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Watch NPR's new video documentary series about the creative process, Noteworthy. Our first episode focuses on psychedelic soul star Miguel.

Music & Culture

Watch Miguel Get Creative In NPR Music's New Documentary Series, 'Noteworthy'

9:35am August 03, 2016

Our new video documentary series on the creative process kicks off with the Grammy-winning soul singer. Watch him break down the origins of "Come Through And Chill" and "Adorn" with host Jason King.

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New Mix: Regina Spektor, Lowell, Angelica Garcia, More

4:08pm August 02, 2016

On this week's All Songs Considered, Bob Boilen and Stephen Thompson play the first single from Regina Spektor's latest album, new rap from Hamilton's Daveed Diggs and more.

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Songs We Love: Muddy Magnolias, 'Brother, What Happened?'

2:49pm August 02, 2016

by Ann Powers

Jessy Wilson and Kallie North bring together gospelized soul and clapboard-church country in a stirring song that calls for action, respect and compassion.

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Watch Ty Segall Perform 'Feel' Live At Pickathon

1:22pm August 02, 2016

by Jerad Walker

The singer-songwriter interrupts the Pickathon calm with a blaring, exuberant rock song.

Colvin & Earle perform live at WXPN's Non-COMMvention at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.

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Colvin & Earle On World Cafe

1:04pm August 02, 2016

The two songwriters finish each other's phrases as they discuss the co-writing process for their new album as a duo. Hear the conversation and watch a live performance.

Ruby Amanfu performs at the 2016 Newport Folk Festival.

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Ruby Amanfu, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016

1:00pm August 02, 2016

by Rachel Horn

You heard her fierce background vocals on Beyoncé's Lemonade. In Amanfu's Newport set, she combined vulnerability with swagger in a way that evoked the pioneering women of rock 'n' roll.

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The Wood Brothers On Mountain Stage

12:06pm August 02, 2016

The sibling folk band, which recently released Paradise, performs six songs live in West Virginia.

Angelica Garcia in a scene from her new video for the song, 'Orange Flower'

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First Watch: Angelica Garcia, 'Orange Flower'

11:53am August 02, 2016

by Sophie Kemp

Follow the young blues rocker Angelica Garcia through a series of terrible dates with a good-for-nothing papier-mâché monster in the new video for her song "Orange Flower."

Liv Bruce (left) and Ben Hopkins of PWR BTTM.

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Just An Average (Glitter-Covered, Gender-Neutral, Utopian) Rock Band

10:54am August 02, 2016

by Marissa Lorusso

PWR BTTM uses familiar pop-punk sounds as a Trojan horse to inject inclusive, campy identity politics into rock stereotypes. No matter who you are, it's easy to feel like you're in on the joke.

A still from the Brazilian band Cabruêra's video for their song "Beira Mar" (Seashore).

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Latitudes: Hear Great Global Music Right Now

8:00am August 02, 2016

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Check out new sounds that range from pummeling post-rock to glossy pop from Brazil, Haiti (by way of Chicago), France (by way of Argentina), Albania and Korea.