Music Interviews

Tamino's latest album, Amir, is out now.

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Tamino Channels Voices From His Arabic Heritage Into His Own Eccentric Sound

6:14pm April 05, 2019

Belgian-Egyptian singer Tamino comes from a long line of musicians and is creating an impressive career of his own by melding together his vocal style with Arab musical theory.

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Cautious Clay inside the World Cafe Performance Studio

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Cautious Clay Took A Bold Leap

12:56pm April 05, 2019

Joshua Karpeh, who records as Cautious Clay, shares his story, reflects on his decision to leave real estate to pursue music full time and explains how being raised by a single mom inspired him.

Despite Lil Nas X's viral hit "Old Town Road" having a blend of rap and country elements, Billboard removed the song from its Hot Country Songs chart.

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Lil Nas X, Country Music's Unlikely Son, Sparks Conversation On Genre And Race

8:19am April 05, 2019

Lil Nas X's viral hit "Old Town Road" was pulled from Billboard's Hot Country Songs Chart, raising questions over discrimination in the country music industry.

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Metric Talks Fundamental Differences In 'Art Of Doubt'

3:58pm April 04, 2019

Co-Founder Jimmy Shaw gave up the producer reins for the first time for Metric's seventh album, Art of Doubt.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin has been the music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 2012.

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For Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Making Music Is 'Like A Religious Call'

3:12pm April 04, 2019

by Terry Gross

Nézet-Séguin uses every part of his body when he conducts — including his eyes, eyebrows, shoulders and feet. He's the music director at New York's Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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The Suitcase Junket performing inside the World Cafe Performance Studio

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The Suitcase Junket Is A Master Of Musical Imagination

12:24pm April 03, 2019

Dried animal bones, thrift store cutlery, baby shoes and yes, a suitcase. Matt Lorenz has turned all these found objects into instruments for his one-man band.

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Family Is Important To Susan Tedeschi And Derek Trucks

4:34pm April 02, 2019

The Tedeschi Trucks Band members — connected by birth or by choice — have been living together on tour for long enough that they count as relatives.

Lang Lang's latest solo record Piano Book is out now.

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From A Piano Virtuoso, An Album For Beginners

8:13am April 02, 2019

Steve Inskeep speaks with superstar pianist Lang Lang about his new album, Piano Book, a reexamination of the classical music repertory he learned as child.

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Soprano Christine Goerke, as Brünnhilde the Valkyrie warrior, at a dress rehearsal for Wagner's Die Walküre at New York's Metropolitan Opera.

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The Valkyrie Who Maxed Out Her Credit Cards: Christine Goerke Sings Brünnhilde

7:55am March 30, 2019

Goerke, who's singing in the current Metropolitan Opera Ring cycle, overcame a vocal crisis to become one of today's leading dramatic sopranos.

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Jenny Lewis Finds A 'Beautiful, Funky Way To Grieve'

2:47pm March 29, 2019

When listening to Lewis' latest, On the Line, a detail that made you laugh the first time might make you tearful the next.