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Ariana Grande's fifth studio album thank u, next marks a turning point for the young star. Some of her closest collaborators explain why.

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'Thank U' Text: Ariana Grande's Collaborators Break Down The Artist's Latest Album

4:10pm February 09, 2019

Ariana Grande's thank u, next shows a musical turning point for the young star. Grande's producers and songwriters share the studio stories that helped make the album.

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Bobbie Gentry's 'The Delta Sweete' Gets A Much-Belated Tribute

8:21am February 09, 2019

Scott Simon discusses a star-studded reimagining of Gentry's 1968 cult classic with two of its contributors, country artist Margo Price and Rolling Stone editor David Fricke.

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Izzy Young, Center To The Folk Music Revival, Dies At 90

12:27am February 09, 2019

by Jon Kalish

Bob Dylan has called Izzy Young's Folklore Center "the citadel of Americana folk music." It was at the center of the folk music revival in New York City in the 1950s and '60s. Young died Feb. 4 at 90.

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Grammy trophies sit in the press room during the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, held in New York in Jan. 2018.

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A Year After The #MeToo Grammys, Women Are Still Missing In Music

7:06pm February 08, 2019

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

After last year's Grammys, the president of the Recording Academy said that women needed to "step up" in the business. Women and men in the business pushed back, but what's actually changed?

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Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso has a long history of speaking truth to power though his music.

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Music And Democracy In Brazil: A Tradition Of Speaking Truth To Power

11:06am February 08, 2019

by Felix Contreras

Musicians have a long tradition of staring down military dictatorships and oppressive governments in Brazil.

Music Inspired By The Film Roma is on our short list of the best albums out on Feb. 8.

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New Music Friday: Our Top 7 Albums Out Feb. 8

8:37am February 08, 2019

by Robin Hilton

Our list of the best new albums out Friday includes delicate piano pieces from Hauschka, the brilliantly burning rock of Bob Mould, songs inspired by the film Roma, and more.

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Brandi Carlile performs a live World Cafe Session at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.

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10 Sessions From Grammy-Nominated 'World Cafe' Guests

5:00am February 08, 2019

Listen back to sessions from 2019 Grammy nominees who have come through our doors this past year.

"I know now that I have the confidence that I wish I had when I was 20," Candi Staton says.

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Candi Staton Stops At Nothing To Create

5:42pm February 07, 2019

The veteran soul singer released her 30th studio album, Unstoppable, last year. Staton talks about the inspiration behind her new music, her battle with cancer and her message to women everywhere.

Tedeschi Trucks Band's Signs is out Feb. 15 on FanTasy.

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First Listen: Tedeschi Trucks Band, 'Signs'

4:56pm February 07, 2019

by Bruce Warren

Veteran blues-rock powerhouses Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks return with an impassioned new album, informed by the deaths of several mentors and family members.

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Maverick Sabre And Jorja Smith 'Slow Down' In Latest Slow-Burning Duet

4:10pm February 07, 2019

by Jackie Reed

The U.K.-based collaborators take on roles of ships in the night for this new single off Sabre's upcoming album, When I Wake Up.