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Jay-Z, on the red carpet to promote the film The Great Gatsby in New York in 2013.

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Criminal Complaints And Industry Investigations Target Tidal

3:12pm May 14, 2018

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

This follows accusations that the streaming platform faked plays for Beyoncé and Kanye West. On Monday, Norwegian journalists also accused the company of secretly lowering payouts to artists.

Clockwise from left: Courtney Barnett, Gang of Youths, Phoebe Bridgers (photo by Frank Ockenfels).

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Watch Live Sets By Courtney Barnett, Gang Of Youths, Phoebe Bridgers And More

3:08pm May 14, 2018

by Bruce Warren

Visit World Cafe on Tuesday through Friday to stream all of the performances from the 2018 NON-COMMvention, featuring some of Public Radio's favorite artists.

Naia Izumi performs a Tiny Desk Concert on May 7, 2018 (Eslah Attar/NPR).

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Naia Izumi: Tiny Desk Concert

2:52pm May 14, 2018

by Bob Boilen

The winner of this year's Tiny Desk Contest makes his official debut behind the desk.

Caroline Rose performs live at WXPN's Free At Noon Concert at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.

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Caroline Rose On World Cafe

2:07pm May 14, 2018

by Stephen Kallao

Compare her 2014 album I Will Not Be Afraid to her latest, LONER, and you'll find that this singer-songwriter has arrived.

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Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album

11:29am May 14, 2018

by Bob Boilen

Mitski's new album is called Be the Cowboy. She talks with All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen about the lead-off single "Geyser," and the near-desperate passion that went into making it.

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Odetta Hartman's new album is titled Old Rockhounds Never Die.

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'Misery' And The Old-Timey Futurism Of Odetta Hartman

11:17am May 14, 2018

by Stephen Thompson

The first single from Old Rockhounds Never Die is a brisk and unpredictable murder ballad that builds to a dizzying, rampaging climax.

Why Mavericks' Raul Malo Is Excited About Cuban Band Sweet Lizzy Project

10:26am May 14, 2018

Mavericks frontman Raul Malo reflects on his first encounter with the Cuban band Sweet Lizzy Project and what drew him to its music.

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Sweet Lizzy Project started five years ago as a producer-singer duo. It grew from there.

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Sweet Lizzy Project Brings The Sounds Of Havana To Nashville

9:21am May 14, 2018

by Craig Havighurst

The Havana seven-piece is a passion project of Raul Malo, lead singer of The Mavericks and son of Cuban exiles. Malo brought the band to Nashville in hopes they'll launch a career and build a bridge.

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First Listen: Now, Now, 'Saved'

8:43am May 14, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

On its first album in six years, Now, Now perfectly captures pop music's ability to transmute desire and despair into easily hummable enlightenment.

After years of solo silence, André 3000 returns with two new soul-baring songs.

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André 3000 Returns With New Music In Memory Of His Parents

12:00pm May 13, 2018

by Rodney Carmichael

The reclusive half of OutKast dropped two new soul-baring solo songs — and jumped into social media — to celebrate and mourn his mom and dad.