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Joan Osborne Returns, With A Very Personal Album

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Joan Osborne Returns, With A Very Personal Album

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November 23, 2020 • Joan Osborne has had a lot of success with music written by other people over the years, but Trouble And Strife is all her.

Joan Osborne On World Cafe

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The Grateful Dead Tribute On Mountain Stage

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The Grateful Dead Tribute On Mountain Stage

April 25, 2019 • In celebration of the Grateful Dead, hear these performances from Catherine Russell, Joan Osborne and Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, live on Mountain Stage.

The Grateful Dead Tribute On Mountain Stage

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Joan Osborne On Mountain Stage

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Joan Osborne On Mountain Stage

February 14, 2019 • Kentucky native Joan Osborne started her music career in 1996 with a Grammy-winning record Relish. Decades later, she continues to explore her vocal versatility.

Joan Osborne On Mountain Stage

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How Claiming Creative Control Helps Women Musicians Stay The Course

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How Claiming Creative Control Helps Women Musicians Stay The Course

February 22, 2018 • The 1990s saw a wave of prominent women musicians who took the reins, creatively and professionally, over their music — and provided a blueprint for lasting careers.

Watch Live: Southern Streams: The Eclectic Roots Of Americana Music

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Watch Live: Southern Streams: The Eclectic Roots Of Americana Music

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September 13, 2017 • Moderated by NPR Music's Ann Powers, the program will feature performances and conversation from Don Bryant, Yola Carter, Raul Malo and Joan Osborne.

Joan Osborne On Mountain Stage

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Joan Osborne On Mountain Stage

June 10, 2014 • Over the years, Osborne has been a pop hitmaker, a bluesy soul singer, a roots-music diva and an R&B crooner. Her latest album brings her closer to the sounds of alternative pop.

Joan Osborne On Mountain Stage

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Joan Osborne On World Cafe

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Joan Osborne On World Cafe

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May 15, 2014 • The singer performs songs from her new album Love and Hate, which took many years to complete.

Joan Osborne On World Cafe

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Joan Osborne On Mountain Stage

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Joan Osborne On Mountain Stage

February 11, 2013 • The singer showcases her sultry, muscular voice with a performance full of soul and blues covers.

Joan Osborne On Mountain Stage

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Joan Osborne In Concert

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Joan Osborne In Concert

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March 30, 2012 • The singer-songwriter recently released a collection of blues and soul cover songs. Hear Osborne perform tracks from Bring It On Home during a webcast from World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.

Joan Osborne In Concert

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Joan Osborne On Mountain Stage

January 25, 2010 • With a prolific music career under her belt, Osborne performs songs from her recent album Little Wild One, in addition to a beautiful cover of Jump, Little Children's song "Cathedrals." Her live performance celebrates the 25th anniversary of Mountain Stage.

Listen Now: Joan Osborne in Concert

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Joan Osborne: The 'Little Wild One' Returns

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October 20, 2008 • On her latest album, Little Wild One, Osborne reunites with the all-star writer-producer team that shaped her Grammy-winning debut, Relish. Well-versed in many genres, she easily navigates between roots-rock, gospel and country on a collection that pays tribute to her New York City home.

Joan Osborne: The 'Little Wild One' Returns

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Joan Osborne: The 'Indomitable Spirit' Of NYC

September 20, 2008 • The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter's new album, Little Wild One, tackles the subjects of post-Sept. 11 New York City and motherhood. Osborne discusses the record and how her new appreciation of New York helped provide the inspiration.

Joan Osborne: The 'Indomitable Spirit' Of NYC

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Joan Osborne: Folk-Pop, Familiar and Original

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November 26, 2006 • Over the course of her nearly two-decade career, singer/songwriter Joan Osborne has gone from relative obscurity to Lilith Fair mainstay to venerated cult act. Combining rootsy, folk-driven Americana with blues, rock and pop, Osborne's music has the peculiar quality of seeming familiar and original at the same time.

Joan Osborne: Folk-Pop, Familiar and Original

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Joan Osborne in Concert

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November 3, 2006 • Over the course of her nearly two-decade career, singer/songwriter Joan Osborne has gone from relative obscurity to Lilith Fair mainstay to venerated cult act. Combining rootsy, folk-driven Americana with blues, rock, and pop, Osborne's music has a peculiar quality of seeming familiar and original at the same time.

Joan Osborne in Concert

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