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Members of ÌFÉ perform at NuevoFest in Philadelphia

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Summer Latin Music Festivals Offer Music And Opportunity

11:41pm July 20, 2018

by Marisa Arbona-Ruiz

For Latinx musicians who have found themselves excluded from the stages of mainstream festivals, a growing range of festivals and tours catering to Latinx artists and fans is changing the game.

Zinzile Majola, 27-year-old singer of Friends Band, says it felt like a window opening when Mugabe left. "It actually gave us more confidence that things would change from now on, from the way they were, from the way they used to be," Majola says.

Politics In Zimbabwe Has A New Soundtrack

8:37pm July 20, 2018

Ebba Chitambo, 66, made music during Zimbabwe's fight for independence. Now, he's giving advice to a new generation of musicians about writing political music.

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Nominees for song of the summer tend to be lively party anthems, but the grooves on The Internet's Hive Mind, out now, help score summertime's less boisterous but no less sublime moments.

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The Internet's 'Hive Mind' Is A Soundtrack To The Slow Burn Of Summer

5:20pm July 20, 2018

by Oliver Wang

After embarking on solo projects and a three-year break, The Internet has come back together to produce an album of low-key songs of summer.

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Across the Blue Ridge #135 - Old-time Fiddle & Banjo, Bluegrass Songs, and Guitar Classics

4:00pm July 20, 2018

by Paul Brown

Unvarnished old-time mountain fiddle and banjo tunes figure in this week's episode, from Surry County, North Carolina and the surrounding area, long a locus of banjo-fiddle duets and focused, energ

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Low Cut Connie performs live at NON-COMM 2018 at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, recorded live for this session.

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Low Cut Connie On World Cafe

3:56pm July 20, 2018

by Stephen Kallao

Party band, piano rock, juke jointing. This band can do it all.

Willow Smith is the lone survivor of a car crash in Zhu and Tame Impala's "My Life" video.

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Willow Smith's Summer Fun Comes Crashing Down In Zhu And Tame Impala's 'My Life'

3:20pm July 20, 2018

by Sidney Madden

Summer's never as long as it used to be and that means, sometimes, the beginning is the end.

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Malcolm Holcombe On Mountain Stage

1:19pm July 20, 2018

by Alexis Palmer

Hailing from the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Holcombe creates a beautifully rugged sound that you just can't fake.

Drake's latest No. 1 hit "In My Feelings" shot to the top of the charts thanks to a viral dance challenge that had little to do with the rapper himself.

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Who's Entertaining Who?: How The Internet Picks Up Drake's Slack

10:53am July 20, 2018

by Sam Sanders

Drake's latest No. 1 hit "In My Feelings" shot to the top of the charts thanks to a viral dance challenge that had little to do with the rapper himself.

Meg Myers' Take Me To The Disco is on our shortlist for the best albums out on July 20.

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New Music Friday For July 20: Six Albums You Should Hear Now

8:20am July 20, 2018

by Robin Hilton

This week features sultry R&B from The Internet, seething rock from songwriter Meg Myers, the "Joy" of Ty Segall & White Fence, a new album from the bluegrass group Punch Brothers and more.

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"The idea behind this is not to create a computer that makes music for me, it's to create an instrument that I'm playing," Ólafur Arnalds says.

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One Key, Many Notes: Ólafur Arnalds' Piano Rig Fuses Technology And Musicality

7:33pm July 19, 2018

The piano composer and his code-savvy friend created software and a piano rig that plays spontaneous notes from one key stroke.

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