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Norah Jones on World Cafe

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Kacey Musgraves on World Cafe

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Composer Joe Wong brings his cinematic flair to 'Mere Survival'

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The Jesus and Mary Chain talk about 'Glasgow Eyes'

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Will Liverman's latest album, Show Me The Way, honors women's contributions to music. Daniel Welch/Morahan Arts and Media hide caption

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Baritone Will Liverman celebrates women in new album 'Show Me The Way'

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DJ Shadow on World Cafe

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Yard Act on World Cafe

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Lil Jon finds his calm on Total Meditation, a new album whose reflective title is no joke. Chelsa Christensen /Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Turn down for ... Lil Jon's guided meditation album?

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"I remember any time I traveled to Mexico and other countries in the continent, I felt like, 'I'm Latina, but I'm not exactly like the people here,' Arocena tells NPR. "When I came to Puerto Rico, it was like, 'okay, now I understand.' " Alex Alaya/Brownswood Recordings hide caption

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How Daymé Arocena left Cuba and found a freeing new sound in Afro-Caribbean pop

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Billy Porter's latest album is an ode to 'gay church'

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MGMT opt for a different kind of trip on 'Loss of Life'

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The Past Is Still Alive is Alynda Segarra's latest and perhaps most autobiographical album as Hurray for the Riff Raff. Tommy Kha/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Hurray for the Riff Raff, the rail-riding teen poet who lived to sing the tale

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Allison Russell on World Cafe

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Brittany Howard takes unexpected twists and turns on 'What Now'

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Jennifer Lopez: Then and now

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Sampha on World Cafe

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Jan Vogler plays a 1707 Stradivari cello made during Bach's lifetime. He compares it to learning to swim in an Olympic pool: "the pressure on me is more to have imagination to match the instrument." Zayrha Rodriguez/NPR hide caption

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Amanda Gorman's poetry and Bach's music offer joint message of hope

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