Otis Hart
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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If an artist was willing to confront their truths, Albini was ready to take them into the gaping maw. The recording engineer, who died last week, left an indelible mark on how we hear music.
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Shane MacGowan was a famously hard-drinking but brilliant musician who shot to fame in the 1980s with the folk punk band The Pogues.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer helped write the blueprint for Americana music, with songwriting credits including "The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek."
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The Irish folk duo unveils its new album with a stirring lullaby.
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Listen to one of the many highlights from Ghetts' Conflict of Interest.
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Almost 30 years after her breakthrough, Liz Phair is still writing songs worthy of a greatest hits album.
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Listen to the South African producer's latest bliss transmission.
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Wales, the rural coastal country just west of England, isn't where you'd expect to find one of the year's better bangers, but Juice Menace is here to blow up your Welsh stereotypes.
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The title track to the mysterious collective's fifth LP is an aspirational bop about overcoming social injustice.
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In a Grammy ceremony filled that mixed surprisingly intimate moments with familiar staged bombast, Megan Thee Stallion won best new artist and Beyoncé became the most awarded performer of all time.