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Kingfish: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Kingfish: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

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Kingfish: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

October 20, 2020 • The blues prodigy performs a special Tiny Desk show at the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Miss.

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Louder Than A Riot: The Soundtrack

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Louder Than A Riot: The Soundtrack

Louder Than A Riot reveals the interconnected rise of hip-hop and mass incarceration. Follow along with the music featured in every episode.

Viking's Choice

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Viking's Choice

On this week's playlist, Van Halen's jaw-dropping guitar acrobatics (RIP Eddie), Girls in Synthesis' head-stomping noise punk, Emel Mathlouthi's devastating Tunisian blues and Spirit Adrift's screaming epic metal.

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A steady stream of great tunes have popped up on streaming services while coronavirus news has dominated headlines. Here's what you've missed.

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Social Music In An Age Of Social Distancing

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Social Music In An Age Of Social Distancing

How is the Philadelphia jazz community responding to the global pandemic? Pianist Orrin Evans and other musicians are taking on the challenge.

Backxwash, The Metal-Sampling Rapper, Turns Fury Into Forgiveness

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Backxwash, The Metal-Sampling Rapper, Turns Fury Into Forgiveness

Though her music, the queer rapper explores horror and wonder, especially as horror mirrors real racial strife. Backxwash's album has won the Polaris Music Prize.

Lyrics On Trial: Mac Phipps (Pt 2)

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Lyrics On Trial

"A bullet in your brain." What right does the justice system have to decide whether a rapper's words are imagination or intent to kill? In this continuation of Mac Phipps' story, police pressure witnesses, while prosecutors use the artist's own lyrics to build a murder case against him.

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NPR Music presents From The Top program highlights. For the complete From The Top program website, visit www.fromthetop.org.

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