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The band Boards of Canada has a large and dedicated community of fans. Their 13-year-long wait for a new album is now over.
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Jonathan Young/Here & NowBahar Movahed is a practicing orthodontist in Southern California. She's also a classically trained musician with a solo career, something she wasn't allowed to have in Iran, where women are prohibited from singing alone in public.
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Rollins, who died May 25, had for decades been hailed as the greatest living jazz musician. Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation, and we listen back to Rollins' 1994 interview with Terry Gross.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck and soprano Renée Fleming about their collaborative project and album, "The Fiddle and The Drum," which celebrates Appalachian folk music.
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It's Drake Week on the Billboard charts, as the rapper sets records for sheer quantity. -
Classical music has a reputation as old, elite and maybe not for younger audiences. But the radio show "From the Top" is trying to change that.
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Perseverance, plus a whole lot of talent, is what got the Dallas hip-hop collective to our space after submitting to the Tiny Desk Contest four years in a row. -
When country music artist John Anderson lost his hearing, he thought his decades-long career was over.
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Annahstasia's voice is soothing and strong. Her music feels like taking a deep breath, exhaling and landing in a gentle place. -
In the lineage of jazz, Miles Davis, born 100 years ago, presents something of a paradox: He looms as large as anyone, but he means many things to many people. -
The legendary jazz saxophonist, who revolutionized the art of improvisation, died Monday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. -
On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan talks about what he calls the superpowers that come with depression and anxiety.
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A designer and engineer assigned different instruments to every train in New York City, creating a small jazz combo that plays on an interactive website. -
Eilish and her brother Finneas started making music together when she was 13 and he was 18. They talked about fame, family and their album, Hit Me Hard and Soft. Originally broadcast Dec. 17, 2024.
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