Music & Culture

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Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard On Small-Town Life, Big-Time Music

3:41pm July 15, 2016

Howard was raised on her father's junkyard in the small town of Athens, Ala. "It was a really interesting way to grow up," she tells Fresh Air. Originally broadcast Jan. 28, 2016.

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Throngs of fans hold up cell phones during a Disclosure concert earlier this year.

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All Songs +1: My Cell Phone Rights At Shows Vs. Yours

3:22pm July 15, 2016

by Robin Hilton

We asked what listeners think about new technology that can disable their phone cameras during concerts. The results surprised us. Hear Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton discuss this divisive issue.

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Across the Blue Ridge #29 - Youngsters tearing up the old time and bluegrass world

3:00pm July 15, 2016

by Paul Brown

Coast to coast and around the world, there's a new crop of musicians storming the roots music world with loads of enthusiasm, great skills, and the sort of down home informality and humility that m

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Carla Bley And Steve Swallow On Piano Jazz

2:28pm July 15, 2016

Bley and Swallow join host Marian McPartland for trio renditions of Carla Bley originals.

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First Listen: Sango And Dave B, 'Tomorrow'

2:22pm July 15, 2016

by Kiana Fitzgerald

The two — one the face of a new-age quiet storm entity and the other a low-key rapper making small, but steady, waves at home — are convincing. Seattle has something to say.

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Guest Dose: Lindstrøm

1:59pm July 15, 2016

by Piotr Orlov

Hear a rare DJ mix from the producer who helped define the psychedelic space-disco sound.

And The Kids in a scene from their new video for the song "Friends Share Lovers"

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First Watch: And The Kids, 'Friends Share Lovers'

12:23pm July 15, 2016

by Sophie Kemp

In the Massachusetts band's new video, members put TV sets on their heads and bare their emotions.

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Three Cities, Four Festivals, One Alt.Latino Weekend

11:38am July 15, 2016

by Felix Contreras

Philadelphia, New York and Chicago hosted four Latin Alternative music festivals within 48 hours of each other. Somehow, we managed to get to all of them.

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Tiny Desk Concert with Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band.

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Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band: Tiny Desk Concert

8:47am July 15, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

There's a point when a jam is just a jam, but when a jam becomes a journey... man. Here, the instrumental rock band turns and churns its long-form compositions into new forms.

An Opera Percussionist Traces Her Path 'From Juilliard to the Orchestra Pit'

3:22pm July 14, 2016

Patti Niemi has been a percussionist for the San Francisco Opera Orchestra since 1992. She speaks with Fresh Air's Sam Briger about performance anxiety, muscle memory and her memoir, Sticking it Out.