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The program creates opportunities for children at Charles T. Lunsford School 19 in the RCSD to benefit from the transformational power of music. -
Hannah Maier interviews Warren Haynes ahead of his show on March 3rd at Kodak Center in Rochester -
Listen above to The Route's afternoon host, Hannah Maier, as she interviews touring band TWEN ahead of their show at The Bug Jar in Rochester on 2/11/2026.
Latest Route Music News
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Ketch Secor of the band, Old Crow Medicine Show, says his group's latest album, Union Made, is a love letter to the United States. It's full of stories from the country's past and present.
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Jermaine Butler, who performs as "Jermaine from the South," entered his Creole-inspired song "Dan Vi-Cila" to NPR's Tiny Desk Contest.
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Patriotic art and music is taking center stage this year under the Trump Administration, as funds shift away from DEI. For some orgs, like the Reagan Presidential Library, this is their wheelhouse. -
Shakira is just one of the pop superstars uniting for the first halftime show for a World Cup final. -
We're in that phase of summer pop doldrums when the same songs seem to be on repeat week after week. Can Stella Lefty, Yung Miami or Malcolm Todd make a run to crack the top 10? -
The singular singer's third album finds a message worthy of her instrument: Great romances are defined not by what you want, but by the act of wanting. -
With the release of the Rolling Stones' latest studio effort, "Foreign Tongues," NPR Music's Ann Powers reviews that album and makes the case for Mick and Keith to keep going as long as they want.
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Kaye's collaboration with Smith began in 1971 and continues to this day. He says she taught him to trust his musical sensibilities — and to always keep evolving. Now 79, he has his first solo album. -
Korean zithers, plumbing pipes, water glasses and singing saws — these are just some of the rare and unusual instruments you'll hear on this episode. Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station. -
Tyler's biggest hit is a perfect encapsulation of what made her a star in the 1980s: An epic power ballad surging with emotion, delivered in a voice that sounded like it might tear the singer apart.
