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Singer Masego's latest album, 'Fix Your Face,' is his first release since losing his home in 2025 due to a wildfire.
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The Canadian singer opened up her 16-show residency in Paris at the Plenitude Arena. The entire series is sold out.
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NPR's Scott Simon asks Nate Amos, who performs as This Is Lorelei, about his latest album, "The Singer in My Band."
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Despite a diagnoses of stiff-person syndrome, Celine Dion will perform 16 shows in Paris over the next two months.
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We look back on the life and music of one of the most beloved artists who's ever come through the Tiny Desk: Mac Miller. Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station.
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A new report on the state of music criticism and the deletion of a digital Black archive raise questions about the sustainability of stewarding culture.
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Not only does Tori Kelly fill the Tiny Desk with her commanding voice but also genuine joy and light.
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The formerly prominent, widely recorded conductor was sentenced Wednesday to nearly six years of probation for five counts of possession of child sex abuse material in Indianapolis.
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Caroline Rose's new album, Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall, is out Oct. 23.
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The album reflects how Ashley Monroe's time as a musician has strengthened her love for country and tested her tolerance of the music industry.
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Not many bands can pull off an eight-minute rocker at the Tiny Desk. Chicago's finest lean into its excellent guitar playing, poignant lyrics and a sturdy, Midwestern sensibility.
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A chorus for people living with early-to-middle-stage dementia and their caregivers is accepting new singers for the fall in Rochester. The ENCORE Chorus is part of the national "Giving Voice" initiative.
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Rosanne Cash was 18 when her famous dad gave her a list of 100 essential country songs he thought she needed to know. She's since worked across many musical genres. Originally broadcast Oct. 5, 2009.
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Angine de Poitrine wears giant masks, speaks an alien language and plays wildly complicated math rock. Manager Sebastien Collin talks about the rise of the enigmatic musical group.
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