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Stephen Sanchez's album 'Angel Face' takes you back in time

7:58am October 07, 2023

by Scott Simon

The new pop album "Angel Face" tells the story of a troubadour who falls in love with a mob boss's girlfriend. NPR's Scott Simon talks with musician Stephen Sanchez about his debut album.

Beyoncé performs onstage during the "RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR" at SoFi Stadium on September 01, 2023 in Inglewood, California.

A concert film of Beyonce's Renaissance World Tour is coming to theaters

6:02pm October 06, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The film opens in theaters on Dec. 1. The Renaissance World Tour grossed $579 million and has become the highest-grossing tour by a female artist and the seventh highest-grossing tour of all time.

Sufjan Stevens shows uncharacteristic vulnerability with new album 'Javelin'

4:53pm October 06, 2023

by Stephen Thompson

Singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens has been making soulful introspective music for more than 20 years without revealing too much about his own personal life. His latest album, Javelin, is out Friday.

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21 Days of Musica Latina: Puerto Rico

2:29pm October 06, 2023

Every weekday through Hispanic Heritage Month, World Cafe dives into the music of a different country in Latin America.

White Cube, the London-based gallery that helped shape the Young British Artist movement, has opened its first permanent U.S. branch in New York.

London's White Cube shows 'fresh and new' art at first New York gallery

12:51pm October 06, 2023

by Olivia Hampton

London's White Cube opens its first New York art gallery with a show focused on how contemporary art can reference and distort prior creations to resist established power and value systems.

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Villano Antillano performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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Villano Antillano: Tiny Desk Concert

10:20am October 06, 2023

by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

Antillano shows why she's one of the most exciting voices in Latin trap and reggaeton right now.

In Pharoah Sanders' final years, Luaka Bop expressed interest in doing a proper reissue of Harvest Time. The label chose to release it as a box set alongside Sanders' final recorded album, Promises.

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A shared resting place for Pharoah Sanders

6:09pm October 05, 2023

by Harmony Holiday

A reissue of the 1977 album, Harvest Time, and a performance of the 2021 collaboration, Promises, collectively present the late saxophonist's music as a vessel to gather within.

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21 Days of Musica Latina: Peru

12:53pm October 05, 2023

Every weekday through Hispanic Heritage Month, World Cafe dives into the music of a different country in Latin America.

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All Things Go Music Festival continues its commitment to women and queer artists

12:53pm October 05, 2023

by Lilly Quiroz

At this year's festival, the majority of the headliners were women and non-binary artists. Festival-goers said that made for a more relaxed and inclusive audience mood at the two-day event."

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21 Days of Musica Latina: Nicaragua

2:56pm October 04, 2023

by Miguel Perez

Every weekday through Hispanic Heritage Month, World Cafe dives into the music of a different country in Latin America.