Known for his cosmic-stoner songwriting and freewheeling tunes, Todd Snider’s career spanned three decades.
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Your favorite band has a new single? It might be AI
With AI music generators widely available, scammers are uploading songs to the pages of inactive artists and dead musicians. Spotify says it is cracking down, but the practice persists.
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Willi Carlisle blends the absurd and the sentimental on ‘Winged Victory’
On Winged Victory, songwriter Willi Carlisle weaves between the absurd and the sentimental. NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Carlisle about the 11 tracks of originals and covers.
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‘Weird Al’ Yankovic keeps dorkiness close to his heart
“Weird Al” Yankovic has no trouble tapping into his dorkiness. Perhaps that’s the secret to his decades-spanning appeal. On this week’s Wild Card with Rachel Martin, he talks about aging into his weirdness.
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Could music help us adapt to climate change?
Chris Thile’s new Audible podcast and musical variety show, the Energy Curfew Music Hour uses music to imagine how people can adapt to a world reshaped by climate change.
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Mystic Disc proudly analog and still booming
The fact that Saturday, April 12, is National Record Store Day might leave reasonable people scratching their heads. Why, in an era when you can have instant access to almost any song at the click of a button, do record stores still exist? We visited Mystic Disc to find out. The one room shop has […]
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Opinion: Remembering Marianne Faithfull
NPR’s Scott Simon remembers English singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died this week at the age of 78.
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Radhika Veharia reflects on peace — and Grammy acclaim — in a quiet ashram
In a small ashram nestled on a quiet residential street near Laguna Beach, Radhika Vekaria is finding peace after receiving her first ever Grammy nomination.
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Ela Minus makes beats for ‘dancing and crying’
Colombian musician Ela Minus unites the excitement of the dance club with the more human touch of analog synthesizers on her new album DÍA.
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Christie Dashiell became a musician at school. Then, she became an artist
Reflecting on a transformative residency program, the jazz vocalist now nominated for her first Grammy Award says her album Journey in Black reflects “the expansiveness of the Black experience.”
