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Lil Baby performs a livestreamed concert on Sept. 2, 2020, as part of the Red Rocks Unpaused festival in Colorado.

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Lil Baby On Taking Music Apart To See 'The Bigger Picture'

6:01am October 21, 2020

The 25-year-old trap titan discusses his songwriting process, his experience in the criminal justice system and why, even as one of the biggest rappers alive, he doesn't believe he's made it just yet.

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Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon perform a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Leo Kottke And Mike Gordon: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

5:00am October 21, 2020

by Bob Boilen

Phish bassist Mike Gordon and guitarist Leo Kottke perform a magical Tiny Desk quarantine show, with a little help from Phish drummer Jon Fishman.

Jason Flom is the CEO of Lava Records, a board member of The Innocence Project and host of the podcast Wrongful Conviction.

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Jason Flom, The Music Executive With An Ear For Injustice

6:45pm October 20, 2020

by Andrew Limbong

Though he's guided the careers of pop artists including Lorde, Katy Perry and Skid Row, the Lava Records founder is better known lately for his side gig — bringing aid to the wrongfully convicted.

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The Spencer Davis Group in 1966: Pete York (from left), Spencer Davis, Muff Winwood and Steve Winwood. Davis died Monday at the age of 81.

'Gimme Some Lovin' ' Bandleader Spencer Davis Dead at 81

6:31pm October 20, 2020

by Andrew Limbong

The Welsh multi-instrumentalist helped take his self-named band to the Top 10 in the U.S. and the U.K. in the mid-1960s and launched the career of Steve Winwood.

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Latin Jazz Album 'El Duelo' Features Lively Solos And Moments Of Surprising Beauty

2:08pm October 20, 2020

by Kevin Whitehead

For 30 years, trumpet and flugelhorn player Diego Urcola has toured and recorded with Cuba-born saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera. For his own new album, Urcola hired his boss as featured sideman.

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Esteemed jazz musician Toshinori Kondo playing the trumpet.

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Toshinori Kondo, Trailblazing Modern Trumpeter, Dies At 71

1:13pm October 20, 2020

by Nate Chinen

From the '80s on, Kondo stood with a new generation of free-form players, collaborating with a long list of fellow iconoclasts.

Christone "KINGFISH" Ingram plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Kingfish: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

10:54am October 20, 2020

by Abby O'Neill

The blues prodigy performs a special Tiny Desk show at the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Miss.

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Margo Price Defies Expectations With 'That's How Rumors Get Started'

2:14pm October 19, 2020

Margo Price's new album rocks, which might surprise fans who grew to love the Americana star for her crystalline country voice.

Gracie and Rachel perform a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Gracie And Rachel: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

7:23am October 19, 2020

by Bob Boilen

The pop-meet-classical duo perform a quarantine concert from their New York City apartment.

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Have A Musical Instrument Gathering Dust? Nonprofit Will Take Your Donation

5:58am October 19, 2020

Hungry for Music is a nonprofit organization that takes donations of musical instruments, refurbishes them and distributes them to needy music students across the country.

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