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A sophisticated songwriter with a knack for wordplay, Landes has also worked as a recording engineer on several movie soundtracks. When she isn't behind the boards in the studio, she's singing her own indie-rock tunes. Her third studio album, Sweet Heart Rodeo , ties together classic tales of ...
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On She Wolf , Shakira teams up again with songwriter-producer Wyclef Jean, but it sounds as if they're trying to recapture the magic of her global smash "Hips Don't Lie." The duo replaces the Latin and Middle Eastern beats with generic dance-pop diva moves. » E-Mail This ...
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The Middle
During her 14th performance for Mountain Stage , country singer Kathy Mattea performs songs from her 2008 album, Coal . Coal received a nomination for Traditional Folk Album of the Year at the 2008 Grammy Awards. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Mountain Stage
The Grammy Awards
The process of getting where you want to be on Thanksgiving Day can be challenging and frustrating, whether you're on a bus full of college kids, on a crowded plane or taking your place in slow traffic on jammed highways. Music eases frustration! Let these five jazz songs lift your travel-worn ...
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From sensuous-sounding Chopin to a radical remix of Terry Riley's IN C , NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and All Things Considered host Guy Raz spin a wide assortment of new classical CDs. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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The shimmering, white glove Michael Jackson wore when he premiered his trademark moonwalk dance in 1983 was auctioned off for $350,000 — plus tax — on Saturday. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Michael Jackson
The renowned rapper has finally issued his seventh album — his first in 10 years. Here, he reflects on the early breakthroughs that earned him his living-legend status, and talks about delivering a conscious message in his new work. » E-Mail This » ...
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Seal
The success of Malaysian-born singer-songwriter Zee Avi is an increasingly familiar, but still noteworthy story: Avi was discovered after posting a few songs on YouTube and within about a year was signed to release first album, the self-titled Zee Avi . Here in this intimate Tiny Desk Concert ...
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Morrissey
Blues musician Joe Bonamassa started playing with BB King when he was 12 years old. He's performed on stage with Eric Clapton and averages about 200 shows per year. His new DVD is called Joe Bonamassa, Live From the Royal Albert Hall . Host Scott Simon speaks with Bonamassa about living with ...
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B.B. King
Eric Clapton
This is our gift to you: All of them. Alphabetically. By first name. Band names beginning in 'The' may be found with the T's. If a link isn't working or something holler and we'll fix it. Now go out and celebrate! You deserve it! » E-Mail This » Add to ...
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Last weekend, NPR Music gave its followers two days to write and produce a song: any kind, any length, any genre. More than 150 submissions poured in, including one from composer Brad Mossman. Here, he speaks with Scott Simon. » E-Mail This » Add to ...
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This is our gift to you: All of them. Alphabetically. By first name. Band names beginning in 'The' may be found with the T's. If a link isn't working or something holler and we'll fix it. Now go out and celebrate! You deserve it! » E-Mail This » Add to ...
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By Carrie Brownstein
And it's naptime. (courtesy of The Patton Veterinary Hospital)
It's hard to believe that we've reached the end. For the past two weeks, all of us — the NPR Music Team, a handful of outside contribut... » E-Mail This ...
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By Jess Gitner
Past covers of Vibe. Chris Brown will be the cover boy for the relanuched Vibe's first issue. (courtesy of Vibe)
Len Burnett helped launch Vibe, a hip-hop music magazine, back in 1993, and he's just launch... » E-Mail This ...
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Chris Brown
Sure, "Single Ladies" actually came out in 2008. But since we don't have numbers on this year yet, it's fair to argue that it's the jam of 2009. (Though, admittedly, some would argue that it's neck and neck with Miley Cyrus' "Party In The U.S.A.") » E-Mail This ...
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Beyoncé Knowles
The rock band's members have roots in both Washington, D.C., and Kentucky. These United States' new album, Everything Touches Everything , provides an excellent showcase for the group's one-of-a-kind, garage-meets-folk sound. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Mountain Stage
Back in 2001, I sat in a San Francisco federal courtroom and watched a judge order Napster to shut down. The record companies won their battle against the world's first peer-to-peer file sharing service. But, as everyone now knows, it was a Pyrrhic victory; to reference another Greek myth, ...
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How will we listen to music in the next decade? How will we acquire it? What will it sound like? » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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In Shearing's second appearance on the program from 1987, host Marian McPartland reminisces with her fellow countryman about obscure British tunes, and the two have fun re-harmonizing "God Save the Queen." Shearing also sings and plays Cole Porter's "After You," and the two end with a two-piano ...
