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Watch Ólafur Arnalds' Tiny Desk Concert

July 19, 2018 • The Icelandic composer is joined by two "ghost" pianists, making mysterious and memorable music at the Tiny Desk.

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On 'Fanfare For The Common Man,' An Anthem For The American Century

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On 'Fanfare For The Common Man,' An Anthem For The American Century

Written in the thick of WWII, Aaron Copland's piece seems to have hope woven between its notes. Mandalit del Barco asks why so many who hear it, from presidents to prog rockers, are still so moved.

ABBA Silver: 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again'

Electric Waterloo: (L to R) Young Tanya (Jessica Keenan Wynn), Young Donna (Lily James) and Young Rosie (Alexa Davies) feel the beat from the tambourine, oh yeah, in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. Jonathan Prime/Universal Pictures hide caption

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ABBA Silver: 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again'

Return with us now to the enchanted isle of Kalokairi, where the sun shines, the water gleams and the populace is unnervingly obsessed with '70s Swedish power-pop — albeit the B-sides, this time out.

Broséwave: 21 Songs For Dudes Who Drink Pink

Sure, the patron saints of roséwave might be Kacey Musgraves and Haim. But roséwave contains multitudes — and now, it's time to hear it for the boys. Samantha Clark & Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption

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Broséwave: 21 Songs For Dudes Who Drink Pink

Gender stereotypes are boring and pink wine is delicious. Roséwave is for everyone — and this playlist, with songs from Drake to Sam Hunt to Weezer, proves it.

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Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear

The Radio Winners - EP

The mother-and-son duo returns with a short set of charming folk songs.

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Daniel Bachman

The Morning Star

With seven tracks stretched across 75 minutes and four LP sides, The Morning Star is the acoustic guitarist's most ambitious effort so far.

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Balún

Prisma Tropical

Balún's blend of electronic pop and traditional Puerto Rican instrumentation marks them as one the island's best musical exports in a very long time.

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Lori McKenna

The Tree

On Lori McKenna's new album The Tree, the beloved writer further cements her status as one of our foremost documentarians of domesticity.

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Nathan Salsburg

Third

What best differentiates Salsburg from his field is the incandescence of his playing, or the feeling that he writes and plays guitar largely because he loves the work as much as he does the results.

1:23:20

Smalltown Supersound

Bugge Wesseltoft & Prins Thomas

Wesseltoft and Thomas bring their extensive backgrounds in jazz and electronic music together to build a bridge between two adjacent generations of Norwegian alchemists.

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