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Music & Culture

Horse Feathers' Music Gets A Folk-Rock Makeover

10:00am March 02, 2018

by Stephen Thompson

Out May 4, a new album called Appreciation will replace Horse Feathers' ornate deliberation with surging folk-rock, full-on soul and just a hint of country. Hear its first single, "Without Applause."

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Margaret Glaspy Writes A Bookend To 'Emotions And Math'

9:26am March 02, 2018

by Bob Boilen

The singer and guitarist talks with All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen about the EP Born Yesterday, shares the new songs and looks ahead to her next adventure.

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Look Around: Lin-Manuel Miranda Announces 'Weird Al' Yankovic's 'Hamilton Polka'

7:32am March 02, 2018

by Stephen Thompson

The latest from Miranda's "HamilDrops" series is a five-minute abridgement of Hamilton, performed as a polka by Weird Al and his band.

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Preservation Hall In New Orleans Would Like Its Sousaphone Back

6:42am March 02, 2018

In 2005, a sousaphone was lost during Hurricane Katrina. Now the replacement has vanished. It should be easy to spot, it reads "Preservation Hall" on the bell. There is a reward.

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Anna Meredith performs a Tiny Desk Concert on February 5, 2018. (Eslah Attar/NPR)

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Anna Meredith: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am March 02, 2018

by Bob Boilen

Out of nearly 700 performances at the Tiny Desk over the past decade, this one by British composer Anna Meredith is one of the most exhilarating.

Parton donated a copy of Coat of Many Colors to the permanent collection of the Library of Congress to mark the delivery of the 100th million book by her nonprofit Imagination Library.

Dolly Parton Gives The Gift Of Literacy: A Library Of 100 Million Books

4:57pm March 01, 2018

by Maureen Pao

In 1995, the entertainer and philanthropist started the Imagination Library, inspired by her father, who couldn't read and write. Now, it mails free books to more than a million kids each month.

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Rae Sremmurd showcase their individual talents on three new tracks.

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Rae Sremmurd Balances Diverging Tastes With Three New Tracks

4:52pm March 01, 2018

by Sidney Madden

The hit-making rap duo plans to release a triple disc LP for their third studio album.

Tank and The Bangas, seen here performing at NPR Music's 10th Anniversary party, will be all over SXSW 2018.

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Public Radio's SXSW Takeover

3:11pm March 01, 2018

Your guide to what NPR Music and member stations have cooking at SXSW 2018.

To get ready for SXSW 2018, we listened to more than 1,800 artists.

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The Austin 100

1:43pm March 01, 2018

by Stephen Thompson

Stream or download 100 great songs by artists performing at SXSW 2018.

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Lizz Wright: Finding Grace In The South

1:25pm March 01, 2018

by Nate Chinen

Vocalist Lizz Wright takes us on a road trip tracing her Southern roots in her home state of Georgia — and we hear a performance from a concert recorded in Atlanta at the Variety Playhouse.