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After 33 Years, Northern Haze Is Back With New Album 'Siqinnaarut'

11:29am February 03, 2019

In 1985, an album from a decidedly far-flung place put the band Northern Haze on the map. James Ungalaq talks to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about his band's new album and their the music lives on.

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"When I fall in love with the song, I fall in love with the timbre and harmonies and melody. That's what kind of lifts me off," Zach Condon says.

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How Beirut's Zach Condon Escapes To Find His Focus

8:07am February 02, 2019

Indie folk band Beirut is out with its latest album, Gallipoli. The band's leader, Zach Condon, talks with NPR's Scott Simon about emphasizing music over lyrics and escaping to unexpected places for inspiration

Strand of Oaks' newest folk track is one of 10 songs on this month's Heavy Rotation.

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Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

5:00am February 02, 2019

A new collaboration from Karen O and Danger Mouse, a fresh new beat from French producer FKJ and a new single from Jack White's The Raconteurs are among this month's favorites.

Tekashi 6ix9ine, photographed on Sept. 1, 2018, in Philadelphia.

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Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine Pleads Guilty To Federal Charges

7:47pm February 01, 2019

by Andrew Flanagan

After being indicted last November along with four others, the Brooklyn rapper pleaded guilty last week to nine counts including racketeering and drug trafficking.

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Cat Power Means People Power

4:53pm February 01, 2019

Chan Marshall performs live and talks about her journey to 2018's Wanderer, a powerful realization she had with Lana Del Rey and the true meaning behind her band name.

William Ferris has spent his career documenting church gospel hymns, Delta blues and work songs of Mississippi.

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Keeper Of Southern Folklife Is Up For 2 Grammy Awards

3:01pm February 01, 2019

by The Kitchen Sisters

Folklore archivist William Ferris is among the nominees for the 2019 Grammy Awards for his album: Voices of Mississippi — a collection of rural church gospel hymns, Delta blues and work songs.

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TLC at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. The trio won in the best group video category, beating boy-band juggernauts 'NSync and the Backstreet Boys.

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Oh Yes Son, They're Talking To You: 20 Years Of 'No Scrubs'

2:15pm February 01, 2019

by Sidney Madden

TLC's 1999 smash was a song women loved about the men they wouldn't put up with. Two decades later, fans still take its message to heart when scrubs run amok.

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The Power Of Gospel Gets Explored In A New Documentary Series

1:52pm February 01, 2019

by Bruce Warren

Behind musical legends like Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley and Ray Charles is one timeless genre that spans across lifetimes: gospel music.

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Producer-Rapper Duo A.B. And Petty Trace Overlapping Musical Circles

1:50pm February 01, 2019

by Jewly Hight

In their first interview together, the Nashville natives talk process, opportunity and country music.

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Margo Price Sings About The Heartache And Beauty Of Small-Town America

1:22pm February 01, 2019

by Terry Gross

Price is up for the 2019 Grammy Award for best new artist. She spoke to Fresh Air in 2017 about growing up in the small town of Aledo, Ill.: "Now, when I go back, I see the beauty in it."

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