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Singer Bobby McFerrin performs at The 39th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented by Shell - Day 6 at The New Orleans Fair Grounds on May 3, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

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Bobby McFerrin reflects on going from the hotel bar to prescribing 'medicine music'

1:38pm January 20, 2022

Host Christian McBride talks with vocalist and 2020 NEA Jazz Master Bobby McFerrin. We'll hear tracks from his vast catalog, stories from his illustrious career, and an impromptu jam with Christian.

Sierra Ferrell performs live at the 2021 XPoNential Music Festival

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Sierra Ferrell seems to have always known where she was headed

12:18pm January 20, 2022

In this session, Sierra Ferrell talks about her life and adventures so far. Plus, you'll hear live recordings of her performances from last years XPoNential Music Festival.

Tabla player Badal Roy, who worked with both Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman, in 2011.

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Tabla player Badal Roy, known for his cutting-edge jazz collaborations, dies at 82

12:03pm January 20, 2022

by Brad Farberman

The tabla player worked with trailblazing collaborators including Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman.

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Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Kombilesa Mí, Northern Cree, Son Rompe Pera

8:55pm January 19, 2022

by Bob Boilen

For the second consecutive year, NPR teams up with globalFEST for a thrilling online music festival we call Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST.

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Steven Beck, 'Piano Sonata No. 5' (George Walker)

9:18am January 19, 2022

by Tom Huizenga

George Walker's final Piano Sonata might be short in length, but it's long on ideas, unfolding in a colorful thicket of textures and episodes.

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Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: Suistamon Sähkö, Bedouin Burger, ADG7

9:06pm January 18, 2022

by Bob Boilen

For the second consecutive year, NPR teams up with globalFEST for a thrilling online music festival we call Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST.

The Grammys have been rescheduled and moved to Las Vegas

4:41pm January 18, 2022

by Andrew Limbong

The 64th annual Grammy Awards were postponed earlier this month following the rise in the omicron variant. Now the show will be televised on April 3.

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caroline, 'Good morning (red)'

3:49pm January 18, 2022

by Lars Gotrich

The octet's strung-together influences – Talk Talk's whisper-quiet post-rock, The Velvet Underground's yearning drones and Chamberlain's rootsy noodling – mingle with ambition.

Kacey Musgraves performs in Las Vegas on Dec. 6, 2019.

'Wait Wait' for Jan. 15, 2022: With Not My Job guest Kacey Musgraves

11:29am January 18, 2022

Kacey Musgraves got her start in Austin, then left to conquer the world. She's about to do it all again on her Star-Crossed tour, but not before she answers our three questions about national anthems.

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Molly Nilsson, 'Pompeii'

11:01am January 18, 2022

by Otis Hart

The Berlin-based goth-pop artist plumbs the tale of that ever-entwined couple buried in ash in Pompeii as a way into the concept of perpetual love.