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Sharon Van Etten Presents A Richer, Fuller Sound On 'Remind Me Tomorrow'

2:30pm January 29, 2019

by Ken Tucker

Critic Ken Tucker says you don't have to know anything about Van Etten to find her new album striking and impressive: It's the sound of a woman redefining herself, on terms that are totally her own.

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American jazz vocalist Betty Carter performs in New York for The Music Never Stops in 1992.

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For Betty Carter, 'The Music Never Stops' — Even 27 Years Later

12:12pm January 29, 2019

by Nate Chinen

On March 29, 1992, Betty Carter performed The Music Never Stops at Alice Tully Hall in New York. This spring, that classic concert can be relived once again.

Clockwise from upper left: Better Oblivion Community Center, Heather Woods Broderick, Mdou Moctar, Bellows

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New Mix: Better Oblivion Community Center, Bellows, Duster & More

11:12am January 29, 2019

On this week's show: new music from Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers who collaborate on a new project they're calling Better Oblivion Community Center, trance guitar from the Saharan region and more.

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Oh Pep! Makes Unpredictable Pop

10:52am January 29, 2019

The Melbourne-based band has always got a bent note or quirky chord progression up its proverbial sleeve.

Blood Orange performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Dec. 10, 2018 (Heeather Kim/NPR).

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Blood Orange: Tiny Desk Concert

10:29am January 29, 2019

by Bob Boilen

This Blood Orange Tiny Desk is a beautifully conceived concert showing off the craft and care that has made Devonté Hynes a groundbreaking producer and songwriter.

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Gregory Alan Isakov On Barn Tunes And Sand Dunes

2:51pm January 28, 2019

Take a trip to the farm in Colorado where Isakov created his latest album, Evening Machines.

Remembering Academy Award-Winning Composer Michel Legrand

2:01pm January 28, 2019

by Terry Gross

The jazz pianist, singer and producer, who died Saturday, won Oscar Awards for his compositions in Yentl, Summer of '42 and The Thomas Crown Affair. Originally broadcast in 1996.

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The Mountain Goats' In League With Dragons is out April 26 on Merge.

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The Mountain Goats Announces Dungeons & Dragons-Inspired Album

12:58pm January 28, 2019

by Joshua Bote

The album's lead single "Younger" reads like a mini-epic, and ends on an unexpected, but wholly awesome saxophone outro — the sort of instrumental backing you'd want to commence a hero's journey.

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Watch New Order Perform 'Ceremony' In Rare Footage From 1981

12:21pm January 28, 2019

by Stephen Thompson

To spread the word about an upcoming reissue campaign, the influential band is circulating a little-seen performance of its first single, recorded live in Manchester.

Emily Reo's Only You Can See It is due out April 12 via Carpark.

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Emily Reo Counters Toxic Masculinity With 'Strawberry' Anthem

12:00pm January 28, 2019

by Mike Katzif

The Brooklyn-based musician reels off example after example of the barrage of harassment women face on a daily basis.