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Composer Maria Schneider Returns, With A Reckoning, On 'Data Lords'

6:00am July 24, 2020

by Nate Chinen

After collaborating with David Bowie in 2014, the multiple Grammy-winning composer found her artistic process had been recombobulated a bit — much like our ever-more digital world.

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Watch Tiny Desk Contest Top Shelf Episode 7 Featuring WFUV's Rita Houston

6:02pm July 23, 2020

by Elle Mannion

Live on YouTube, Bob Boilen and Rita Houston will watch their favorites entries to the 2020 Contest and discuss what made them stand out from the thousands we saw this year.

Fans sit under an umbrella as shade from the hot sun during the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 8, 1962.

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The Golden Age: A Newport Jazz Festival Special

1:48pm July 23, 2020

Hear an unforgettable lineup of music from the Newport Jazz Festival, hand-picked by Christian McBride. Check out rare sets from the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet, Dave Brubeck and Horace Silver.

One Direction didn't win The X Factor in 2010, but filled stadiums, broke records and our hearts.

One Direction's Big Bang

5:00am July 23, 2020

by Maria Sherman

Ten years ago today, July 23, One Direction created the universe. Read an excerpt from Maria Sherman's new book on boy bands, Larger Than Life, about 1D's formation and meteoric rise.

Annie Ross, Mid-Century Jazz Icon, Dead At 89

3:04pm July 22, 2020

by James Gavin

Ross was recognized as a natural performer from an early age. She essentially never stopped.

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Brian Blade.

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Watch Party: The Joshua Redman Quartet's 'RoundAgain' Reunion Concert

8:00am July 22, 2020

by Nate Chinen

Before Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Brian Blade recorded their new studio album, RoundAgain, they recorded this special hour-long concert video.

Nilüfer Yanya plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Nilüfer Yanya: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

5:00am July 22, 2020

by Bob Boilen

After performing for us last year, Nilüfer Yanya rejoins the Tiny Desk team from afar, performing three works from her last album and debuting a new song.

Charles Turner & Uptown Swing entered the Tiny Desk Contest with the song "Harlem Harlem Harlem."

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Tiny Desk Contest 2020: Entries Public Radio Loves

4:28pm July 21, 2020

Each year, the Tiny Desk Contest receives entries from all 50 states, thanks to help from NPR Member stations across the country. Here are some of the 2020 entries that Member stations love.

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HAIM Radiates Sunniness In 'Women In Music Pt. III'

1:30pm July 21, 2020

by Ken Tucker

The new album by three Los Angeles sisters feels like it was meant to be blasted loud in your car as you try to time all the green lights along Sunset Boulevard.

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In a string of deleted tweets, rapper Kanye West claimed that his wife Kim Kardashian was trying to get him hospitalized, following a campaign rally he held on Sunday.

Kanye West Tweets, Then Deletes, Claims Of His Family's Concern — And More

11:54am July 21, 2020

by Andrew Limbong

West has announced he's running for president. Following an apparent campaign rally on Sunday, the rapper said in a string of now-deleted tweets that his wife was trying to "lock me up with a doctor."