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Cassandra Wilson at Newport Jazz Festival

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Cassandra Wilson: Subtle singer, subversive songwriter and 2022 NEA Jazz Master

1:55pm April 07, 2022

Jazz Night profiles singer-songwriter, composer, guitarist and 2022 NEA Jazz Master Cassandra Wilson. Hear tracks from her expansive catalog and listen to stories about her inspiring musical path.

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Tiny Desk Playlist: Jazz Night in America's picks for Jazz Appreciation Month

12:35pm April 07, 2022

by Nikki Birch

In honor of Jazz Appreciation Month, here's a playlist showcasing some of the Jazz Night team's favorite Tiny Desk concerts.

Detail of a photo of Selena fan Olivia Leak, shown holding a poster of the pop star at a memorial held in Los Angeles on April 2, 1995, two days after Selena's murder in Corpus Christi, Texas.

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2 projects revive Selena's music for new generations

12:31pm April 07, 2022

Tejano singer Selena died in 1995. NPR's A Martinez talks to Maria Garcia, creator and host of the podcast Anything for Selena, about projects that will keep Selena's music alive for new generations.

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Florist, 'Red Bird Pt. 2 (Morning)'

12:11pm April 07, 2022

by Elle Mannion

The first single from the band's forthcoming album is an exquisite, flickering track filled with reflections on connection and the cosmos.

Rapper Kidd Creole, whose real name is Nathaniel Glover, is arraigned in New York in 2017 after he was arrested on a murder charge.

Rapper Kidd Creole is convicted of manslaughter in a 2017 fatal stabbing

9:42am April 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

The rapper, whose real name is Nathaniel Glover, was on trial over the death of John Jolly, who was stabbed twice in the chest with a steak knife in midtown Manhattan in August 2017.

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Reissue traces jazz giant Ornette Coleman's 'Genesis of Genius'

2:24pm April 06, 2022

by Kevin Whitehead

Coleman's first LPs from the late 1950s are newly available. They showcase Coleman's sound before he began making the records with his own bands that made him a controversial jazz star.

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Sun's Signature is Damon Reece and Elizabeth Fraser.

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Sun's Signature, 'Golden Air'

12:59pm April 06, 2022

by Lars Gotrich

Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser collaborates with Massive Attack's Damon Reece. As Sun's Signature, they unlock a psychedelic aurora.

Musician Ed Sheeran arrives at the Rolls Building, High Court in central London, last month.

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Ed Sheeran wins a copyright battle over 'Shape of You'

11:39am April 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

The songwriter slammed what he described as a "culture" of baseless lawsuits intended to squeeze money out of artists eager to avoid the expense of a trial.

Caitlyn Smith's new album, High, is out April 8.

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On 'High,' Caitlyn Smith elevates her sound

11:30am April 06, 2022

by Brittney McKenna

Smith has written hits for Miley Cyrus and Garth Brooks, and was set to level up after two records of her own. Then, the pandemic hit. Now, she has a fresh perspective on her new, self-produced album.

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Joan Shelley, 'The Spur'

11:30am April 06, 2022

by Stephen Thompson

No one makes music better suited for moments of hard-won comfort than Joan Shelley.