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Sophie Fustec's New Album Is A Journey Through Her Grief

8:00am January 31, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Sophie Fustec, known artistically as La Chica, about her new album La Loba, in which she comes to terms with her brother's recent death.

SOPHIE, seen here performing in London in March 2018, died Saturday morning after an accident.

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SOPHIE, Electronic Music's Transgressive Pop Star, Dead At 34

9:49am January 30, 2021

by Otis Hart

The visionary producer and singer whose music melded house, techno, trance, pop and the avant-garde died after an accident in Athens.

Salisbury Cathedral Organ Plays Majestic Music During Vaccinations

7:54am January 30, 2021

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Salisbury Cathedral's Director of Music David Halls about playing music for those getting vaccinated in the church.

How Four Men With The Same Name Formed The Paul O'Sullivan Band

7:54am January 30, 2021

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with two of the four Paul O'Sullivans in the Paul O'Sullivan band. They formed the group after finding each other on Facebook back in 2016.

"This Time" by Ana Egge is featured in January's edition of Heavy Rotation.

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Heavy Rotation: 20 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

7:00am January 30, 2021

This January, NPR member stations share a mix of the most popular songs on their airwaves, including music from The Avalanches, Jade Bird, Madlib, Run the Jewels and more.

Weezer's new record, OK Human, is an orchestral affair, recorded back to back with a heavy metal album.

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Rivers Cuomo On Weezer's Latest, 'OK Human,' And The Need To Riff (Or Not)

7:36pm January 29, 2021

Cuomo says Weezer is always looking to try the opposite of whatever it just did. Case in point: the band's new orchestral record, made back to back with a metal album.

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Muzz: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

10:41am January 29, 2021

by Bob Boilen

The rock group featuring Paul Banks of Interpol performed a Tiny Desk quarantine set from a theater in New York's Hudson Valley.

Ani DiFranco's latest album, Revolutionary Love, explores the idea of approaching your adversaries with compassion.

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Ani DiFranco Wants Us To Engage In 'Revolutionary Love'

5:07am January 29, 2021

DiFranco's latest album finds inspiration in a book by activist Valerie Kaur, which urges an understanding of and empathy for one's opponents.

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Lost (And Found) In Yonkers: The Billy Lester Story

1:04pm January 28, 2021

Jazz Night shines a light on the reclusive 74-year-old pianist Billy Lester. Lester has spent his whole life in Yonkers, N.Y. We hear his story and listen back to a trio set recorded in 2019.

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Miley Cyrus: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

12:00pm January 28, 2021

by Ann Powers

The provocative pop star covers Mazzy Star's "Fade Into You" and performs two cuts from Plastic Hearts for her Tiny Desk quarantine concert.