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Christian McBride, host of Jazz Night in America

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Christian McBride's favorite Tiny Desk concerts

7:00am April 21, 2022

by Christian McBride

In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, here's a playlist of favorites from Grammy Award-winning bassist, composer, educator, broadcaster and Jazz Night in America host Christian McBride.

S. Carey performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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S. Carey: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

5:00am April 21, 2022

by Stephen Thompson

The artist performs four songs surrounded by household appliances and a handful of his closest collaborators.

In claire rousay's music, moments of personal anguish are flanked by mundane snapshots of daily life, drawing out the similarities between the two extremes.

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claire rousay transforms the mundane into sonic abundance

5:00am April 21, 2022

by Jonathan Williger

On the largely wordless everything perfect is already here, the composer lets us experience the world through her ears with field recordings, strings and a little tenderness.

Fairport Convention band cofounder Richard Thompson looks back on his life in music

1:22pm April 20, 2022

by Terry Gross

The British singer/guitarist talks about his formative years, and about pioneering a new musical genre that blended rock with traditional music of the British isles. Thompson's new memoir is Beeswing.

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Taylor Swift, pictured in 2021, is the inspiration for the name of the newly described Twisted-Claw Millipede, Nannaria swiftae.

Taylor Swift was the inspiration for the name of a new millipede species

8:54am April 20, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

The Swift Twisted-Claw Millipede, or Nannaria swiftae, was among several new species found in Tennessee.

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A number of jazz recordings will be released Saturday in honor of Record Store Day

8:38am April 20, 2022

Zev Feldman, co-president of Resonance Records, is the guy who single-handedly made Record Store Day a red-letter date for fans of classic jazz.

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Watch a video for Elizabeth King's new gospel soul song, 'I Got A Love'

7:30am April 20, 2022

by Bruce Warren

"I Got A Love," written and produced by Jimbo Matthus, showcases an even more powerful and rawer side of Elizabeth King.

Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha delivers an urgent message to U.S. audiences

6:22am April 20, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

This "ethno-chaos" group brings sophisticated music and strong anti-Putin messages to their listeners at home and abroad, as "ambassadors of free Ukraine." They're currently on a U.S. tour.

Curren$y performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Curren$y: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

5:00am April 20, 2022

by Bobby Carter

The New Orleans rapper gives a performance that features three key elements that make him who he is: cars, weed and, of course, music.

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In 'Far In,' Helado Negro speaks to the longing to find solace inside ourselves

3:11pm April 19, 2022

Roberto Carlos Lange, who performs as Helado Negro, lived in Brooklyn until a 2-week trip to Texas to work on an art installation turned into a 6-month stay that led to Far In.