heartbreaking 'Hotel Amarillo'

1:26pm February 01, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Spence's airy twang is a soft blow to the quiet and intricate songs that hit harder on the second go-around. Watch a video for the roots-y heartbreaker "Hotel Amarillo."

Maggie Rogers in a scene from her new video for the song "On + Off."

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'Overnight' Success Maggie Rogers Shares Alluring New Video For 'On + Off'

12:35pm February 01, 2017

by Robin Hilton

Maggie Rogers, the electro-pop singer made famous by Pharrell's dumbstruck endorsement last year, has a gift for making the kind of music - and visual art - you can't ignore.

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On Horses And Beatles: A Conversation With Real Estate's Martin Courtney

12:21pm February 01, 2017

by Bob Boilen

"I feel like this is my lane, guitar-based pop music." Martin Courtney and his band Real Estate's fourth album In Mind, takes cues from one of the great albums of all time, The Beatles Abbey Road.

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Robyn Hitchcock's self-titled 21st album comes out April 21.

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Robyn Hitchcock Returns With 'An Ecstatic Work Of Negativity'

10:24am February 01, 2017

by Stephen Thompson

The U.K. singer-songwriter is set to return with his self-titled 21st album, his most rambunctious record in years. Hear "I Want To Tell You About What I Want."

"I can say without ego that I've influenced many artists from Atlanta to embrace evolution and growth—visually, sonically, fashionably," Rome Fortune tells NPR.

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Songs We Love: Rome Fortune, 'Blicka Blicka'

10:00am February 01, 2017

by Rodney Carmichael

Fortune flexes his influence on the Atlanta hip-hop scene with a plaid-on-plaid kilt ensemble and a surreal video.

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The Thistle & Shamrock: Songs Of The Bard

9:52am February 01, 2017

Hear a variety of artists in the intoxicating thrall of the songs — timeless and thriving — of Robert Burns, Scotland's National Bard.

Blondie on the single artwork for "Fun."

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Hear Blondie's New Disco Throwback, 'Fun'

9:40am February 01, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Written by TV On The Radio's Dave Sitek, "Fun" recalls the glamorous Blondie of yesteryear.

D.R.A.M. performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Jan. 4, 2017. (Claire Harbage/NPR)

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D.R.A.M.: Tiny Desk Concert

9:00am February 01, 2017

by Bobby Carter

The rapper/singer storms the NPR Music offices, activating his signature smile and bouncing through five highlights from his catalog — including the smash single "Broccoli."

Samuel T. Herring of Future Islands performs at Splendour In the Grass 2014, July 26, 2014 in Byron Bay, Australia.

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Future Islands Release Single 'Ran' From New Record, 'The Far Field'

12:00am February 01, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

The Baltimore-based, synth-reliant group will release its fifth record this coming April.

Radney Foster (left) and Zach Seabaugh star in the Alliance Theatre's production of Troubadour.

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Nashville, By Way Of Atlanta: 'Troubadour' Brings Country To The Theater Stage

10:45pm January 31, 2017

by Bradley George

The musical about 1950s country artists springs from a collaboration between a playwright and a modern country star, Kristian Bush of Sugarland.

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