Music & Culture

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Viking's Choice: Glenn Jones, 'Flower Turned Inside-Out'

2:04pm December 10, 2015

by Lars Gotrich

On the acoustic guitarist's sixth album, Fleeting, his compositions leap from the speakers more than ever before. Hear the strings rattle and the room breathe in Jones' meditative new song.

A still from Meg Baird's video for "Don't Weigh Down The Light"

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First Watch: Meg Baird, 'Don't Weigh Down The Light'

12:31pm December 10, 2015

by John Vettese

The psychedelic folk singer's new video lovingly captures the poignancy of gentrification in her old Philadelphia neighborhood.

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Songs We Love: Equals, 'No Ordinary Love'

12:22pm December 10, 2015

by Kiana Fitzgerald

In its new video, East London electronic R&B duo pushes a Sade classic to the brink of discomfort by harnessing the song's natural twinge of strangeness, and taking it a step further.

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Los Mejores: Alt.Latino's Favorite Musicians Of 2015

12:21pm December 10, 2015

by Jasmine Garsd

Colombian soul singers, Miami bad girls, Mexican crooners and many more: Hear the music that rocked our world.

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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Play One For Hanukkah

11:23am December 10, 2015

by Bob Boilen

While the Festival Of Lights is still in full swing, watch Jones perform "8 Days (Of Hanukkah)" as part of a special, holiday-themed Tiny Desk show.

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The Guy Who Makes The Best Cowbells

10:36am December 10, 2015

He has no signs, no store, no advertising. He's in his late 70s and makes all his instruments by hand. But, as percussionists around the world know, nothing sounds like a Cali Rivera cowbell.

Composer Patrick Castillo leads the Third Sound ensemble in a Havana performance in November 2015.

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A New Music Journey From The U.S. To Havana

7:52pm December 09, 2015

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

A misunderstanding morphed into an exciting idea: Take 10 American composers to Cuba. Hear their Havana concert.

Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie Home Companion.

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Sense Of Place Minneapolis: Garrison Keillor

4:58pm December 09, 2015

It ought to come as no surprise that the public radio icon still loves Minnesota.

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Sense Of Place Minneapolis: John Mark Nelson

4:54pm December 09, 2015

Hear a live set from a young singer-songwriter who's thrived in the Twin Cities music scene.

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A handcrafted silver box by the British-Moroccan artist Yahya holds the only known copy of the Wu-Tang Clan double album Once Upon A Time In Shaolin.

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Sole Copy Of Latest Wu-Tang Album Was Sold To 'Pharma Bro'

4:48pm December 09, 2015

by Camila Domonoske

The Wu-Tang Clan made just one copy of Once Upon A Time In Shaolin and sold it, shrouded in secrecy, for millions. Bloomberg Business reveals the buyer: a CEO infamous for a massive drug-price hike.