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Clockwise from upper left: Ari Roar, Beatrice Deer, Ólafur Arnalds, Khruangbin, Whyte Horses

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New Mix: Ólafur Arnalds, Khruangbin, Whyte Horses, Ari Roar, More

12:10pm April 10, 2018

This week's batch of essential new songs includes a curiously gorgeous piano piece from Iceland's Ólafur Arnalds, the punk band Abuse Of Power, summery psych-pop from Whyte Horses and more.

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Phoebe Bridgers inside the World Cafe Performance Studio at WXPN in Philadelphia.

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Phoebe Bridgers Sings An Ode To New Love With 'Georgia' On The World Cafe

11:54am April 10, 2018

by Talia Schlanger

Stranger in the Alps was one of NPR Music's Stephen Thompson's top albums of 2017. Watch Bridgers perform "Georgia" from her World Cafe studio session.

A still from Cape Weather's "Telephono" video.

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Cape Weather's 'Telephono' Outlines L.A. With A Laid-Back Groove

9:59am April 10, 2018

by Cyrena Touros

Cape Weather celebrates the clean, hard lines of some of Los Angeles' most famous buildings in a video for its breezy "Telephono."

Bobby Sessions' new single 'Like Me' traces the lineage of slavery in the U.S. to the present day.

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Songs We Love: Bobby Sessions, 'Like Me'

9:00am April 10, 2018

by Sidney Madden

The Dallas rapper examines America's racist history with an acrimonious and captivating flow.

Lara Bello performs a Tiny Desk Concert on February 22, 2018 (Eslah Attar/NPR).

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Lara Bello: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am April 10, 2018

by Felix Contreras

Flamenco, jazz and classical share the stage in this Tiny Desk from one of our favorite Spanish composers.

Willis Alan Ramsey performing in Austin, Texas on April 17, 2015. The songwriter released his first and only album in 1972, and is said to be preparing his second.

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The Follow-Up

10:11pm April 09, 2018

by Joe Nick Patoski

After releasing his successful debut album in 1972, songwriter Willis Alan Ramsey was the toast of Austin, Texas — and then he sort of... disappeared.

Carlos do Carmo performs in New York for the first time at Town Hall NYC on April 7, 2018 as part of Fado Festival New York.

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At 78, Carlos Do Carmo, The 'Sinatra Of Fado,' Makes His New York Debut

7:52pm April 09, 2018

by Betto Arcos

Carlos do Carmo helped popularize fado, Portugal's national music, and gave it a political edge when Portugal's dictatorship fell in 1974. This past weekend, he brought fado to New York.

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A selection of artists from the first-ever NPR Turning the Tables readers' poll.

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Turning The Tables: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women (As Chosen By You)

3:47pm April 09, 2018

by Ann Powers

The results are in for our reader poll, and your picks for the greatest albums made by women deeply modify and sometimes openly challenge our original Turning the Tables list.

Tiny shorts, tiny hat: Martin Sorrondeguy fronts queercore band Limp Wrist at the Damaged City festival.

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What Does An Inclusive Hardcore Punk Festival Look Like?

2:41pm April 09, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

Six years into Damaged City, the D.C. festival is starting to reflect its younger, more multicultural and gender-fluid crop of artists and attendees.

Liz Brasher performs in the studio at WMOT

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Liz Brasher Performs Unreleased Songs Live In The WMOT Studio

2:27pm April 09, 2018

The NPR Music Slingshot selection melds the blues with fiery rock. Brasher stopped by WMOT in Nashville to perform cuts off her upcoming debut, Outcast.