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Artemis Brings Together An International, Inter-Generational Band Of Women

2:21pm September 28, 2020

by Kevin Whitehead

A few years ago, pianist Renee Rosnes organized a jazz band featuring six female musicians sometimes joined by a singer. These jazz all-stars are in alignment on Artemis' self-titled new album.

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Bright Eyes plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Bright Eyes: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

12:00pm September 28, 2020

by Bob Boilen

Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott perform songs from their latest album, Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was, for our quarantine series.

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Billie Eilish On Speaking Up, Staying Hopeful And Keeping Busy During Lockdown

10:57am September 28, 2020

Eilish and her brother and producer, Finneas, have been spending their time in quarantine writing new music. Hear about their songwriting process, plus a performance of three songs.

Meaghan Maples, aka Mama Haze, was one of the standout artists in the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest.

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'Medicating With Music': How One Tiny Desk Contest Entrant Heals Through Song

7:46pm September 27, 2020

This year's Tiny Desk Contest attracted plenty of talent, including standout entrant Mama Haze, aka California songwriter Meaghan Maples. Her song "On Your Side" was written during a time of healing.

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How TikTok Has Changed The Music Industry

7:42am September 27, 2020

TikTok's fate in the U.S. is unclear, but one thing is: the video-sharing app has been good for emerging artists. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with LA Times pop music critic Mikael Wood.

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The Thistle & Shamrock: New Late Summer Sounds

10:26pm September 25, 2020

Hear new releases from Anadama, Skerryvore, The Black Brothers, and Luke Bloom.

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Listen To The War And Treaty Perform 4 Songs From 'Hearts Town'

12:07pm September 25, 2020

Married and musical duo Tanya Blount-Trotter and Michael Trotter Jr's second full-length tackles topics of jealousy in relationships gone wrong and one of Michael's lowest moments.

Sufjan Stevens, onstage during the Academy Awards on March 4, 2018 in Los Angeles.

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Sufjan Stevens' Fifty States Of Grey

2:23pm September 24, 2020

by Lindsay Zoladz

On his new album, The Ascension, Stevens beautifully considers love, doom and the modern condition of our riven commons.

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Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin On Hope, Suffering And Verdi's 'Requiem'

1:46pm September 24, 2020

by Terry Gross

Nézet-Séguin chose Verdi's Requiem for his 2012 inaugural performance as music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He says the piece now helps him find a sense of connection during the pandemic.

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The album art for SAULT's UNTITLED (Rise)

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SAULT's 'Little Boy' Is A Tribute To Fragile Childhood Innocence

10:08am September 24, 2020

by Marcus J. Moore

This song, part of our 'We Insist' timeline of 2020's noteworthy protest music, was released Sept. 18.