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Lucy Dacus' Conflicted Song About America: 'Forever Half Mast'

10:00am June 25, 2019

by Bob Boilen

The track, which sees the U.S. as "evil" but "not that bad," is being released ahed of the Fourth of July as part of the singer's ongoing series of songs for the holidays.

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Brittany Howard Announces First Solo Album, Shares 'History Repeats'

9:35am June 25, 2019

by Robin Hilton

The Alabama Shakes singer will release Jaime later this summer. The first single, "History Repeats," is a punch-drunk and funk rumination on humanity's inevitable arc toward self-defeat.

Augustin Hadelich's latest album spotlights violin concertos by Johannes Brahms and György Ligeti.

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Opposites Attract: Two Violin Concertos In The Hands Of A Master

4:45pm June 24, 2019

by Tom Huizenga

Augustin Hadelich dazzles in an album of odd bedfellows, which pairs Johannes Brahms' romantic war horse with György Ligeti's modernist stunner.

Watch the Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour perform live from Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.

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Watch The Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour Celebrate 60 Years

2:02pm June 24, 2019

Watch the Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour featuring Christian Sands, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Bria Skonberg, Melissa Aldana, Yasushi Nakamura and Jamison Ross.

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Johnathan Rice's 'The Long Game' Is Not Quite A Breakup Record

1:26pm June 24, 2019

Though it serves as a partial reflection on his relationship with Jenny Lewis, there's more to Rice's latest album.

Tasha Cobbs Leonard plays a Tiny Desk Concert on June 4, 2019 (Shuran Huang/NPR).

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Tasha Cobbs Leonard: Tiny Desk Concert

9:06am June 24, 2019

by Suraya Mohamed

Tasha Cobbs Leonard is widely regarded as one of the best gospel singers performing today. Her set at the Tiny Desk moved many at the NPR offices to tears.

Dave Bartholomew, photographed on January 12, 2013 in New Orleans.

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Dave Bartholomew, A Father Of Rock And Roll, Dead At 100

2:49pm June 23, 2019

by Alison Fensterstock

The Louisiana native became a mentor to Fats Domino, transitioning from well-regarded horn player to producer and arranger of some of rock and roll's bedrock artists.

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Music To My Ears, Candy To The Eye

1:23pm June 23, 2019

by Samuel Clark

When Franz Schubert composed his Piano Sonata 19 in C Minor, he probably didn't t

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The Raconteurs (L-R): Jack Lawrence, Jack White, Patrick Keeler, Brendan Benson

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The Raconteurs Make Their Return: 'We Have This Chemistry'

8:17am June 23, 2019

The Grammy-nominated rock supergroup The Raconteurs are back after 11 years. Jack White and Brendan Benson talk about the band's latest album Help Us, Stranger.

March 1950: Louis Armstrong plays trumpet in his dressing room before a show in New York.

Satchmo In His Adolescence: 1915 Film Clip May Show Young Louis Armstrong

1:38pm June 22, 2019

Music historian James Karst explains his recent research into the early life of the legendary Louis Armstrong.

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