Music Interviews

Introducing... is the solo debut of Aaron Frazer, best known for drumming and singing with Durand Jones & the Indications.

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On 'Introducing...,' Aaron Frazer Contemplates Love And The Road Ahead

12:41pm January 10, 2021

Best known for drumming and singing with soul revival band Durand Jones & The Indications, Frazer charts his own course on his solo debut, produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach.

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Barry Gibb's new album, Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1, is a collection of Bee Gees songs reworked as duets with some of the biggest names in Nashville.

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On 'Greenfields,' Barry Gibb Takes The Bee Gees' Legacy To Nashville

7:59am January 08, 2021

Though best known for his disco days, the last living Gibb brother is a lifelong country fan. His new album reimagines the Bee Gees' catalog as duets with some of Nashville's biggest stars.

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Award-winning author Alexander McCall Smith penned the lyrics to These Are The Hands.

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The Thistle & Shamrock: 'These Are The Hands'

8:00am January 07, 2021

Meet internationally-acclaimed author Alexander McCall Smith and award-winning composer James Ross, who collaborated on song cycle These Are The Hands.

Alto saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins is one of our Slingshot artists to watch in 2021.

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Slingshot's 2021 Artists To Watch

2:23pm January 06, 2021

It's a new year, which means new opportunities for emerging artists to rise above the noise. Here are public radio's 17 artists to watch this year.

Brandy Clark's new track for the Morning Edition Song Project is about processing death and celebrating a life well lived.

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On 'Remember Me Beautiful,' Brandy Clark Processes Death And Celebrates Life

5:35am January 06, 2021

Country singer Brandy Clark wrote her new song, "Remember Me Beautiful," for the Morning Edition Song Project after a writing session with friends who had lost relatives during the pandemic.

Justin Lansing (left) and Joe Mailander of the Okee Dokee Brothers have declined their 2021 Grammy Award nomination for best children's album. The duo won the honor in 2013 for their album Can You Canoe? and have amassed five total nominations.

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3 Grammy Contenders Share Outrage At All-White Category, Decline Nominations

5:50pm January 04, 2021

by Mandalit del Barco

The Okee Dokee Brothers, Alastair Moock and Dog on Fleas — three of five acts nominated in the best children's album category — share their equity-based rationalizations for declining the ballot.

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Dale Ann Bradley (left), Tina Adair, Gena Britt and Deanie Richardson (center) of the bluegrass band Sister Sadie do their impression of the rock band Queen.

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Bluegrass Band Sister Sadie Embodies Tradition, But Bends It Too

12:17pm January 01, 2021

by Jewly Hight

This fall, the bluegrass supergroup Sister Sadie became the first all-female band ever to win the top prize at the International Bluegrass Music Association awards.

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Annye Anderson — stepsister of Robert Johnson — published her memoir Brother Robert: Growing Up with Robert Johnson in June.

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'Brother Robert' Reveals True Story Of Growing Up With Blues Legend Robert Johnson

3:52pm December 29, 2020

by Ben James

Annye Anderson, the stepsister of Robert Johnson, whose life became a founding myth of American music, has written a memoir about the real life behind the legend.

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As Coronavirus Put Live Music Events On Hold, A Texas Artist Looked To The Internet

5:00pm December 27, 2020

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with singer-songwriter Carrie Rodriguez about her pandemic online project, "A Song for You."

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M. Ward's New Album Offers His Take On Billie Holiday's 'Lady In Satin'

8:03am December 26, 2020

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with singer-songwriter M. Ward about his new album of Billie Holiday covers, "Think of Spring." He uses an acoustic guitar to bring a folk approach to Holiday's jazz songs.