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Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol, Lou Reed and Moe Tucker from archival photography in a split-screen frame from "The Velvet Underground."

Todd Haynes' new film takes us deep into The Velvet Underground

1:44pm October 14, 2021

by Allyson McCabe

In his first documentary, filmmaker Todd Haynes uses the language of experimental cinema to spotlight the Velvet Underground, a legendary band that flowered within New York's avant-garde art world.

World Cafe celebrates 30 years with a 1991 playlist

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World Cafe 30th Anniversary Playlist, 1991: Tom Petty, Uncle Tupelo And More

11:24am October 14, 2021

by Bruce Warren

World Cafe playlists from 1991 were strong on singers and songwriters, including: Uncle Tupelo, Loreena McKennit, Billy Bragg, Bonnie Raitt, Kirsty McColl, Marc Cohn and Tom Petty.

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Remembering Irish Musician Paddy Moloney

7:34am October 14, 2021

Paddy Moloney, the frontman for the Irish band The Chieftains, died Tuesday at the age of 83. For more than 50 years, his band brought the musical traditions of Ireland to a worldwide audience.

World Cafe celebrates it's 30th Anniversary

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World Cafe celebrates 30 years: Hear the entire first show

7:00am October 14, 2021

by Bruce Warren

At 10 a.m. ET on Oct. 14, 1991, the original World Cafe host David Dye and a small production staff launched the very first Cafe.

Music classes are back in school this year, finally indoors and off Zoom

6:38pm October 13, 2021

by Craig LeMoult

For many students, band and choir classes were a far cry from normal last year — students practiced outside or over Zoom. With students back in school this fall, music classes look almost normal.

The National Museum of African American Music, in Nashville.

A new museum in Nashville centers the artistry of Black musicians

5:26pm October 13, 2021

by Ambriehl Crutchfield

Nashville has long been associated with country music. But a museum devoted to African-American music, which opened earlier this year, sets the record straight about the city's diversity

Tubist Richard Antoine White shares his unlikely path to the stage 'I'm Possible'

1:52pm October 13, 2021

by Dave Davies

White spent his early childhood in poverty in Baltimore, at times sleeping in abandoned houses. He's now principal tubist in the Santa Fe Symphony and the New Mexico Philharmonic.

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Irish uilleann piper Liam O'Flynn is featured in this week's episode.

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The Thistle & Shamrock: Celtic Voices, Part 2

1:04pm October 13, 2021

This week's episode of The Thistle & Shamrock features Liam O'Flynn, Andy M. Stewart and Jean Ritchie.

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Land of Talk, 'Moment Feed'

12:22pm October 13, 2021

by Marissa Lorusso

Elizabeth Powell says the propulsive track from Land of Talk's forthcoming EP was meant to "warm up the room in all senses."

Nicki Nicole performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Nicki Nicole: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

12:22pm October 13, 2021

by Reanna Cruz

Nicki Nicole's Tiny Desk home concert is representative of her artistry writ large, as an artist born in 2000 but with a connection to sounds and styles beyond her years.