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Music & Culture

Hear Lana Del Rey's Warped Ode To Youth, 'Coachella - Woodstock In My Mind'

8:41am May 15, 2017

by Robin Hilton

"Critics can be so mean sometimes." The singer's latest single is a brooding, woozy ode to coming of age, with spare electronic beats and reflections on her place in the world

Logic's new album, Everybody, is out now.

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Logic Is Ready To Tell The World Who He Is

7:40am May 15, 2017

The son of a black father and a white mother, Logic says he was "born to make" his new album, Everybody. On it, he confronts issues of identity he says he's been scared to rap about in the past.

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Angaleena Presley's new album, Wrangled, is out now.

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World Cafe Nashville: Angaleena Presley

6:00am May 15, 2017

by Ann Powers

On her new album, Wrangled, Presley fearlessly addresses a country music milieu that, in her view, is downright hostile to women who speak their minds. Hear an interview and performance.

Eurovision's 2017 contest ended with Portugal's Salvador Sobral holding aloft his trophy and hugging his sister Luisa Sobral, who composed with 'Amar Pelos Dois,' the winning song. The pair performed it as a duet to close the evening.

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After A Fraught Year, Eurovision Crowns Portugal's Salvador Sobral

11:25am May 14, 2017

by Andrew Jones

Salvador Sobral, performing a song composed by his sister, secured his country the right to host next year's contest, as per Eurovision's rules.

Haim return to Saturday Night Live with a performance of "Want You Back."

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Haim Return To 'Saturday Night Live,' Watch 'Want You Back'

10:17am May 14, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

After announcing their first album in four years, the pop-rocking sisters hit the campaign trail with a first-stop at Studio 8H in New York.

In her new album as Fiver, Simone Schmidt imagines the songs that might have been sung by women incarcerated at Ontario's Rockwood Asylum in the 19th century.

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A Songwriter Gives Voice To The Silenced Women Of Rockwood Asylum

8:07am May 14, 2017

For her new album, Simone Schmidt, who performs under the name Fiver, researched the stories of women committed to the 19th-century Ontario institution for the criminally insane.

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Alt.Latino Switches Up And Does A Blind Musical Taste Test

7:57am May 14, 2017

Alt.Latino's Felix Contreras challenges NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro to curate this week's music discovery segment. He put together the six tracks and asked Lulu to pick out her favorites.

Salvador Sobral of Portugal smiles as he speaks at a news conference on Saturday after winning the Eurovision Song Contest with his song "Amar Pelos Dois" in Kiev, Ukraine.

Salvador Sobral Of Portugal Wins Eurovision Song Contest

4:36am May 14, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

Sobral won with a romantic ballad. He sang on a small elevated circle in the middle of the crowd. The other 25 competitors performed on a wide stage backed by flashing lights and other effects.

Composer Lou Harrison was open to the vividness of other cultures throughout his life. He helped introduce Indonesian gamelan music to the West.

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Lou Harrison, The 'Maverick' Composer With Asia In His Ears

8:04am May 13, 2017

by Tom Huizenga

Routinely labeled an "American maverick," Harrison lovingly brought Eastern traditions and the rugged American West together in his music, blazing new paths and constructing his own instruments.

Otis Redding performs on the TV show Ready Steady Go in 1966.

Otis Redding's 'Unfinished Life' Still Resonates

8:04am May 13, 2017

Nearly 50 years after his untimely death, Redding's influence as a spirit of soul music remains. Jonathan Gould, author of a new biography of the singer, explains why.