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Best Music Of 2019

NPR Music's 25 Best Albums Of 2019

December 11, 2019 • We listened, voted and argued our way from more than 250 nominated albums down to just 25. And there was a clear No. 1.

12 Times Women In Country Gave Sexism The Boot In 2019

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Best Music Of 2019

12 Times Women In Country Gave Sexism The Boot In 2019

December 11, 2019 • These Nashville stars helped change the conversation in country music and steer its industry toward a more equitable future.

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The Best Cover Songs Of 2019

December 11, 2019 • Wilco and Tom Waits were some of the year's most-covered artists. Emo and Warped Tour-core got their share of love, too.

Hear Tanya Tucker Perform Selections From Her First Original Album In 17 Years

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Hear Tanya Tucker Perform Selections From Her First Original Album In 17 Years

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November 12, 2019 • Co-produced by Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings, the country legend brings While I'm Livin' to the 20th annual Americana Music Festival.

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Best Music Of 2019

NPR Music's Top 12 Albums Of August

August 30, 2019 • Lana Del Rey balanced bleak beauty with real insight, Young Thug's So Much Fun culminated his influence and Bon Iver offered an album just in time for autumn.

Tanya Tucker Is Back And Taking No Prisoners

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Music Interviews

Tanya Tucker Is Back And Taking No Prisoners

August 23, 2019 • After first shooting to fame in the 1970s, Tucker is back with her first full-length studio album in more than a decade called While I'm Livin'.

Tanya Tucker Is Back And Taking No Prisoners

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New Music Friday: Our Top 8 Albums Out Aug. 23

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New Music Friday: Our Top 8 Albums Out Aug. 23

August 23, 2019 • This week's podcast includes the stadium guitar rock of Sheer Mag, country legend Tanya Tucker, the hip-hop boy band BROCKHAMPTON, a wonderfully strange turn from R&B singer Raphael Saadiq and more.

New Music Friday: Our Top 8 Albums Out Aug. 23

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Tanya Tucker: Living In A Country Song

July 11, 2009 • Tanya Tucker recorded her first hit single when she was 13. Now, after nearly four decades in the music business, a Grammy nomination and a tumultuous past few years, the country singer has released a new album, called My Turn.

Tanya Tucker: Living In A Country Song

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