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The tumultuous Detroit summer of 1967 inspired a new work by composer and jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will premiere it in March.

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First Impressions: A Guide To New Music In The New Season

5:57pm August 31, 2016

by Tom Huizenga

From operas about Steve Jobs and Alice in Wonderland to an orchestral evocation of Detroit and a new concerto for Yo-Yo Ma, the new concert season is flush with premieres.

Encore: Glen Campbell Documents Farewell Tour In 'I'll Be Me'

4:28pm August 31, 2016

Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me follows the country singer's goodbye tour and his decline from Alzheimer's disease. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to director James Keach and Campbell's wife, Kim Campbell.

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Caveman On World Cafe

4:13pm August 31, 2016

The Brooklyn quintet's new record, Otero War, is a concept album whose songs nevertheless stand on their own. Hear a live performance.

A pink yeti struts the beach in a scene from Deap Vally's video for the song "Gonnawanna."

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First Watch: Deap Vally, 'Gonnawanna'

11:06am August 31, 2016

by Robin Hilton

In the L.A. duo's sun-dappled world, everyone is free to be anyone or anything they want — even if that's a neon-pink yeti strutting on the beach with a surfboard.

A scene from Noura Mint Seymali's video for "Na Sane."

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Songs We Love: Noura Mint Seymali, 'Na Sane'

9:25am August 31, 2016

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The vocalist from Mauritania intertwines heritage and innovation in the first song from her new album, Arbina. The video gives audiences abroad a glimpse of her homeland in all its melancholy beauty.

Check Out This 1999 Profile Of The Late, Great Juan Gabriel

7:20pm August 30, 2016

by Leah Donnella

Juan Gabriel stayed true to his roots, even when it wasn't easy. This Los Angeles Times piece takes a look at why that was.

River Whyless' latest album is We All The Light.

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For River Whyless, Songwriting Is 'A Good Way To Wash The Soul'

4:31pm August 30, 2016

by NPR Staff

Ari Shapiro chats with the North Carolina folk band about some of the personal stories behind its album We All the Light.

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Viking's Choice: Slow Mass, 'Bruce Lee'

2:00pm August 30, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

The Chicago band exists somewhere between Hoover's post-hardcore heft and Braid's weird hooks.

Single-belled baritones and euphoniums line the ceiling of the V&E Simonetti Historic Tuba Collection to make room for the bigger instruments on the floor and walls.

A Museum With Nearly 300 Brass Horns: You've Gotta See It Tuba-lieve It

1:57pm August 30, 2016

by NPR Staff

Vincent Simonetti started playing tuba in high school in the 1950s. It was love at first puff. Now he and his wife, Ethel, have filled a house in Durham, N.C., with tubas for the public to tour.

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Oh Pep! On World Cafe

12:45pm August 30, 2016

Hear the Melbourne duo perform three songs from its debut full-length, Stadium Cake.