NPR Music streams albums from Gang of Four, Wanda Jackson, Joyce DiDonato

NPR Music Streams Entire Albums from Gang of Four, Wanda Jackson and Joyce DiDonato

NPR Music is currently offering advance streams of new albums from Gang of Four, Wanda Jackson and Joyce DiDonato, as part of the site's "First Listen" series. All of the recordings are available weeks before their release, for free on-demand listening at npr.org/music.

Gang of Four: The post-punk legends return with their first album of new material in 16 years. Though the band named the album Content because, they say, "every creative form has been reduced to just that: content," the aggressive and angular 12 tracks belie the blandness of the title. Hear the full album a week before its January 25 release at NPR Music.

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Wanda Jackson: With her new album, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer unsurprisingly declares The Party Ain't Over. Jackson rips through 11 songs handpicked by producer Jack White to show that, in her seventh decade, she's still the Queen of Rock. Join her party at NPR Music.

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Joyce DiDonato: On her new release, the 2010 Gramophone magazine "Artist of the Year" explores her inner Diva, Divo. The playful album finds DiDonato transforming her mezzo-soprano voice to sing 16 opera arias that tell the dramatic tales of both male and female characters. Experience the full range of her repertoire at NPR Music.

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Complete track listings and album information are available at NPR Music, where there are also extensive archives of concerts, interviews and reviews of artists of all genres. NPR Music's "First Listen" series is one of the site's most popular features, and is also currently offering Gregg Allman's new solo record Low Country Blues. The free, multimedia website at npr.org/music offers more than 300 new features monthly and an extensive archive, in collaboration with NPR's newsmagazines, 12 public radio member stations and the passionate NPR community. Many of the site's features are also available to mobile audiences with the NPR Music App for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

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