Otis Hart
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If an artist was willing to confront their truths, Albini was ready to take them into the gaping maw. The recording engineer, who died last week, left an indelible mark on how we hear music.
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Shane MacGowan was a famously hard-drinking but brilliant musician who shot to fame in the 1980s with the folk punk band The Pogues.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer helped write the blueprint for Americana music, with songwriting credits including "The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek."
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The NPR Music deputy director shares his favorite albums and songs of 2022.
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The Irish folk duo unveils its new album with a stirring lullaby.
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Drown out the news cycle with an epic slice of bath-bomb techno.
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The Berlin-based goth-pop artist plumbs the tale of that ever-entwined couple buried in ash in Pompeii as a way into the concept of perpetual love.
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This latest remix of the 2020 track might be the Trojan Horse we need to introduce amapiano, a spacious form of deep house music, to America.
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Listen to one of the many highlights from Ghetts' Conflict of Interest.
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Almost 30 years after her breakthrough, Liz Phair is still writing songs worthy of a greatest hits album.