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Miranda Lambert released her seventh solo album, Wildcard, on Nov. 1. "I'm still stubborn and hardheaded," Lambert says, "But I have a career. People heard me. I don't have to scream it out anymore."

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Miranda Lambert Is In It For The Long Haul

4:26pm November 04, 2019

by Jewly Hight

Lambert, who just put out her seventh album, Wildcard, has closed the gap between serious singer-songwriter and arena-rocking entertainer to become the most riveting country star of her generation.

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D.C.-hailing duo April + VISTA take a new immersive step with "Every Void."

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Heat Check: Off-Kilter Cuts For The In-Between

1:12pm November 04, 2019

by Sidney Madden

From a surprisingly sinister Frank Ocean freebie to a new direction for the normally airy and joyful April + VISTA, these Heat Check selections give you space to suspend yourself.

Mwenso & the Shakes perform live at WXPN's Free At Noon Concert - recorded live for this World Cafe Session.

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The Infectious Joy Of Mwenso & The Shakes

12:04pm November 04, 2019

Emergence [The Process of Coming Into Being] blends jazz, R&B and spoken word in a live album that feels like a Broadway show.

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Violinist Sudan Archives Talks New Album

5:56pm November 02, 2019

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to violinist Sudan Archives about her debut album release, Athena.

Chilean singer-songwriter Víctor Jara is depicted on the guitar of a protester in Santiago. Jara's song, "El Derecho de Vivir en Paz" was sung by a crowd of demonstrators on October 25, 2019.

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'El Derecho De Vivir En Paz' Gives Voice To Protesters In Chile

7:57am November 02, 2019

Amidst the enormous protests against inequality, Chileans turn to song. Music once used to protest the brutal dictator Augusto Pinochet in the '70s has been revamped for the demonstrations.

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My Signature Song: 'No Time At All'

7:57am November 02, 2019

Judy Cohen of New York City shares her signature song, "No Time at All," from the 1972 musical Pippin.

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Rapper Sampa the Great is featured on this month's edition of Heavy Rotation.

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Heavy Rotation: 9 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

7:01am November 02, 2019

From Frank Ocean's latest to Hiss Golden Messenger's tribute to North Carolina educators, these are public radio's most-loved songs of October.

Punk Icon And Memoirist Viv Albertine On A Lifetime Of Fighting The Patriarchy

2:18pm November 01, 2019

by Terry Gross

"We weren't going to try and be this constructed ideal of femininity," the Slit's guitarist says of the band. Albertine's memoir is To Throw Away Unopened. Originally broadcast July 16, 2018.

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Edward Norton Shares His Vision For The Music Of 'Motherless Brooklyn'

12:00pm November 01, 2019

Songs from Wynton Marsalis, Radiohead's Thom Yorke and a pulpy score from Daniel Pemberton all help set a noir scene for the film's 1950s New York setting.

Gang Starr — DJ Premier, left, with MC Guru — photographed in London in 1990. Starting in 2017, Premier spent two years working with archival recordings from Guru, who passed away in 2010.

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DJ Premier Revives The Legendary Gang Starr: 'Together We Bring The Best Dope'

10:20am November 01, 2019

by Mano Sundaresan

With Gang Starr, DJ Premier and Guru established one of the most influential projects in hip-hop history. Now, nine years after the death of their lyricist, comes the return.