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RAYE’s debut full-length, My 21st Century Blues, is one of NPR Music’s picks for the best albums out on Feb. 3.
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British singer RAYE is just 25 years old, but her debut full-length feels
The end of AmazonSmile has some shoppers thinking about how to shop more ethically.
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The end of AmazonSmile has some shoppers thinking about how to shop more ethically.
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With the end
Legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Ian Tyson performs at the Western Folklife Center during the 28th annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, on Feb. 2, 2012, in Elko, Nevada.
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Legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Ian Tyson performs at the Western Folklife Center during the 28th
U.S. President Barack Obama (R) awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Loretta Lynn in the East Room at the White House on November 20, 2013 in Washington, DC.
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U.S. President Barack Obama (R) awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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A year like this one makes hand-wringing about the death of the album seem silly (if anything we should be concerned about the single). Musicians gave us experiences in 2022. Immersive, ambitious, focused, sprawling, explosive, swerving albums expressed their power in any number of ways:
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It took 50 people to make this list of 2022’s 100 best songs. Why put in that much effort, when algorithmically generated playlists can give a listener what they already know they want? Because there’s more to a year than the insulated corners that, in