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Kishi Bashi's latest album, Sonderlust, comes out Sept. 16.

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Kishi Bashi Announces New Album, Shares Its First Single

4:38pm July 13, 2016

by Robin Hilton

In an All Songs Considered interview, the musician discusses and shares highlights from Sonderlust, due out Sept. 16. Watch the conversation and hear the album's first single, "Say Yeah."

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Baka Beyond's song "Braighe Locheil" is featured on this week's episode of The Thistle & Shamrock.

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The Thistle & Shamrock: World Beat

4:14pm July 13, 2016

Hear a world of Celtic music with an hour of Afro-, Balkan-, Latin- and country-influenced songs.

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Faith Under Fire: Jay Z's 'Spiritual' Is A Modern Song Of Sorrow

3:49pm July 13, 2016

by Shana L. Redmond

In Jay Z's latest song, released last week after the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, no amount of wealth or prestige allows him to forget that he is a black man, under threat.

The Tenors, shown on the scoreboard, perform the Canadian national anthem prior to the MLB baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday.

Singer Alters Canadian Anthem To Say 'All Lives Matter' At All-Star Game

10:47am July 13, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Remigio Pereira altered two lines to feature the phrase, often used by critics of the Black Lives Matter movement. The other three members of The Tenors called the move "disrespectful" and "shameful."

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Songs We Love: Itasca, 'Buddy'

10:00am July 13, 2016

by Jim Allen

Kayla Cohen brings an airy but mysterious psych-folk feel to the fore, and this fanciful account of alfresco domesticity certainly feels like a slice of vintage Laurel Canyon balladry.

Maxwell performing on the opening night of Essence Festival July 1, 2016.

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Essence This Time: A Festival Evolving

3:00pm July 12, 2016

by Alison Fensterstock

The familial feeling at the annual New Orleans gathering comes partly from its perennial performers, but now, 22 years in, whose nostalgia is being served?

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Mitski Creates A Heightened Remembrance Of Adolescence On 'Puberty 2'

2:21pm July 12, 2016

by Ken Tucker

The young singer-songwriter has described herself as "half-Japanese, half-American, but not fully either." Critic Ken Tucker says her fourth album, Puberty 2, has an impressively wide range of sounds.

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