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Americana singer-songwriter Brennan Wedl talks about her new self titled album, out August 21st.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to award-winning singer Sam Smith about their new album, Hazel Eyes, and why it's so hopeful.
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As rising premiums have led 5 million people to drop their Affordable Care Act plans, a program in Austin has held steady and could be a model a potential model for other cities hoping to make health care more affordable for key populations and key industries like music or food.
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Courtesy of BMG Music GroupLead singer Greg Dulli talks about making trumpet sounds with his mouth and being inspired by his car insurance company.
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Robert Burns, who has relied on Muni for years, uses digital instruments to turn live transit data into music.
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Marsh, who died Aug. 14, was one of rock's most influential voices. He edited The Rolling Stone Record Guide and wrote profiles of Bruce Springsteen and The Who. Originally broadcast in 1997.
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Jurors on Thursday heard Duane "Keffe D" Davis tell detectives in 2008 that his nephew Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson fired the shots that killed Tupac Shakur. -
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Henry Rollins about Gravest Gravy. It's an album the Cramps recorded in 1977, finally being released after a team effort in coordination with co-founder Poison Ivy.
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We showcase a new generation of artists with swag: Alex Isley, Madison McFerrin and Ravi Coltrane. All three of these Tiny Desks feature folks who come from legendary musical families. Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station. -
Taja Cheek's psychedelic project L'Rain has always been tagged as experimental. On fata morgana, she asks what separates music like hers from the mainstream. -
"Weird Al" Yankovic returns to the Tiny Desk with a couple parodies, a Weezer pastiche and the Emmy-losing closing-credits blues-rock jam to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. -
Saturday marks what organizers say is the first Latin Fest in the city of Canandaigua. -
There's a reason why the escapist hit from singer Aitana has swept most of the Spanish-language world. -
AI can generate songs in seconds. But behind every AI track is a complicated question: Who should get paid? And, how? The fights have started.
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