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Raised In Rock, Marcus King Releases First Solo Album 'El Dorado'

7:55am January 18, 2020

NPR's Scott Simon talks with the 23-year-old guitarist about the tragic event that inspired him to start writing songs and what it was like to collaborate with The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach.

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Yola Carter performs during tiny desk on December, 12, 2019. (Photo by Mhari Shaw/NPR)

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Yola: Tiny Desk Concert

8:16pm January 17, 2020

by Bob Boilen

The singer who once sang for Massive Attack and sampled by Iggy Azalea and The Chemical Brothers, is front-and-center at the Tiny Desk.

"It's crazy to us," Bobbito says of getting recognition for these songs. "That's what we've done for artists for the last 30 years, and now we're the artists."

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On Their Debut Album, Stretch And Bobbito Are Taking 'No Requests'

6:17pm January 17, 2020

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with longtime DJs and producers Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia about their debut album, No Requests, loaded with new renditions of some of their favorite songs.

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Marcus King performs solo in front of an intimate audience at The Lounge at World Cafe

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Hear Marcus King Perform Acoustic Versions Of Tracks From 'El Dorado'

4:51pm January 17, 2020

Hear Marcus King perform songs from his new solo album and share his first memories of playing guitar from The Lounge at World Cafe Live.

Eminem performs on stage during the MTV European Music Awards in 2017.

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Eminem Releases Surprise Album, 'Music To Be Murdered By'

12:59pm January 17, 2020

by Andrew Flanagan

The rapper's 11th studio album is packaged with assists from Black Thought, Ed Sheeran, Q-Tip, Anderson .Paak and the late rapper, Juice WRLD.

The Recording Academy has placed Deborah Dugan on administrative leave. The statement did not specify the nature of the allegation, nor who is accused of committing the misconduct.

Recording Academy CEO Suspended Amid Misconduct Allegations Ahead Of Grammy Awards

10:35am January 17, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The organization that puts on the annual Grammy Awards says Deborah Dugan has been placed on administrative leave after an allegation of misconduct by a senior female member of the organization.

Members of the MN Dance Company appear in the video for BTS's "Black Swan."

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BTS Drops 'Black Swan' — And A Lavishly Choreographed Art Film

7:32am January 17, 2020

by Stephen Thompson

The first single from Map of the Soul: 7, out Feb. 21, is a swirl of string-swept emo-rap introspection. The band released it Friday, alongside a video featuring Slovenia's MN Dance Company.

Jeremy Ivey performs live at WXPN's Free At Noon Concert, recorded live for World Cafe

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Patience Pays Off On Jeremy Ivey's Debut Album

1:11pm January 16, 2020

After backing his wife Margo Price for years, Jeremy Ivey recorded his first solo album at the age of 41. The producer? Who else but Price.

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Andrew Adkins On Mountain Stage

12:00pm January 16, 2020

by Dave Lavender

In this set, West Virginia singer-songwriter Andrew Adkins didn't take long to flex his bluegrass muscles. His music has always comfortably saddled a line between traditionalist and progressive.

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Margo Price's New Song, 'Stone Me,' Sweetly Sneers The Truth

7:11am January 16, 2020

by Lars Gotrich

On her first new song in two years, Margo Price offers a lighters-up ode to fighting sexism.