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Natalia Lafourcade Explains The Roots Of 'Hasta La Raíz'

5:26pm January 04, 2016

The Mexican musician revisits the creation of the title track from her Grammy-winning album Hasta La Raíz. "I wanted to sing about something that would remind me of Mexico and home," she says.

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KEXP Presents: Hinds

5:06pm January 04, 2016

by Jim Beckmann

Carefree attitudes, slightly off-kilter harmonies, imperfect pronunciations, frequent signature changes, normcore attire and incurable grins buoy the jangly pop of the young Spanish band.

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Encore: A Tribe Called Quest Recalls Debut Album

4:19pm January 04, 2016

A Tribe Called Quest talk about the 25th anniversary remastered release of People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. This story originally aired on Nov. 13, 2015, on All Things Considered.

The cover of Jeff Buckley's forthcoming collection of demos, You And I.

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World Cafe's 2016 Preview

3:09pm January 04, 2016

The new year in music starts here, as NPR Music's Ann Powers recommends forthcoming releases from Jeff Buckley, Santigold, Wet and more.

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British Singer Ellie Goulding Strikes An Inventive Chord With 'Delirium'

2:35pm January 04, 2016

by Ken Tucker

The "Love Me Like You Do" singer created her new album as an experiment — to see if she could make a "big pop album." Reviewer Ken Tucker says Goulding's experimental effort was worth the risk.

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World Cafe Next: Marlon Williams

2:20pm January 04, 2016

Hear a pair of emotional, stylistically diverse songs from the New Zealander's international debut.

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Osmo Vänskä conducts the Minnesota Orchestra in Havana, Cuba in May 2015.

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Classical Music In 2015: The Year In Review

2:00pm January 04, 2016

by Tom Huizenga

As a new year begins, take a quick glance back at some of the notable birthdays, anniversaries, awards, trends and farewells that made 2015 unique in classical music.

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Songs We Love: Joella DeVille, 'Submit To Ya'

10:06am January 04, 2016

by Kiana Fitzgerald

Jersey City singer-songwriter perfects the art of simple R&B seduction on a track that would have made our "Songs of 2015" list, if there was room for one more.

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Punk Before It Had A Name, Rocket From The Tombs Releases An Album

8:14am January 03, 2016

by David C. Barnett

One of the most influential proto punk bands of the mid-1970s, Rocket from the Tombs, is back together. The group's new album is Black Record.

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Stand Right, Walk Left: The Smooth Swing Of Subway Etiquette

8:14am January 03, 2016

by Yu Sun Chin

Subway commuters in major cities live by unspoken codes of conduct. In Washington, D.C., a local rule of escalator etiquette inspired jazz musicians Aaron Myers and Oren Levine to write a song.