Music Interviews

In 2011, Rolling Stone named Nels Cline one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.

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Guitarist Nels Cline On 'Lovers,' An Album 25 Years In The Making

2:58pm September 08, 2016

Known for the avant-garde sound he brings to Wilco, Cline turns to ballads and jazz standards on his new album. He describes it as a "mood-music record" that isn't "cheesy."

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Soul Singer Sharon Jones: 'The Cancer Is Here, But I Want To Perform'

1:33pm September 05, 2016

In 2013, the The Dap-Kings' lead singer took a hiatus from the band due to a cancer diagnosis. The documentary Miss Sharon Jones! follows her musical comeback. Originally broadcast July 28, 2016.

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LOLO is the American singer, songwriter and actress Lauren Pritchard.

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LOLO: Songs From A Life Reinvented

8:50am September 03, 2016

by NPR Staff

Lauren Pritchard left her tiny Tennessee town for show business before she was old enough to drive. She speaks with Scott Simon about her latest release as LOLO.

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Corinne Bailey Rae Remembers A Night With Her Idol, Prince

4:32pm September 02, 2016

Singer Corinne Bailey Rae reflects on what she learned from Prince.

Dua Lipa visited New York City to make her network television debut on NBC's The Tonight Show.

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Dua Lipa Wants To 'Break America'

8:57pm August 31, 2016

In Episode 3 of Noteworthy, go behind the scenes with one of Europe's fastest rising pop stars as she prepares for her introduction to the United States: a performance on The Tonight Show.

Encore: Glen Campbell Documents Farewell Tour In 'I'll Be Me'

4:28pm August 31, 2016

Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me follows the country singer's goodbye tour and his decline from Alzheimer's disease. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to director James Keach and Campbell's wife, Kim Campbell.

River Whyless' latest album is We All The Light.

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For River Whyless, Songwriting Is 'A Good Way To Wash The Soul'

4:31pm August 30, 2016

by NPR Staff

Ari Shapiro chats with the North Carolina folk band about some of the personal stories behind its album We All the Light.

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Sir the Baptist's debut album is Preacher's Kid.

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Sir The Baptist: A Preacher's Kid Finds His Own Sanctuary In Music

8:39am August 27, 2016

by NPR Staff

Sir the Baptist grew up on the South Side of Chicago. NPR's Scott Simon talks with the singer and rapper about how music became his way of picking up where his father left off.

In 1959, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was performed for the first time by an all-Chinese orchestra and sung in Mandarin.

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Tracing The People's Republic Of Beethoven

6:28pm August 25, 2016

by NPR Staff

The composer's music and life story are deeply woven into China's cultural, social and political fabric, inspiring revolution and providing comfort.

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"It's like we won the lottery twice in a row," drummer Nate Carson says of Witch Mountain's new vocalist, Kayla Dixon.

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Viking's Choice: Witch Mountain, 'Burn You Down'

1:13pm August 25, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

After three stellar albums, the Portland doom-metal band lost its singer. Enter Kayla Dixon, a singer with soul, dynamism, drama, control and poise, all heard in the savage "Burn You Down."