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Celebrate New Year's Eve With The Jazz Gallery All-Stars, KOKOROKO

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Toast Of The Nation

Celebrate New Year's Eve With The Jazz Gallery All-Stars, KOKOROKO

Jazz at Lincoln Center

Say goodbye to 2020 and hello to 2021 with live music from some of the best jazz groups performing today, featuring the Catherine Russell Trio, Pink Martini, KOKOROKO and The Jazz Gallery All-Stars.

The Catherine Russell Trio

You're Gonna Hear Them Roar: 'I Am Woman' Is An Anthem Beyond Its Era

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You're Gonna Hear Them Roar: 'I Am Woman' Is An Anthem Beyond Its Era

Helen Reddy's 1972 single captured the spirit of second-wave feminism. Today, its echoes still sound in American culture — including a version that arrived just in time for #MeToo.

You're Gonna Hear Them Roar: 'I Am Woman' Is An Anthem Beyond Its Era

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All Things Considered Host Ari Shapiro Plays DJ

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All Songs Considered

All Things Considered Host Ari Shapiro Plays DJ

The new host for NPR's evening news magazine joins All Songs Considered to discuss musicals, powerful voices and why Paul Simon's Graceland never gets old.

All Things Considered Host Ari Shapiro Plays DJ

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Pink Martini On Mountain Stage

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Mountain Stage

Pink Martini On Mountain Stage

The "little orchestra" plays songs from its latest album, a collaboration with members of the legendary von Trapp family titled Dream a Little Dream.

Pink Martini On Mountain Stage

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Pink Martini's Thomas Lauderdale On 'Song Travels'

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Song Travels

Pink Martini's Thomas Lauderdale On 'Song Travels'

NPR's Ari Shapiro and others join the Pink Martini co-founder in a journey through popular song.

Pink Martini's Thomas Lauderdale On 'Song Travels'

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Pink Martini On World Cafe

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World Cafe

Pink Martini On World Cafe

The small orchestra is colorful and classy with a global sound. Its latest release, Joy to the World, features holiday music from a number of countries. Hear songs from the album, performed live.

Pink Martini On World Cafe

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A Civil Rights Figure's Long Road — To Carnegie Hall

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Music Interviews

A Civil Rights Figure's Long Road — To Carnegie Hall

Myrlie Evers-Williams is the widow of assassinated civil rights activist Medgar Evers. After her husband's death, she became a noted activist herself. But music has always been one of her loves, and she's about to fulfill a longtime dream on the Carnegie stage.

A Civil Rights Figure's Long Road — To Carnegie Hall

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Pink Martini On Mountain Stage

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Mountain Stage

Pink Martini On Mountain Stage

The "little orchestra" brings its playful, globally minded tunes to a live concert in West Virginia.

Pink Martini On Mountain Stage

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Mountain Stage

Pink Martini On Mountain Stage

In this episode of Mountain Stage, we revisit the baroque-pop band's performance from June 2005, the group's first show in West Virginia.

Pink Martini On Mountain Stage

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Pink Martini: A Tale Of Two Songs

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Music News

Pink Martini: A Tale Of Two Songs

The songs "And Then You're Gone" and "But Now I'm Back" began as one, with a little help from Franz Schubert. With some ingenious songwriting and a little help from NPR's Ari Shapiro, together the songs tell the tale of a love lost — and perhaps won again.

Pink Martini: A Tale Of Two Songs

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Song Of The Day

An Imaginary Cup of Tea for Two

Everyone on earth seems to have recorded "Tea for Two," but the multilingual lounge act Pink Martini makes it clear that the cloying classic is a fantasy. Paired with angel-voiced Jimmy Scott, singer China Forbes invests the song with a delicate intimacy.

'Tea for Two' by Pink Martini

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Studio Sessions

The Broken Romances of Pink Martini's 'Eugene'

Across musical styles, genres and cultures, Pink Martini's latest CD explores the heartbreak of a lover spurned. The band performs songs from Hey Eugene!, one so fast it threatens to fly off the musical tracks.

The Broken Romances of Pink Martini's 'Eugene'

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Pink Martini's Dark Take on a Doris Day Classic

You probably know it as such a happy song. But Doris Day's "Que Sera Sera," as performed by Pink Martini, might make you feel downright blue. The band explains its take on the 1956 classic.

Pink Martini's Dark Take on a Doris Day Classic

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Music Interviews

Shaken and Stirred by the Music of Pink Martini

Pianist Thomas Lauderdale and vocalist China Forbes of the globe-trotting 10-piece band Pink Martini talk with NPR's Scott Simon. The group's music can be described as a kind of world cocktail music. Hang On Little Tomato is the ensemble's latest CD.

Shaken and Stirred by the Music of Pink Martini

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