Ryan Benk
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Inspiration can come from anywhere. One Boston-based musician summoned it with an app. Eph See wrote the song "Malachi the Uber Driver" after a late-night ride home.
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The D.C. area band didn't fall far from the genre's tree, but it's ripping out pop-punk's more problematic roots. -
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Tracy Chapman about standing the test of time and the re-release on vinyl of her self-titled 1988 debut album.
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The album's namesake, Polari, is a set of a few hundred words and phrases that was adopted by gay men as a way of speaking in secret during periods of criminalization. -
We hear from musicians Grady Allen and Dante Melucci from the band Anxious about their second album Bambi. The young hardcore act says it's their most authentic outing yet. -
Promising violinists can get their hands on a Stradivarius and other 18th century instruments through a lending program out of Chicago.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Patrick Patterson and Steve Scipio of the British funk band Cymande about their new album and about reconstituting the band after decades.
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A biopic about a scrappy Belfast band that raps in Irish was a surprise hit at Sundance this year. NPR's Scott Simon talks with "Kneecap" director and the bandmembers - who also star in the film.
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NPR's Debbie Elliott talks with lead singer Brandon Coleman and drummer John Hall from the Red Clay Strays about humble beginnings, touring, and the faith that keeps it all together.
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We hear from singer Agalisiga Mackey, whose song "Tsitsutsa Tsigesv" was a standout submission to this year's Tiny Desk Contest.
