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5 days ago | 
wshu.org | Kimberly Junod |Stephen Kallao
Adrian Younge's resume is ridiculous. From his breakout score and the cult blaxploitation film Black Dynamite to making the hip-hop meets soul album Something About April, a 21st century sampling goldmine. The composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist has scored several shows like Marvel's Luke Cage and the Colin Farrell noir Sugar. Younge's an iconoclast when it comes to making music. As he proudly attests, every piece of equipment in his studio is analog.
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1 week ago | 
npr.org | Stephen Kallao |Kimberly Junod
Adrian Younge on World Cafe Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1249592904/1269274347" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> "Human Absence – Portschute" "A Música Na Minha Fantasia – The Sound of a Man" "Shot Me in the Heart" Adrian Younge's resume is ridiculous.
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1 week ago | 
wshu.org | Stephen Kallao |Kimberly Junod
The members of Palmyra met on the campus of James Madison University. Early on, they knew that it was going to be a truly collaborative project, says their bassist, Manoa Bell. "It felt like, from the get-go, it was always the idea that we would kind of be three equal members, and I think a lot of that came from having our own projects separately beforehand," Bell says.
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2 weeks ago | 
npr.org | Stephen Kallao |Kimberly Junod
"Buffalo" "Arizona" "Shape I'm In" The members of Palmyra met on the campus of James Madison University. Early on, they knew that it was going to be a truly collaborative project, says their bassist, Manoa Bell. "It felt like, from the get-go, it was always the idea that we would kind of be three equal members, and I think a lot of that came from having our own projects separately beforehand," Bell says.
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3 weeks ago | 
ksut.org | John Morrison |Raina Douris |Kimberly Junod
In 1985, Prince was at the peak of his powers. He'd just won two Grammy Awards and an Oscar for his chart-topping album, Purple Rain. Then he released the psychedelic Around the World in a Day, an album that World Cafe correspondent John Morrison says was a left turn. "Around the World in a Day proved that Prince was an artist that couldn't be tamed by success or the music business or even fans' expectations," Morrison says.
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3 weeks ago | 
wrvo.org | John Morrison |Raina Douris |Kimberly Junod
In 1985, Prince was at the peak of his powers. He'd just won two Grammy Awards and an Oscar for his chart-topping album, Purple Rain. Then he released the psychedelic Around the World in a Day, an album that World Cafe correspondent John Morrison says was a left turn. "Around the World in a Day proved that Prince was an artist that couldn't be tamed by success or the music business or even fans' expectations," Morrison says.
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3 weeks ago | 
npr.org | John Morrison |Raina Douris |Kimberly Junod
The Culture Corner on World Cafe Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1246322287/1269195785" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Prince's Around the World in a Day Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the artist Prince's Around the World in a Day Courtesy of the artist "Paisley Park" "Around the World in a Day" "Raspberry Beret" "Pop Life" In 1985, Prince was at the peak of his powers....
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3 weeks ago | 
wshu.org | Kimberly Junod |Miguel Perez |Miguel Pérez
What is your biggest fear? What's that thing that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up? Makes your skin crawl? Makes you feel that pit in your stomach? Fear can be unpleasant, but it's also a survival instinct. Sometimes, it can even be fun, like when you watch a scary movie. In today's session, recorded in front of an audience at World Cafe Live in Philly, Bartees Strange talks about his new album, Horror. It's an album that sees him facing fears, dissecting them and being shaped by them.
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1 month ago | 
npr.org | Stephen Kallao |Kimberly Junod
"Afterlife" "I Can't Imagine (Why You Feel This Way)""Somethin' Ain't Right" "Comeback Kid" Sharon Van Etten has made a series of impressive solo albums, but for her latest project, Van Etten's backing band got top billing. Enter: The Attachment Theory, featuring longtime collaborators Devra Hoff, Teeny Lieberson and Jorge Balbi. Van Etten says it all started with something she almost never does: studio jams. "It happened pretty naturally," she says.
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1 month ago | 
npr.org | Stephen Kallao |Kimberly Junod
"Wake the Dead" "Betty's Song" "Sally Was a Cop" "Freckle Song" Chuck Prophet is proof you should always stick around for the afterparty. Prophet was playing a gig at Make-Out Room, in San Francisco, and he stuck around for the venue's cumbia night. He immediately fell in love with the music. Prophet says it was one of the pleasurable things that kept him company during the COVID lockdown, while he was recovering from lymphoma.
