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New Music Friday: Our Top 7 Albums Out July 26

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New Music Friday: Our Top 7 Albums Out July 26

Our list of the week's best albums includes Cuco's highly anticipated Para Mí, a Spoon greatest hits compilation, rapper YBN Cordae's debut LP, devotional music from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and more.

New Music Friday: Our Top 7 Albums Out July 26

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All Songs +1: What's The First Song A Newborn Should Hear?

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All Songs +1: What's The First Song A Newborn Should Hear?

Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton discuss the best way to introduce your young one to the world of music.

All Songs +1: What's The First Song A Newborn Should Hear?

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All Songs Rewind: The Legacy Of The '90s

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All Songs Rewind: The Legacy Of The '90s

While Bob Boilen's out, Katie Presley and All Songs intern Julian Ring are replaying their favorite episodes of the podcast. Today: A look back at the '90s.

All Songs Rewind: The Legacy Of The '90s

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The '90s Are Back, Or Whatever...

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The '90s Are Back, Or Whatever...

It's been a big year for '90s bands. This week we revisit an episode we originally ran in early 2011 all about the return of the '90s.

The '90s Are Back, Or Whatever...

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Oddest Musical Pairings
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Oddest Musical Pairings

If you've ever seen the infamous video of David Bowie's Christmastime duet with Bing Crosby, then you know musicians are capable of the most imaginative (and baffling) collaborations. On this edition of All Songs Considered we look at odd pairings, some brilliant, and some just so very, very wrong.

Oddest Musical Pairings

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Voice Of Pakistan

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Voice Of Pakistan

With his intense stage presence and relentless drive to improve, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan single-handedly brought Qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music, to the West and the non-Muslim world. In the process, he influenced an unlikely array of music around the world.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Voice Of Pakistan

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Steinski Gives A Sampling History Lesson

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In 1983 Steven "Steinski" Stein and Double Dee created "Lesson 1: The Payoff Mix," a groundbreaking work that forced the music industry and the wider culture to begin to confront issues of sampling technology, intellectual property, fair use and creativity. The sampling pioneer speaks about how the art and legality of sampling has changed music.

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: A Sufi Music Master Revived

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: A Sufi Music Master Revived

Dub Qawwali producer Gaudi mixes his big beats and reggae rhythms to the soaring, passionate vocals of the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, a master of the Sufi devotional music called qawwali.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: A Sufi Music Master Revived

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