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Maggie Rogers' summer mixtape sweats with sweetness

"New Beyoncé is literally good for everybody in the world," Maggie Rogers says of Renaissance, which shares a release date with her own Surrender. "I'm so excited for this record." Olivia Bee/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Roséwave: Your Summer Soundtrack

Maggie Rogers' summer mixtape sweats with sweetness

Filled with pop mosaics, Surrender feels like a quintessentially summer album. Naturally, we asked Maggie Rogers for a roséwave playlist.

A Look Back At Monterey Pop, 50 Years Later

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A Look Back At Monterey Pop, 50 Years Later

Festival organizer Lou Adler, documentarian D.A. Pennebaker and more recall the historic music festival that helped define the Summer of Love and set a template for rock extravaganzas to come.

A Look Back At Monterey Pop, 50 Years Later

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Otis Redding's 'Unfinished Life' Still Resonates

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Otis Redding's 'Unfinished Life' Still Resonates

Nearly 50 years after his untimely death, Redding's influence as a spirit of soul music remains. Jonathan Gould, author of a new biography of the singer, explains why.

Otis Redding's 'Unfinished Life' Still Resonates

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'Respect' Wasn't A Feminist Anthem Until Aretha Franklin Made It One

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'Respect' Wasn't A Feminist Anthem Until Aretha Franklin Made It One

Today, Franklin's recording of "Respect" is definitive. But when she recorded it on Valentine's Day 1967, it was a radical gender-bending of Otis Redding's original.

'Respect' Wasn't A Feminist Anthem Until Aretha Franklin Made It One

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Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On

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Guest DJ: Matty Healy Of The 1975 On Making Music From Now On

The frontman for The 1975 says today's political climate has him thinking more seriously about writing songs that mean something.

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Hear Four New Bryan Ferry Songs

On this week's All Songs Considered, Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry joins hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton to share songs and discuss his upcoming album, Avonmore.

Hear Four New Bryan Ferry Songs

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Capricorn In Retrograde: Macon's Endangered Musical History

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Capricorn In Retrograde: Macon's Endangered Musical History

The Georgia town was home to Otis Redding, Little Richard and Capricorn Records, a label that played a key role in the birth of Southern rock. Now, many of the city's musical landmarks are threatened.

Capricorn In Retrograde: Macon's Endangered Musical History

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Guest DJ Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel talks with Bob Boilen about the 25th anniversary release of Gabriel's classic album, So and shares some of the songs by other artists that have influenced his music.

Guest DJ Peter Gabriel

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Old Music Gets A New Life: Reissues From The '60s And '70s

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Old Music Gets A New Life: Reissues From The '60s And '70s

Each of these records has a raw quality that provides a welcome break from overproduced music. Critic Tom Moon says it's enough to make listeners question whether the computer age of recording is a good thing.

Old Music Gets A New Life: Reissues From The '60s And '70s

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Gnarls Barkley and a Soulful Predecessor

All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen hears something special in the new album from the innovative neo-soul duo Gnarls Barkley. It reminds him of a different groundbreaking soul artist who died more than 40 years ago: Otis Redding.

Gnarls Barkley and a Soulful Predecessor

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Widow of Otis Redding Reflects on Husband's Legacy

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the death of soul singer Otis Redding, and his legacy continues to live on after his premature passing. Zelma Redding, Otis Redding's widow, talks about her late husband and how she's working to keep his legacy alive.

Widow of Otis Redding Reflects on Husband's Legacy

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The Monterey Pop Festival, 40 Years Later

Two years before Woodstock, a music festival in Monterey, Calif., brought together a diverse group of big-name acts including the Mamas and the Papas and Jefferson Airplane as well as some then-unknown performers, notably Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.

The Monterey Pop Festival, 40 Years Later

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Dan Penn: 'A Little Something I Like' in Music

The late 1960s were the golden age of Soul music. In studios located in Muscle Shoals, Ala., and Memphis, Tenn., legends like Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge and Otis Redding were recording songs that proved timeless. And many of them were made with Dan Penn.

Dan Penn: 'A Little Something I Like' in Music

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'(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay'

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'(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay'

Otis Redding's 1967 song was finished by co-writer Steve Cropper after Redding's tragic death.

'(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay'

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