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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "White Privilege II"

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Macklemore's New Song Is The Nine-Minute 'White Privilege II'

11:43am January 22, 2016

by Bob Boilen

On "White Privilege II," the rapper questions both his position within hip-hop and as a white person unsure of his role in the struggle of black people fighting injustice.

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Wolf Alice: Tiny Desk Concert

9:00am January 22, 2016

by Bob Boilen

Wolf Alice's music can be noisy and primal, but at the Tiny Desk it showed a different side, as it performed three songs from 2015's My Love Is Cool.

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KCRW Presents: Brazilian Girls

2:01pm January 21, 2016

by Jason Bentley

Watch the worldly, danceable band perform a new song, "The Critic," from its first album since 2008.

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Pedrito Martinez, Santero

1:50pm January 21, 2016

by Patrick Jarenwattananon

He's a world-class Afro-Cuban percussionist, the first call of jazz and pop stars. He's also a Santería priest. As he tells us after a traditional ceremony, the two aspects of his life are connected.

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Getting Personal With Alt.Latino Guest DJ Natalia Clavier

1:40pm January 21, 2016

by Felix Contreras

The Argentine singer makes her own music when she's not working with the band Thievery Corporation.

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Songs We Love: Graham Nash, 'This Path Tonight'

9:23am January 21, 2016

by Jim Allen

The singer-songwriter who helped forge the spirit of the '60s treads towards the future, speaks about his first solo album of new music since 2002.

Dr. Dog performs at World Cafe Live in May 2015.

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Watch: Dr. Dog, Live At World Cafe

1:00am January 21, 2016

by John Vettese

Watch the adventurous Philadelphia rock band premiere its new album, Psychedelic Swamp, in a live webcast on Thursday, Jan. 21 at 4:15 p.m. ET.

Hear Anderson .Paak's "Am I Wrong?" on this episode of Metropolis.

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Metropolis: 1/16/16

11:06pm January 20, 2016

Hear new music from Anderson .Paak, Flume, Get Real and more in Jason Bentley's two-hour EDM mix.

Sierra Hull's new album, Weighted Mind, comes out Jan. 29.

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First Listen: Sierra Hull, 'Weighted Mind'

11:02pm January 20, 2016

by Jewly Hight

After a long delay, the former bluegrass prodigy emerges an altogether different creature: a singer-songwriter performing apart from a band, exquisitely pensive even in her approach to the mandolin.

Daniel Wohl's new album, Holographic, displays the emerging composer's gifts as an alchemist in sound.

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First Listen: Daniel Wohl, 'Holographic'

11:00pm January 20, 2016

by Tom Huizenga

Hear how an emerging composer weaves electronic and acoustic instruments in dense, compelling tapestries of sound.