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Hannah, host of "Candyland," which aired Mondays from 6-8 p.m. on WRUR-FM (Rochester), has been named the new music director of The Route. -
The Grammy-winning artist brings powerful cuts from her forthcoming album, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, as well as fan favorites, to this performance. -
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Latest Route Music News
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Lately, artists are reaching back in time to revisit and retain the spirit of a younger self, opening a door to another world for both themselves and their listeners. -
NPR speaks with cellist Camden Shaw and Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate about the Dover Quartet's album "Woodland Songs," featuring a commissioned suite of character studies of animals.
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Music shouldn't be treated like a game to master — it should be treated like something that affects and potentially changes you. -
Louie TheSinger is out with his first project under a major label, an achievement almost two decades in the making.
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The South African pianist and Zulu healer guides us through a meditation on stillness and an invocation of Blackness. -
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Minnesota Supreme Court Justices Anne McKeig and Sarah Hennesy, about their new amateur all-judge band, The Reasonable Doubts.
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The Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax, Va., features mostly amateur musicians playing Bluegrass and Old Time music. At age 89, it's the oldest continuous competition of its kind in the U.S. -
Bad Bunny's 30-concert residency in San Juan inspires pride in Puerto Rican culture and soothes pangs of sorrow over many people's decision to leave their island in search of opportunity. -
About 500 harmonica players have descended onto the San Antonio River Walk for a convention with a single purpose: preserve and promote the fading use of harmonica in popular music.
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Jordan, who died Aug. 11, was a teen when she first heard a Charlie Parker recording. Later she became part of the jazz scene in Detroit and New York City. Originally broadcast in 1981 and 1988.
