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Listen above to The Route's afternoon host, Hannah Maier, as she interviews touring band TWEN ahead of their show at The Bug Jar in Rochester on 2/11/2026. -
Considered the father of Afrobeat, Kuti used his music in the 1970s to combat colonial values and brutal dictatorship. Podcaster Jad Abumrad tells his story in the series, Fela Kuti: Fear No Man.
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Photo by: Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images; Photo by Frank Micelotta/The Walt Disney Company via Getty ImagesThis week, country star Ella Langley and rapper Don Toliver hit career milestones on the pop charts. -
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After dropping out of modern rap's defining conflict, the Fayetteville MC contemplates the making and breaking of a legacy. -
One of the most expressive singer-songwriters of her generation, Sarah McLachlan's deeply felt and virtuosic performance is miraculous. -
August Ponthier's Everywhere Isn't Texas is as much a fully realized introduction as a complete revival. Its an existential debut that asks: How, exactly, does the artist fit in here? -
The father-daughter duo's music focuses on positivity, inclusion, community and friendship. -
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