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Lara Downes. Her recent album, Phenomenal Women, featured recordings of compositions by Black female composers whose legacies have been overlooked by the classical establishment.

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With Her Recording Series 'Rising Sun,' Lara Downes Re-Centers Black Composers

8:58am March 09, 2021

NPR's Rachel Martin spoke to the pianist about Phenomenal Women, the most recent mini-album in the series, in which Downes re-recorded the work of some deeply impactful female composers.

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Fleet Foxes: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

8:22am March 09, 2021

by Bob Boilen

Watch Fleet Foxes singer Robin Pecknold perform alone at a very tiny desk.

Jeremie Pennick, better known as Benny The Butcher, in a portrait from 2021. His new album, Plugs I Met 2, will be released March 19.

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On 'Plugs I Met 2,' Benny The Butcher Is Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud, Up Front

3:43pm March 08, 2021

by William E. Ketchum III

Butcher came to prominence through the close-knit and much-respected crew Griselda, but is now stepping to the front with a label, sports agency and new album, Plugs I Met 2.

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With 'The Dream' Hailey Whitters Sings About The Ups And Downs Of Showbiz

1:48pm March 08, 2021

by Ken Tucker

The country singer spent more than a decade in Nashville before her first record broke through in 2020. Now she's adding five new songs in an expanded version of that album called, Living The Dream.

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Grace Semler Baldridge, in a still from the lyric video for her song "Razor's Edge," released in 2020.

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Semler, With 'Preacher's Kid,' Writes Music Of Faith For A Real World

10:39am March 08, 2021

In February, an album topped the iTunes Christian album charts unexpectedly – it was Preacher's Kid, in which Grace Semler Baldridge addresses the depths and limitations of Christian culture.

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