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Tuesday December 12, 2023

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Amplify With Lara Downes

The genre-busting world of keyboardist Robert Glasper

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December 12, 2023 • From the storied Blue Note club in New York, the five-time Grammy-winner talks about the diverse audiences his eclectic music attracts and how he's reshaping the idea of musical genres.

Tuesday October 17, 2023

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How Corinne Bailey Rae and Theaster Gates are preserving Black culture

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October 17, 2023 • On her album, Black Rainbows, Bailey Rae was inspired by the art, books and magazines at the Stony Island Arts Bank, a repository for Black history on Chicago's South Side, created by Gates.

Friday August 18, 2023

Three 6 Mafia turns $4,500 into $45 million with 'Mystic Stylez'

3 members of the Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia. D.J. Paul (from left), Juicy J and Crunchy Black at MTV's Total Request Live on March 22, 2006, in New York City. Peter Kramer/Getty Images Entertainment hide caption

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Three 6 Mafia turns $4,500 into $45 million with 'Mystic Stylez'

August 18, 2023 • In 1995, the Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia took a shoestring DIY approach to recording their debut album, Mystic Stylez. Their example led to a flourishing independent hip-hop scene.

Sarah Cahill performs a Tiny Desk concert July 21, 2023, at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Michael Zamora/NPR/NPR hide caption

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Sarah Cahill: Tiny Desk Concert

August 18, 2023 • The intrepid champion of new music turns her attention to female composers, offering a sampler of works by women across four centuries, including a favorite of Louis XIV and an Ethiopian nun.

Thursday August 17, 2023

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Omar Montes: Tiny Desk Concert

August 17, 2023 • The Spanish artist dances along the border of tradition and modernity in his Tiny Desk performance.

Monday July 31, 2023

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Hip-Hop 50: Rap At The Tiny Desk

July 31, 2023 • Relive the genre's takeover of the Tiny Desk with every hip-hop concert ever, from Rapsody in 2016 through this year's Black Music Month sets.

Friday July 14, 2023

Where's the song of the summer? Plus, the making of Beyoncé's 'Crazy in Love'

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July 14, 2023 • It's been 20 years since Beyoncé's single Crazy in Love poured out of every radio, car speaker and club for a whole summer — setting her up to be the solo star she is today. Host Brittany Luse revisits that moment and shares the surprising story behind the music with show producer Corey Antonio Rose. Then, she sits down with Beyoncé's longtime stylist Ty Hunter, who put together the iconic looks in the Crazy in Love music video. And finally, she discusses why there is no song of the summer for 2023 — and why that matters — with NPR culture editor Bilal Qureshi.

Where's the song of the summer? Plus, the making of Beyoncé's 'Crazy in Love'

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