Music Interviews

Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell have been friends and collaborators since the 1970s. Their new album together is called Old Yellow Moon.

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Emmylou Harris And Rodney Crowell: Harmonizing To That 'Old Yellow Moon'

10:21am March 28, 2013

Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell have been friends and collaborators since they first met in 1974. While they always wanted to make an album together, they never got around to it until now. Old Yellow Moon includes songs by Crowell, Patti Scialfa, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson among others.

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Classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein (left) and singer-songwriter Tift Merrit collaborate on the new album Night.

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Merritt And Dinnerstein, A Musical Odd Couple, On Bridging Their Worlds

12:35pm March 26, 2013

by NPR Staff

Singer-songwriter Tift Merritt and classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein say the challenge of their new collaborative album, Night, was creating a language they could both speak. They discuss the project and perform live.

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Kenneth Pattengale (left) and Joey Ryan, who record as The Milk Carton Kids. Their new album is called The Ash & Clay.

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The Milk Carton Kids: At Life's Crossroads, A Duo Looks Both Ways

9:28am March 24, 2013

by NPR Staff

Both newly 30, Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan reflect on the past and relish the present on their upcoming release, The Ash & Clay.

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Justin Timberlake performs at Myspace Secret Show at SXSW on March 16 in Austin, Texas.

Timberlake On 'N Sync, Acting And Bringing Sexy Back

1:59pm March 22, 2013

Justin Timberlake rocketed to stardom as a teen heartthrob in the band 'N Sync. He has gone on to be a successful solo artist — and expanded his career into both comedic and dramatic roles on-screen. He discusses his long career in showbiz, his SNL digital shorts and his transition to film.

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An image for Son of Rogues Gallery's cover art.

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Rock Icons Sing Pirate Songs On 'Son Of Rogues Gallery'

1:54pm March 21, 2013

Tom Waits, Patti Smith, Marc Almond, Marianne Faithfull, Shane MacGowan and others appear on a new two-disc compilation of pirate ballads and sea songs called Son of Rogues Gallery. Here, Terry Gross talks with Hal Willner, the project's producer, about some of the stories behind the project.

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Kacey Musgraves' new album is titled Same Trailer Different Park.

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Kacey Musgraves, Country Music's New 'Golden' Girl

10:32am March 17, 2013

by NPR Staff

Hailing from the tiny Texas town of Golden, the 24-year-old singer is disarmingly nimble with words. She's already made a splash writing songs for NBC's Nashville; her major label debut, Same Trailer Different Park, is out next week.

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Visual art has long been one of Taussig's many side pursuits. This piece, "The Fool," is part of a series of collage-based reinterpretations of tarot cards.

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At South By Southwest, A 71-Year-Old Guitarist Makes A Belated Debut

12:42pm March 15, 2013

by Alex Cohen

On an album released nearly 50 years ago Harry Taussig demonstrated an accomplished, self-taught style of improvisational guitar. This week in Austin, Texas Taussig will perform in public for the first time.

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Toro y Moi's latest album is titled Anything in Return.

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Toro Y Moi: A Pioneer Of 'Chillwave' On California's Complications

9:48pm March 14, 2013

by NPR Staff

For electro-pop artist Toro y Moi, change is hard — but not necessarily uncomfortable.

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Composer and producer Adrian Younge has produced two new albums: one with William Hart of The Delfonics and another with rapper Ghostface Killah.

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Adrian Younge: Looking Back To Move Hip-Hop Forward

5:13pm March 12, 2013

Spaghetti Westerns, Philadelphia soul, opera and the Wu-Tang Clan all come together in the music of Adrian Younge. He has produced and composed two new albums — one with William Hart, the lead singer of The Delfonics, and another with rapper Ghostface Killah.

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Adam Kantor and Betsy Woolfe star in the current off-Broadway revival of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years.

'The Last Five Years' Returns To New York

5:01pm March 10, 2013

by NPR Staff

A cult-favorite musical, The Last Five Years is a semi-autobiographical look at one couple's failed marriage. A revival hits off-Broadway this week, and the show's creator Jason Robert Brown joins host Jacki Lyden to talk about the last 11 years of the little show that could.

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