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Cuco is the solo project of 21-year-old Omar Banos. His album Para Mí is on our shortlist for this week's best new albums.

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New Music Friday: Our Top 7 Albums Out July 26

12:49pm July 26, 2019

Our list of the week's best albums includes Cuco's highly anticipated Para Mí, a Spoon greatest hits compilation, rapper YBN Cordae's debut LP, devotional music from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and more.

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Camp Cope inside the World Cafe Performance Studio

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Camp Cope Sings It Like They See It

12:29pm July 26, 2019

by Talia Schlanger

The three members of Australian band Camp Cope fearlessly called out sexism in the music industry.

The Rollings Stones, Marianne Faithfull and other performers at the Rock and Roll Circus.

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Resurrected Stones Film Finds Pivot Point In Rock History

11:59am July 26, 2019

by Kat Aaron

In December of 1968, some of the biggest names in rock and roll came together to film The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus. The film was recently given a 4K restoration.

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The new musical adaptation of Moulin Rouge! features 71 popular songs, which all had to be licensed and stitched together into the story.

'Moulin Rouge!' Is An Extravagant, Triumphant Jukebox Musical

9:00am July 26, 2019

by Alexandra Starr

With 71 hit songs performed on a decadent nightclub set, the new stage adaptation, based on Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film, is not particularly profound. It is nonetheless a knockout night at the theater.

Instead of fostering new paths of musical expression, the Internet in many ways has done the opposite. But there's plenty of potential.

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Towards New Musics: What The Future Holds For Sound Creativity

6:00am July 26, 2019

Instead of fostering and clearing new paths for musical expression, the Internet has in many ways had the opposite effect. But there's plenty of potential, as two bright minds from MIT explain.

What's the logical endgame for streaming?

Hello, Brave New World!

6:00am July 26, 2019

by Cherie Hu

The advent of streaming has changed our relationship to music, but where is it taking us? What's the logical conclusion? The only way to know for sure is to ask the future — so we did.

Tamino plays a Tiny Desk Concert on June 5, 2019 (Shuran Huang/NPR).

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Tamino: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am July 26, 2019

by Bob Boilen

Tamino possesses one of the most remarkable and memorable voices to ever grace the Tiny Desk.

Kermit the Frog plays his banjo in 1979's The Muppet Movie.

Rainbows, Frogs, Dogs And 'The Muppet Movie' Soundtrack At 40

4:30pm July 25, 2019

by Linda Holmes

The Muppet Movie is an unusually silly and unusually profound musical. At 40 years old, the music still astounds, provokes and entertains.

Bad Bunny (holding flag), singer Ricky Martin (in black hat) and Residente (in blue hat) join demonstrators in protest against Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló in Old San Juan.

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'Afilando Los Cuchillos' Soundtracks Puerto Rico's Social Movement In Real Time

1:38pm July 25, 2019

by Felix Contreras

"Puerto Ricans are waking up." We explore Residente, iLe and Bad Bunny's sharp-edged takedown of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló and its influence on the protesters in the streets.

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram performs live at the 2019 NON-COMMvention in Philadelphia, PA

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Is Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram The Future Of Blues Music?

1:06pm July 25, 2019

Ingram is an absolute beast on guitar who has impressed a lot of different people over the years, including Buddy Guy, Bootsy Collins and Dave Grohl.