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Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen's voice has been called one-in-a-million.

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From Norway With Horsepower: Soprano Lise Davidsen Is Conquering Opera

4:47pm March 25, 2021

by Tom Huizenga

The young, late-comer to opera is turning heads in the classical world with a powerful voice that can rocket over huge orchestras or pare down to a silvery thread.

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John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, Billy Joe Shaver and Tony Rice are celebrated in this Mountain Stage special.

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A Hole In Our Hearts: Live Performances By Musicians We Lost In 2020

2:59pm March 25, 2021

by Dave Lavender

Mountain Stage celebrates music from those we lost in 2020 with performances by Jerry Jeff Walker, Tony Rice, Billy Joe Shaver and John Prine.

Across Haram, an Islamic term meaning "forbidden," the rappers billy woods and ELUCID dissect all things taboo, and how, ultimately, those commodities are still ubiquitous across cultures.

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Armand Hammer Raps From Another Dimension. It's On Us To Catch Up

1:06pm March 25, 2021

by Marcus J. Moore

For nearly two decades, billy woods and ELUCID have established themselves as cult figures in hip-hop. The duo's new album, Haram, is their most approachable, even if the rhymes are still intricate.

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Myra Melford's Myriad Sounds

12:28pm March 25, 2021

by Sarah Geledi

Jazz Night in America profiles multi-dimensional pianist and composer Myra Melford, who takes us on a musical journey across the spectrum, from the avant-garde to the blues.

A sign of the "Hamilton" marquee at New York City's Richard Rogers Theater on Mar. 12, 2021, commemorating Broadway's "lost year" and a hope to return to live performances by fall 2021.

NYC Mayor Promises To Help Broadway Reopen By September

12:16pm March 25, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

At a Thursday press conference, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a series of public health measures aimed at re-starting New York City's cultural life and theatrical industry.

Travis Stewart is American electronic music producer Machinedrum.

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KCRW Presents Lockdown Listening: Machinedrum

11:00am March 25, 2021

Sam Prekop, Tigran Hamasyan, Nahawa Doumbia and more are featured on the electronic producer's Lockdown Listening playlist.

Johann Sebastian Bach playing the organ, not the lautenwerck, circa 1725. From a print in the British Museum.

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Bach's Favorite Instrument You've Probably Never Heard Of: The Long-Lost Lautenwerck

10:19am March 25, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

The lautenwerck, an instrument like a lute and a harpsichord, almost went extinct in the 19th century, but forensic musicologists are bringing it back to life.

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Buck Meek plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Buck Meek: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

5:00am March 25, 2021

by Bob Boilen

The Big Thief guitarist and vocalist performs a solo Tiny Desk home concert from the back of his Land Cruiser in Topanga Canyon, Calif.

Pharoah Sanders and Sam Shepherd (a.k.a. Floating Points) in the studio making Promises.

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Converging Across Generations To Clear A Space For New Sounds

10:49am March 24, 2021

by Nate Chinen

The avant-garde jazz musician Pharoah Sanders and the electronic composer Sam Shepherd, who records as Floating Points, have created a gorgeous, gemlike new album with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Kermit the Frog performs during the 2019 Newport Folk Festival. "The Rainbow Connection" is now part of the Library of Congress audio collection.

Works By Thomas Edison, Kermit The Frog Inducted Into Library Of Congress

8:12am March 24, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The Library of Congress chose 25 titles considered "audio treasures worthy of preservation" to join the National Recording Registry collection.