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Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the Philadelphia Orchestra with pianist Jan Lisiecki at Carnegie Hall in a program inspired by Vienna.

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The Philadelphia Orchestra Brings Vienna To Carnegie Hall

3:01pm January 15, 2016

by Tom Huizenga

With a Strauss waltz, a cheeky take on Strauss and a Beethoven concerto, conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin conjures the sound of old Vienna, once the musical capital of Europe.

'Fiddler' Songwriters Discuss Putting Themselves In The 'Soul Of The Characters'

2:07pm January 15, 2016

Together Sheldon Harnick and the late Jerry Bock wrote the songs for the Broadway show Fiddler on the Roof. Both men spoke to Fresh Air in 2004; Harnick spoke to Fresh Air again in 2014.

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G. Love performs songs from Love Saves The Day in the World Cafe studio.

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G. Love On World Cafe

1:46pm January 15, 2016

The Philly artist, now working solo, features some heavy-hitting guests on his new album.

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Jane Ira Bloom On Piano Jazz

11:14am January 15, 2016

The soprano saxophonist is known for her high-energy compositions. Hear a 1993 session.

The Oh Hellos perform live at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston.

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Front Row: The Oh Hellos, 'Dear Wormwood'

11:05am January 15, 2016

by Greg Shea

Watch the nine-person band superbly translate a haunting chorus to a live setting.

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Songs We Love: Tribu Baharú, 'Made in Tribu Baharú'

9:16am January 15, 2016

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

An infectious dance anthem from the current champions of champeta, the Colombian Caribbean coast's take on West African highlife and soukous.

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Benny Sings: Tiny Desk Concert

9:00am January 15, 2016

by Bobby Carter

The Dutch singer layers R&B, jazz and pop over hip-hop beats in his first-ever U.S. appearance.

Singer-songwriter Simone White in a scene from her new video for "Interference."

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First Watch: Simone White & Renier Zonneveld, 'Interference'

7:00am January 15, 2016

by Robin Hilton

The L.A. singer-songwriter's latest trip through the surreal is inspired, in part, by the California drought and overpopulation.

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Foals On World Cafe

6:20pm January 14, 2016

There's no balcony from which to stage-dive in the World Cafe studio, but the U.K. rock band still lays down an energetic session.

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Songs We Love: Margo Price, 'About To Find Out'

4:20pm January 14, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

A cackling, bridge-burning anthem of the tallest order, sung with a sweetly cutting twang (a la Dolly) by the first country artist signed to Jack White's Third Man.