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John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson, seen here at Farm Aid last year, will headline the 2024 Outlaw Music Festival tour.

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Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp headline the 2024 Outlaw Music Festival

10:39am February 27, 2024

by Bruce Warren

Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss headline the 2024 Outlaw Music Festival, with appearances by Billy Strings, Celisse, Southern Avenue and Brittney Spencer.

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The piece 'As Slow as Possible' has been in performance for 21 years — so far

6:58am February 27, 2024

by Rob Schmitz

In a German town of Halberstadt, an organ performance that began more than two decades ago is far from over. The piece is expected to be played for 639 years. (Story aired on ATC on Feb. 5 2024.)

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Delbert Anderson is a jazz musician from northern New Mexico.

This Navajo musician's song lasts four-and-a-half years

5:42am February 27, 2024

by Clark Adomaitis

A Navajo musician has begun performing a song that will last as long as the Navajo Long Walk, the forced removal of the tribe from their desert homelands in the 1860s.

The Bat for Lashes beacon has been lit; it's shaped like a bat, of course, but somehow features an intricately woven lace pattern.

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8 Tracks: Are you here to rekindle the flame of love?

4:16pm February 26, 2024

by Lars Gotrich

You, a Pisces full of wisdom, have discovered a new song that lights up your soul. This week on 8 Tracks: Mild to wild obsessions with SZA, Bat for Lashes and Alice Coltrane.

Three generations of McLendons – Elder Goldwire, Antonio and Samara Joy – commune together in conversation at Mother Bethel AME Church in Philadelphia.

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Joy and Praise: The McLendon legacy

4:10pm February 26, 2024

Representatives from three generations of the musical McLendon family — Elder Goldwire, Antonio and Samara Joy — commune together in conversation at Mother Bethel AME Church in Philadelphia.

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Spanish singer Bad Gyal on her debut album and discovering reggaeton in Spain

7:57am February 25, 2024

by Ayesha Rascoe

Spanish singer and songwriter Alba Farelo, better known as Bad Gyal, reflects on the experiences that led to her debut album.

Cuban singer-entertainer Juana Bacallao performs at the "One-Eyed Cat" cafe in Havana in 2010.

Cuban cabaret artist Juana Bacallao dies at 98

7:26pm February 24, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

The legendary nightclub singer died Saturday in her hometown of Havana, according to a statement on social media from Cuba's Ministry of Culture.

The Past Is Still Alive is Alynda Segarra's latest and perhaps most autobiographical album as Hurray for the Riff Raff.

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Hurray for the Riff Raff, the rail-riding teen poet who lived to sing the tale

5:09pm February 23, 2024

On The Past Is Still Alive, Alynda Segarra's latest album as Hurray for the Riff Raff, the shapeshifting folk artist dives into deeply personal stories from their own vagabond youth.

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Tiny Desk Premiere: Kelela

2:06pm February 23, 2024

by Bobby Carter

The artist brings a distinctive, creative vision to her Tiny Desk performance.

For a boy with little, learning to love a castoff trombone

7:28am February 23, 2024

In this week's StoryCorps, a musician reflects on how he ended up playing the trombone. (Story aired on Morning Edition of June 21, 2013.)

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