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Photos by Patrick T. Fallon/Shotbycozyy/Axle Jozeph/Leon Neal/Theo Wargo/Getty Images/Illustration by Jackie LayThe dam appeared to break in 2024, as South African phenom Tyla made Grammy and chart history. But for a wide field of buzzed-about voices, the path to a crossover has narrowed.
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Let's take a look at how and why "Choosin' Texas" has come to define and dominate the pop charts in 2026.
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A year after pulling its music in protest, the duo is back on Spotify. For Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, that journey has been frustrating, eye-opening — and full of smaller victories.
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A self-described "folkie to the bone," Giddens sings and plays banjo and fiddle in this interview. Her latest album, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, takes its name from an Emily Dickinson poem.
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NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks to Billy Allen of Billy Allen + The Pollies about singing live and finding your voice on their new album, "Live at Muscle Shoals Sound."
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At Bayou Bar, music and food go hand in hand. Which is why a new cookbook from chef Brian Landry and bandleader Peter Harris has recipes from the menu and stories from the musicians who play there.
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Ed Sheeran opened a solo concert Saturday with comments about Gaza after controversy swirled around his tour and supporting acts withdrew in solidarity with opener Macklemore, who was dropped after making pro-Palestinian comments onstage.
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Carly Rae Jepsen has now been releasing critically-acclaimed pop music for more than a decade. And Friday, she's out with her eighth album, called Day and Night.
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The album tells the story of a terrible year that began in the summer of 2023, when Peck nearly died of an overdose before a show.
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Paraguay has one of the fastest growing music industries in South America. At a recent convention and festival, the musical prowess of Paraguayans was on display.
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We celebrate 50 years of a cultural phenomenon unique to Washington, D.C.: go-go music! Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station.
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Wilson, who died Sept. 1, spiced her singing with funk, hip-hop and blues. Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation, and we listen back to Terry's 1988 interview with Wilson.