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Friday October 31, 2014

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Music Interviews

In Conversation With George Clinton

October 31, 2014 • Watch the inimitable funk stalwart sit for not one but two interviews about his work and where it comes from. Along the way, he tells stories about his many decades in the music industry.

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Sun Ra Arkestra: Tiny Desk Concert

October 31, 2014 • With costumes inspired by Egyptian symbolism and science fiction, the late jazz innovator's band plays an out-of-this-world set in the NPR Music offices on Halloween.

Thursday October 30, 2014

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Banks: Tiny Desk Concert

October 30, 2014 • On record, Banks is at the center of lavish productions, each suitable for throbbing remixes and banks of swirling lights. Here, though, she serves notice as a powerful singer in her own right.

Banks: Tiny Desk Concert

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Wednesday October 29, 2014

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All Songs TV

First Watch: Greylag, 'Yours To Shake'

October 29, 2014 • Suspense builds throughout Greylag's mesmerizing video for the song "Yours To Shake." It's a moody study on good and evil, and the struggle to know not only which is which, but which we want.

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Tiny Desk

T-Pain: Tiny Desk Concert

October 29, 2014 • We asked the King of Auto-Tune if he'd grace the Tiny Desk without any embellishment or effects to show what's really made his career: his voice, and those songs.

T-Pain: Tiny Desk Concert

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Favorite Sessions

Mikky Ekko, 'Stay' (Live)

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October 29, 2014 • The singer wrote "Stay," a chart-topping hit for Rihanna. Here, Ekko performs it in New York City.

The Funky Tune That Was Too Big For Miles Davis

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Jazz Night In America

The Funky Tune That Was Too Big For Miles Davis

WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center

October 29, 2014 • Trumpeter Wallace Roney played Davis' understudy for many years. So it was fitting when he resurrected a long-lost orchestral composition that Wayne Shorter wrote for his mentor.

Tuesday October 28, 2014

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Front Row

Cayetana, Live In Concert

October 28, 2014 • Led by singer Augusta Koch and her bright blue hair, the Philadelphia punk band performs most of the songs from its melodic debut album, Nervous Like Me, during NPR Music's recent CMJ show.

Monday October 27, 2014

Conor Oberst, 'Zigzagging Toward The Light' (Live)

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Favorite Sessions

Conor Oberst, 'Zigzagging Toward The Light' (Live)

KEXP

October 27, 2014 • The Bright Eyes singer performs live in the studio with fellow singer-songwriter Jonathan Wilson.

Saturday October 25, 2014

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Danish String Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert

October 25, 2014 • The Danish String Quartet doesn't live on Brahms and Beethoven alone. Watch the versatile group play Danish folk tunes, from centuries-old Fanø wedding dances to traditional Roskilde reels.

Danish String Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert

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Thursday October 23, 2014

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Favorite Sessions

Zola Jesus, 'Dangerous Days' (Live)

KCRW

October 23, 2014 • The prolific young singer performs "Dangerous Days" from her pop-minded new album, Taiga.

Wild Beasts: A 'Beautiful Truth' In A Beautiful Bar

The members of Wild Beasts perform for a Field Recordings video shoot at The Campbell Apartment in New York City's Grand Central Station. Mito Habe-Evans/NPR hide caption

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