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Itzhak Perlman: I'm Not On The Stage To Walk, I'm On It To Play

6:07am November 27, 2015

Steve Inskeep continues his conversation with Itzhak Perlman, who was 13 when he performed on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. When he was four, Perlman contracted polio and has used crutches since.

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This Thanksgiving, Indulge In A Buffet Of Musical Casseroles

5:22am November 26, 2015

Renee Montagne talks to music commentator Miles Hoffman who compares classical music pieces to casseroles. A good casserole needs contrasting but complementary ingredients to make something delicious.

Frank Sinatra in 1947, during a Songs by Sinatra radio broadcast at CBS Radio in New York City.

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An Artist Grows Into His Talent: Revisiting Sinatra's Radio Years

3:19pm November 25, 2015

by Susan Stamberg

"It's these fresh vocal cords that haven't been abused yet, broken in yet." Susan Stamberg dives into Frank Sinatra: A Voice on Air, a box set of rare radio broadcasts.

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Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen has won this year's Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his song cycle let me tell you. It's his first vocal work.

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Hans Abrahamsen Wins The Grawemeyer Award For Music

4:31pm November 24, 2015

by Tom Huizenga

The Danish composer's evocative song cycle let me tell you features an ingenious mashup of all the words allotted to Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

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T-Pain Performs New Songs During A Free Show At NPR's Headquarters

8:09am November 20, 2015

To mark the one-year anniversary of the most popular Tiny Desk Concert ever and the 10th anniversary of his debut album, rapper T-Pain played a concert at NPR's Washington, D.C. headquarters.

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June Millington, the author of the memoir Land of a Thousand Bridges: Island Girl in a Rock & Roll World, on the porch of the Fanny's House of Music in East Nashville. The shop is named after Millington's band, Fanny.

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You've Got A Home: June Millington's Lifelong Journey In Rock

12:20pm November 19, 2015

by Ann Powers

The founding member of Fanny, a groundbreaking all-female rock group, June Millington has everything it takes to be mythologized as a rock hero. Now she's telling her own story.

Soloman Howard performs as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton's Appomattox.

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With More Story To Tell, Opera 'Appomattox' Gets An Update

12:17pm November 16, 2015

by Nathalie Boyd

Creators Philip Glass and Christopher Harmon say the racial unrest in the U.S. since the work first premiered in 2007 forced them to address "changes in the way this country understands itself."

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You and I, an album culled from Jeff Buckley's first demos for Columbia Records, will be released in March.

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New Album Of Previously Unheard Jeff Buckley Recordings To Be Released

2:07pm November 12, 2015

by Ann Powers

The album You and I, due in March, is made up of songs recorded in Buckley's very first studio sessions after signing to Columbia Records, and displays the singer's wide range of influences.

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The Music Of A Struggle: Sam Gleaves' Traditional Revolution

12:34pm November 12, 2015

by Jewly Hight

On Ain't We Brothers, Sam Gleaves makes same-sex relationships a central part of the story of the rural south.

Kalu James moved to Austin, Texas, eight years ago, but bought health insurance for the first time this year. Twenty percent of the city's musicians live below the federal poverty line.

Musicians Struggle To Buy Insurance In A City That Thrives On Music

7:04pm November 11, 2015

by Veronica Zaragovia

The music industry generates $1.6 billion a year for Austin, Texas. But many musicians can't afford the basics, including health insurance. The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians steps in to help.

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