Tag Archives: NPR Music

NPR 50 Great Voices Series - Vote

Posted on November 3, 2009 by bandweblogs

Voice your opinion for NPR's "50 Great Voices" Series

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Vote Today; Top vocalists to be included in year-long series beginning 2010. Whitney Houston. Bob Marley. Edith Piaf. Placido Domingo. Busta Rhymes. Joni Mitchell. Whether influencing a genre or providing the soundtrack that defined a generation, each of these artists has established a firm place in music history. Continue reading →

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Rosanne Cash TV performances: The Today Show, David Letterman + NPR

Posted on September 29, 2009 by bandweblogs

Rosanne Cash to perform on The Today Show and The Late Show with David Letterman during release week for her new album The List

Rosanne Cash

With the release date of her new album for Manhattan Records, The List, nearing on October 6, 2009, acclaimed singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash has announced a series of upcoming television and radio appearances ... Continue reading →

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The Swell Season play intimate NPR Music "Tiny Desk Concert"

Posted on August 12, 2009 by bandweblogs

NPR Music

The Swell Season perform six new songs during intimate NPR Music "Tiny Desk Concert".

The Swell Season

Video and audio podcasts of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova's 34-minute Office Concert available today at npr.org/music ... Continue reading →

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The Decemberists Fall 2009 tour dates; festivals

Posted on July 28, 2009 by bandweblogs

The Decemberists have announced Fall dates for their "A Short Fazed Hovel" 2009 tour. The tour, which features a full performance of their acclaimed new album 'The Hazards of Love', has been earning rave reviews as it crosses the United States from coast to coast, including sold-out performances at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The Decemberists

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NPR Music exclusive: George Wein's Folk Festival 50 + CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 @ Newport, RI

Posted on July 15, 2009 by bandweblogs

NPR Music

NPR Music, together with five partner radio stations, is exclusively live webcasting and broadcasting dozens of performances from George Wein’s Folk Festival 50 and CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 next month in Newport, RI, offering four days of music by some of the country’s most acclaimed artists ... Continue reading →

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NPR Music presents The Phenomenal Handclap Band @ Joe's Pub + FREE download

Posted on July 9, 2009 by bandweblogs

The Phenomenal Handclap Band

NPR Music presents soul singer Lee Fields & The Expressions, New York-based indie collective The Phenomenal Handclap Band, and nine-piece jazz ensemble Fight the Big Bull, joined by Steven Bernstein at Joe's Pub, NYC Tuesday July 21, 2009 ... Continue reading →

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NPR Music streaming entire new Bjork album Voltaic

Posted on June 25, 2009 by bandweblogs

NPR Music

Bjork - Voltaic

NPR Music is streaming a new album of live recordings from the complex and unpredictable singer Bjork, one week ahead of its official release ... Continue reading →

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NPR Music to webcast Animal Collective, Dan Deacon, St. Vincent - 'Live In Concert'

Posted on May 7, 2009 by bandweblogs

NPR Music

NPR Music’s “Live in Concert from All Songs Considered” series will webcast upcoming live concerts with three acclaimed indie music acts: Animal Collective on Monday, May 11; Dan Deacon on Sunday, May 17; and St. Vincent on Friday, May 22, 2009 ... Continue reading →

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The Decemberists Spring 2009 tour dates (NPR, SXSW) - 'The Hazards of Love'

Posted on March 17, 2009 by bandweblogs

The Decemberists

The Decemberists have launched their ambitious new album 'The Hazards of Love' (Capitol Records) today March 17, 2009 with a weeklong exclusive sale of the digital album through the iTunes Store ... Continue reading →

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Laura Gibson 'Beasts of Seasons' album preview @ NPR Music + download MP3; tour dates

Posted on February 19, 2009 by bandweblogs

Laura Gibson - Beasts of Seasons

Steeped in the fingerpick-guitar rudiments of folk music, inspired by the expressionism of classic jazz vocalists, and finding common ground in the minimalism and ear-taunting of the avant garde, with 'Beasts of Seasons' (February 24, 2009, HUSH Records) Laura Gibson offers up an intimate affirmation of mortality; both vulnerable and courageous, ordinary and extraordinary ... Continue reading →

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