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Music From The Mind's Eye

By Lewis Gordon • Feb 18, 2021

On the cover of Pauline Anna Strom's 1982 debut, a Dali-esque eye hatches from a skyborn egg, framed by a rainbow wrapped around the cosmos. The image, painted by Richard "Karma" Moffett, sits against a plateau of perfect white; ornate calligraphic text is superimposed at the top and bottom, powder blue like the atmosphere.

Fans Will Almost Certainly Recognize Taylor Swift's New Single

By & • Feb 18, 2021

Taylor Swift's latest music is a rerecorded version of her hit: "Love Story." A new version of the 2008 album it came from is out in April. It's part of a plan for her to take control of early work.

Rae Khalil: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

By • Feb 18, 2021

NPR Music's Tiny Desk series will celebrate Black History Month by featuring four weeks of Tiny Desk (home) concerts and playlists by Black artists spanning different genres and generations each week. The lineup includes both emerging and established artists who will be performing a Tiny Desk concert for the first time. This celebration highlights the beautiful cornucopia of Black music and our special way of presenting it. We hope you enjoy.

On 'Time To Shine,' Black Violin Focuses On The Light

By & • Feb 17, 2021

Kev Marcus and Wil Baptiste — two artists from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — met 25 years ago, in a high school orchestra class. Growing up, neither one had had much exposure to classical music; both said their parents were more likely to listen to reggae or calypso. Classical music felt like it was supposed to be for other people, which had the effect of drawing them even closer to it. Today, they play as a duo, with Marcus on violin and Baptiste on viola.

2 Chainz: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

By • Feb 17, 2021

NPR Music's Tiny Desk series will celebrate Black History Month by featuring four weeks of Tiny Desk (home) concerts and playlists by Black artists spanning different genres and generations each week. The lineup includes both emerging and established artists who will be performing a Tiny Desk concert for the first time. This celebration highlights the beautiful cornucopia of Black music and our special way of presenting it. We hope you enjoy.

Milford Graves, Visionary Drummer Who Mapped The Music Of The Heart, Dead At 79

By Joshua Jackson • Feb 16, 2021

Drummer, scientist, educator and improviser Milford Graves died in his Queens, N.Y. home around 3 p.m. on Fri., Feb. 12. He was 79. Lois, his wife of sixty-one years, confirmed to NPR that the cause was congestive heart failure, related to a 2018 diagnosis of amyloid cardiomyopathy. Mr.

Rick Ross: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

By Abby O'Neill • Feb 16, 2021

NPR Music's Tiny Desk series will celebrate Black History Month by featuring four weeks of Tiny Desk (home) concerts and playlists by Black artists spanning different genres and generations each week. The lineup includes both emerging and established artists who will be performing a Tiny Desk concert for the first time. This celebration highlights the beautiful cornucopia of Black music and our special way of presenting it. We hope you enjoy.

Carnival Was Cancelled, But The Soca Hits Kept Coming

By Baz Dreisinger • Feb 16, 2021

Public Service Announcement: Check on your Trininadian friends. Check on all of your Caribbean friends. They're not OK. Because for perhaps the first time in Caribbean history, that time of year has rolled around and the unthinkable has become real: Trinidad Carnival. Is. Cancelled.

There's A New Voice On The Folk Music Scene — A Very Young One

By editor • Feb 16, 2021

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

There's a new voice, a very new one, on the folk music scene.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Louie Phipps, a singer, ukulele and guitar player from Northampton, Mass., who's just about to release his first album.

Fania Records Co-Founder Johnny Pacheco Dies At 85

By • Feb 15, 2021

Johnny Pacheco, one of the founders of the iconic Latin music label Fania Records, died Monday at age 85.

Pacheco had been hospitalized in New Jersey for undisclosed reasons, according to Alex Masucci, the brother of Fania co-founder Jerry Masucci. No cause of death was provided.

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