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Listeners Share The Music They're Grateful For

4:33pm November 24, 2017

On Thursday, NPR's Ari Shapiro shared his annual Thanksgiving musical chain of gratitude. We had so many listeners reach out with their own musical thanks, that we decided to share a few of them on the air.

Ryan Adams performs live at the World Cafe 25th anniversary concert in Philadelphia.

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Live On World Cafe: Our Favorite Performances Of 2017

2:00pm November 24, 2017

by Talia Schlanger

We've assembled two full hours of World Cafe moments from the past year that made us go "whoa."

Loudon Wainwright III Opens Up About The 'Exes & Excess' That Inform His Music

1:54pm November 24, 2017

Wainwright details his life as a husband, father, son, philanderer and musician in the memoir Liner Notes. Originally broadcast Sept. 6, 2017.

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Ellyn Rucker at Ivory's Piano Bar in Denver on Apr. 22, 1984.

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Ellyn Rucker On Piano Jazz

12:00pm November 24, 2017

On this 1993 episode, the versatile vocalist and pianist joins host Marian McPartland to play the title song from her album This Heart Of Mine.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rehearsals, 2004.

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Dig, If You Will, Some Never-Before-Seen Pictures Of Prince In 'A Private View'

8:00am November 24, 2017

by Tanya Ballard Brown

In his new book, Afshin Shahidi, the artist's personal photographer, shares 250 images covering nearly 10 years of Prince's storied purple reign.

David Greilsammer performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Sept. 28, 2017. (Jennifer Kerrigan/NPR)

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David Greilsammer: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am November 24, 2017

by Tom Huizenga

With a knack for cunning juxtapositions, the adventurous pianist stitches together a baroque sonata, a slice of French serenity and a quirky portrait of a mysterious barn owl.

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Jazz Singer Jon Hendricks Dies At 96

4:40pm November 23, 2017

Time magazine called him the James Joyce of jive. Jon Hendricks could make any lyric swing. He was born in Newark, Ohio, and was best-known as one-third of the hit vocal group, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. Hendricks died yesterday in Manhattan at age 96.