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Vince Staples released "GTFOMD" after a masterful marketing rollout presented in the form of a GoFundMe campaign.

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In Promising To Go Away, Vince Staples Reveals Another Strong Play To Stay

12:04pm March 10, 2018

by Rodney Carmichael

The Long Beach rapper calls out NPR, and the media in general, in a new song that finally combines his online persona with his singular artistic temperament.

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Jaime Wyatt On Her 'Felony Blues'

8:08am March 10, 2018

A new country artist on the scene bares her hardscrabble life of drug problems and jail time in an autobiographical album, Felony Blues. Jaime Wyatt talks with NPR's Don Gonyea.

At just 20 years old, Jade Bird sounds like a seasoned Nashville veteran.

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From 'Slingshot' To SXSW: Public Radio Favorites Head To Austin

8:08am March 10, 2018

Musicians from NPR's public radio artist incubator series Slingshot are making their way to SXSW this year. Keep an eye out in Austin for these three Slingshot artists.

Why The Revival Of 'American Idol' Might Just Work

4:20pm March 09, 2018

by Eric Deggans

ABC will revive Fox's onetime blockbuster music competition American Idol on Sunday. NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans says the first episode reveals lots of reasons why the reboot was probably a bad idea — including a tarnished host in Ryan Seacrest. But there are also a couple of surprising arguments for why it just might work.

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Demi Lovato and DJ Khaled appear at The Grove in Los Angeles in Nov. 2017.

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A Look At The Very, Very Earnest Soundtrack To 'A Wrinkle In Time'

3:51pm March 09, 2018

The soundtrack to Disney's newest blockbuster bildungsroman matches the bright-eyed whimsy of the film — maybe a little too much.

Greg Sestero, left, and Tommy Wiseau, co-stars of The Room. Sestero has directed a new, two-volume film, Best F(r)iends, that co-stars Wiseau.

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A Tale Of Friendship And Luck (But Not Pecs), Propelled By 'The Room'

2:56pm March 09, 2018

by Beca Grimm

For the Kyoto-based, Alabama-born duo of Nice Legs, its band name was more than just an homage to The Room -- it was an homage to friendship that ended up yielding a sorta-lucky break.

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New Collection Catches Jazz Bassist Charles Mingus 'Live at Montreux 1975'

2:33pm March 09, 2018

by Kevin Whitehead

A new 2-CD set features a decades-old recording of Mingus and his quintet at Switzerland's Montreux Jazz Festival. Citic Kevin Whitehead says the album showcases one of Mingus' most explosive bands.

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Eddie Kramer On World Cafe

1:47pm March 09, 2018

by Talia Schlanger

The producer shares stories from the road and the studio plus new Jimi Hendrix recordings from the posthumous album, Both Sides of the Sky.

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Songs We Love: Peter Zummo, 'Song II: Left; On The Beat—Variations'

12:18pm March 09, 2018

by Piotr Orlov

Discovered from 1984 rehearsal tapes, the downtown New York mainstay offers a gorgeous and loose piece of music with his quartet, featuring Arthur Russell on amplified cello.

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Guest DJ: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Hop Across An Eclectic Playlist

12:10pm March 09, 2018

by Bob Boilen

Rateliff and Night Sweats band member Mark Shusterman take us on a tour of their favorite music and the historical standouts that influenced them.

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