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Singer Morrissey Says He Has Had Cancer Treatment

1:58pm October 08, 2014

by Bill Chappell

"I have had four cancer-scrapings, but so what. If I die, I die," the English musician and former leader of The Smiths wrote in an email interview with a Spanish-language newspaper.

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On Fania Records And The Music That Made It Matter

12:22pm October 08, 2014

by NPR Staff

Fifty years ago, a New York musician and his lawyer friend started a small record label that would become a global brand, taking salsa music from New York clubs to the rest of the world.

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One Final Offering From John Coltrane

3:35pm October 07, 2014

by Kevin Whitehead

Eight months before he died of cancer, John Coltrane played a concert at Temple University in Philadelphia that proved too much for some listeners.

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Rebecca Rivas, a reporter for the St. Louis American newspaper, captured video of the Ferguson protest at the St. Louis Symphony concert Saturday night.

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A Ferguson Protest Brings New Meaning To Brahms' Requiem In St. Louis

6:30pm October 06, 2014

by NPR Staff

To protest the shooting death of Ferguson, Mo., teenager Mike Brown, audience members at a St. Louis Symphony concert unfurled banners and stood to sing an old union song.

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Alice Gerrard's new album is called Follow the Music.

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'Follow The Music': Alice Gerrard's Life In Folk

10:54am October 03, 2014

by Joel Rose

The title of the singer's new album neatly summarizes the thrust of her career, from her influential collaborations with Hazel Dickens in the '60s to her work as a folk music documentarian.

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Prince has two new albums out, Art Official Age under his own name and Plectrumelectrum with 3RDEYEGIRL (pictured).

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Two Princes: The Purple One Returns In Stereo

12:19pm October 02, 2014

by Tom Moon

Two new albums, a solo effort and a collaboration with the band 3RDEYEGIRL, mark Prince's return to the studio. Tom Moon says that only one fully captures what an explosive performer he can still be.

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The new tribute album Dionne Dionne is a collaboration between singer Dionne Farris (known for her work with Arrested Development) and guitarist Charlie Hunter.

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Dionne Warwick, Reduced To An Essence

7:29pm October 01, 2014

by Oliver Wang

On an unlikely tribute album, singer Dionne Farris and guitarist Charlie Hunter tackle Warwick classics with revealing subtlety — and nods to the musicians' own origins in early-'90s rap.

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Tsapiky: Dance Music Fit For A Funeral

6:14pm October 01, 2014

by Banning Eyre

In the West, we're used to hearing dance music at weddings. In southern Madagascar, guests might hear tsapiky, a regional guitar-band music, at funerals, as well as any other number of ceremonies.

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The Oxford a cappella group Out of the Blue.

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No Lie: Shakira's 'Hips' Gets An Oxford Makeover

3:13pm October 01, 2014

by NPR Staff

The Oxford University men's a cappella group Out of the Blue has its own version of "Hips Don't Lie" — and an endorsement from the pop star herself.

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Between 2006 and 2010, Jason Hamacher made many trips to Syria to photograph and record ancient chants.

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Before War, A Punk Drummer Preserved Syrian Chants

10:01am October 01, 2014

Jason Hamacher wasn't trained as a photographer, a musicologist or a member of a religious community. The former Frodus drummer simply felt compelled to document this music.

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