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Noah Cyrus On Growing Up In Public And 'The End Of Everything'

May 24, 2020 - 6:53am

On her latest EP, Noah Cyrus wants you to know that you're not alone in feeling alone. Blending the spirit of classic country music with the sensibilities of today's pop, it's called The End of Everything — which feels like a good title for this moment.

Noah comes from...

Clem Snide With Scott Avett: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

May 23, 2020 - 4:00am

The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It's the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space.

Recording a Tiny...

Inspired By Sleepless Nights, The New Woods Album Is 'Strange To Explain'

May 23, 2020 - 2:15am

The band Woods has always incorporated diffuse influences, taking inspiration from lo-fi rock, Ethiopian jazz and psychedelic folk sounds. Guitarist and vocalist Jeremy Earl, who recently became a father, says his group's latest album, Strange To Explain was influenced by something else — a lack of sleep.

"Those...

New World Records

May 22, 2020 - 10:30pm

March Issue features Devonian folk singer Seth Lakeman who talks about his Mayflower-inspired new project. We also feature Japan’s premier taiko-drumming group, Kodo, prior to their return to the UK. Other features include a piece on music’s role in keeping indigenous languages alive; an interview with the Sámi singer Marja Mortensson; a Beginner’s Guide to the Cuban...

In Their First Collaboration, Lady Gaga And Ariana Grande Get Exuberantly Dystopic

May 22, 2020 - 12:29pm

Lady Gaga released "Rain On Me," the second single ahead of her upcoming album Chromatica midnight Friday morning, followed by a music video Friday afternoon.

Featuring guest vocals from Ariana Grande, "Rain On Me" is Gaga at her electronic-dance-pop most, with those signature booming vocals and even some dramatic...

Bruckner's Clutter

May 22, 2020 - 11:30am

He wrote vast dramatic symphonies but Anton Bruckner led a life that tended to be prosaic and more than a little cluttered. He didn’t look like other musicians of the 1880's. He kept his hair cut so short that many people remembered him as being bald.

He wore a short...

In Cue - "Women's Work"

May 22, 2020 - 10:00am

Not a day went by without music playing in the background in our home. My parents loved music and naturally so did I. My father loved jazz. My mother had an affinity for women in music. Her womanist views profoundly shaped mine while I was still a youngster growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....

Our Daily Breather: Fayette Hauser Recommends Online Craft Parties

May 22, 2020 - 9:00am

Our Daily Breather is a series where we ask writers and artists to recommend one thing that's helping them get through the days of isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.

Who: Fayette Hauser

Where: Los Angeles, Calif.

Recommendation: Making art with friends online

When...

Buddy And Kent Jamz: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

May 22, 2020 - 9:00am

Buddy and...

All That Moby Needs Is To Be Good

May 22, 2020 - 7:03am

Here is the story of how Moby got his second neck tattoo: In early September of 2019, on the eve of his 54th birthday, the electronic music producer born Richard Melville Hall was having lunch at the vegan restaurant in Los Angeles that he owns, Little Pine. When a...

Fabian Almazan And Linda May Han Oh: Alone Together Duets

May 22, 2020 - 7:00am

Before the pandemic hit, bassist Linda May Han Oh and pianist Fabian Almazan were already forces to be reckoned with, but for the most part, they kept their creative practices separate. Oh leads her own groups, including the one for her album Aventurine, and performs as a member...

Stuck At Home, Damien Jurado Says He's Written 3 New Albums

May 22, 2020 - 4:07am

Damien Jurado will admit he has a bit of an addictive personality. In the past two months while stuck at home in Washington state, he's channeled that energy into songwriting. Jurado says he's already written three distinctly different albums in isolation, and that's on top of What's New, Tomboy,...

Rachel Portman Steps Away From The Screen With 'Ask The River'

May 21, 2020 - 4:01pm

Rachel Portman has been scoring films since the 1980s, and in 1997 became the first woman ever to win an Oscar for best original score for her work on Douglas McGrath's Emma. Since then, Portman has scored dozens more films and TV shows, but is now stepping away from the...

The Man I Was Looking For

May 21, 2020 - 3:05pm

He ‘s generally thought of as a singularly English composer, but early in his career, Ralph Vaughan Williams had trouble developing his style in England. He needed the right teacher and he found him in an unexpected place. One of Vaughan Williams' first teachers was Charles Villiers Stanford, who favored...

Stefon Harris: A Generation's Preeminent Voice Of The Vibraphone

May 21, 2020 - 1:04pm

From Lionel Hampton to Milt Jackson, to Bobby Hutcherson and beyond, every jazz generation has had its swinging heroes on the vibraphone. Since around the turn of the century, we've had a leading light in Stefon Harris.

Harris may in fact be the preeminent voice of his...

In The Time Of The Coronavirus, Music Can Unite Us In Life And In Death

May 21, 2020 - 10:15am

Music in general, and folk music in particular, can offer solace and comfort. One of the best examples is the song, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken."

The Ancient Classical Sound of India's Vichitra Veena

May 21, 2020 - 10:00am

The vichitra veena, a rare instrument and the modern form of the ancient ektantri veena, is a stringed slide instrument used in North Indian classical music, negotiated by plucking the strings...

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May 21, 2020 - 10:00am

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Our Daily Breather: Kathy Valentine Says It's The Right Time To Declutter Your Home

May 21, 2020 - 9:00am

Our Daily Breather is a series where we ask writers and artists to recommend one thing that's helping them get through the days of isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.

Who: Kathy Valentine

Where: Austin, Texas

Recommendation: Making space

Here in lockdown with my...

Margo Price Is 'Perfectly Imperfect At The Ryman'

May 21, 2020 - 8:03am

In a world starved of roars of applause, hollers from excitable concertgoers and the warm, worn acoustics of venerated music venues, Margo Price has shared a relic of times gone by with her new live album, Perfectly Imperfect at The Ryman.

Released on the second anniversary Price's sold-out, three-night...

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Noah Cyrus On Growing Up In Public And 'The End Of Everything'

Clem Snide With Scott Avett: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Inspired By Sleepless Nights, The New Woods Album Is 'Strange To Explain'

New World Records

In Their First Collaboration, Lady Gaga And Ariana Grande Get Exuberantly Dystopic

Bruckner's Clutter

In Cue - "Women's Work"

Our Daily Breather: Fayette Hauser Recommends Online Craft Parties

Buddy And Kent Jamz: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

All That Moby Needs Is To Be Good

Fabian Almazan And Linda May Han Oh: Alone Together Duets

Stuck At Home, Damien Jurado Says He's Written 3 New Albums

Rachel Portman Steps Away From The Screen With 'Ask The River'

The Man I Was Looking For

Stefon Harris: A Generation's Preeminent Voice Of The Vibraphone

In The Time Of The Coronavirus, Music Can Unite Us In Life And In Death

The Ancient Classical Sound of India's Vichitra Veena

#1351 May 23, 2020 Broadcast

Our Daily Breather: Kathy Valentine Says It's The Right Time To Declutter Your Home

Margo Price Is 'Perfectly Imperfect At The Ryman'

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