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Across the Blue Ridge #20 - New Directions in Old Time Music

4:00pm May 13, 2016

Old southern music is new and hot for an upcoming generation of highly trained string players and singers. On this week's Across the Blue Ridge, we hear some adventurous approaches to ancient

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Danilo Pérez performs with Berklee students at the Panama Jazz Festival.

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Danilo Pérez: A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama

3:47pm May 13, 2016

For the pianist and founder, the Panama Jazz Festival is much more than a bunch of concerts in his hometown. It's an exhibition of how music can change a neighborhood, a political climate or a life.

The Heavy's frontman, Kelvin Swaby, performing live for World Cafe.

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The Heavy On World Cafe

3:22pm May 13, 2016

The English band is more than its hit song "How You Like Me Now?"

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Tania Maria On Piano Jazz

2:58pm May 13, 2016

The Brazilian pianist and singer mixes frenetic originals with Antônio Carlos Jobim interpretations.

NPR Music listeners picked James Blake's "I Need A Forest Fire" as their favorite song this week.

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All Songs +1: This Week's Number One Song

2:35pm May 13, 2016

The results of our entirely unscientific and not at all comprehensive poll are in: James Blake's "I Need A Forest Fire" is the most popular song right now with NPR Music listeners.

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The Avett Brothers are joined by other passengers at an airport for a joyful singalong in a scene from a new video for the song "Ain't No Man."

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First Watch: The Avett Brothers, 'Ain't No Man'

10:40am May 13, 2016

by Robin Hilton

An airport terminal becomes the stage for a joyful singalong in a new video for The Avett Brothers' latest foot-stomper, "Ain't No Man."

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Daymé Arocena: Tiny Desk Concert

9:00am May 13, 2016

by Felix Contreras

The Cuban singer's music is fueled by surprisingly mature songwriting (she's only 24), as well as an irrepressible personality that projects warmth, fun and a million-watt smile.

Ukraine's Jamala performs the song "1944" during the semifinals of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday.

Lightshows, Fire, Nudity, Glitter, Wolves: Welcome To Eurovision 2016

6:00am May 13, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The Grand Finals of Europe's famous annual song competition are Saturday at 3 p.m. ET, and will be broadcast in the U.S. for the first time on Logo and LogoTV.com.

The Minnesota Opera's adaptation of The Shining brings the horror story to the stage.

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Even Scarier Than The Book Or Movie: 'The Shining' Is Now An Opera

6:30pm May 12, 2016

by Euan Kerr

"Stephen King's original novel is all about love, death and power," says Pulitzer-winning composer Paul Moravec. "And those are the three foundational components for an opera."

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Catherine Russell: Sunny Side Of The Street

4:23pm May 12, 2016

More than 30 years ago, Sy Oliver arranged a book of music for female vocal trio, for one concert only. The singer Catherine Russell unearths those arrangements at Jazz At Lincoln Center.