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Itinerant Arias by Christopher Paul Stelling

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Christopher Paul Stelling Explains His New Album 'Itinerant Arias,' Track By Track

12:10am May 05, 2017

by Bob Boilen

Christopher Paul Stelling, a singer and songwriter with a fingerpicked sound and a poetic sensibility all his own, runs through the inspirations of his new record, song by song.

Beauty Pill at The Black Cat in Washington, D.C.

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Bob Boilen's Concert Recommendations: Arto Lindsay, Pinegrove, And Tank & The Bangas

10:24pm May 04, 2017

by Bob Boilen

Bob Boilen recaps and recommends his favorite shows from a busy week of concert attendance.

Activists hold a banner in front of the Pulse nightclub site on Thursday in Orlando, Fla.

Pulse Nightclub Owner Announces Plans For Memorial

5:55pm May 04, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

"This must and will be a healing initiative," said owner Barbara Poma. It will commemorate the victims, survivors and rescue workers at the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

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Sylvan Esso, 'Radio' (Live)

5:25pm May 04, 2017

by Jason Bentley

The dynamic duo's follow-up to its hugely successful debut features one of its best songs yet, which Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn performed live for KCRW.

Magnus August Høiberg, better known as Cashmere Cat, is the producer behind hits like Kanye West's "Wolves." 9, out now, is his first solo album.

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Pop Hitmaker Cashmere Cat On 'Stumbling Upon Something New'

4:37pm May 04, 2017

by Monika Evstatieva

The Norwegian producer has made beats for artists like Kanye West and Ariana Grande. For his debut album, 9, he says he wanted to recapture the feeling of discovering his own sound for the first time.

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Venezulean conductor Gustavo Dudamel, conducting in Vienna, Austria, in January 2017.

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Gustavo Dudamel Addresses Venezuela's Leaders: 'Enough Is Enough'

3:51pm May 04, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Long reticent to address the turmoil in his native country, conductor Gustavo Dudamel posted a lengthy open letter to the Venezuelan president and government today.

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World Cafe Nashville: Ruby Amanfu

3:35pm May 04, 2017

by Ann Powers

Amanfu's sung with everyone from the Nashville Symphony Chorus to Kelly Clarkson to Jack White. Hear her perform unreleased songs with the instrumental duo Steelism.

Allison Pierce's new album, Year Of The Rabbit, comes out Friday.

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Songs We Love: Allison Pierce, 'Fool Him'

2:53pm May 04, 2017

by Stephen Thompson

Known for her work in The Pierces, the singer goes solo with a song about broken trust.

PWR BTTM's latest album, Pageant will be released May 12.

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First Listen: PWR BTTM, 'Pageant'

2:06pm May 04, 2017

by Marissa Lorusso

Pageant is a soundtrack for outsiders on the way to loving themselves — queer and complicated as that process may be.

Cedric Bixler-Zavala onstage in Hollywood during At The Drive In's fall 2000 tour.

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Cut Away, Cut Away: At The Drive In's Lifetime Of Stops And Starts

12:47pm May 04, 2017

by Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib

The band released an era-defining album, nearly died and split up in the space of six months. Its return nearly 20 years later as thrilling and as unsteady as its music has always been.