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Wear My Headphones: Damon Krukowski On How Digital Culture Changes Us

Damon Krukowski's book, The New Analog, and podcast, Ways of Hearing, explore the ways digital culture has changed how music is both heard and made. Naomi Yang/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Wear My Headphones: Damon Krukowski On How Digital Culture Changes Us

December 22, 2017 • NPR Music's year-end interview series concludes with an analog baby turned digital savant, who says that how we consume music today has become a political, emotional and existential choice.

Analog For The People: Synth Master Tatsuya Takahashi On Engineering Fun

Tatsuya Takahashi at his home workshop in early 2017, surrounded by a few of his signature machines. Akemi Kurosaka/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Analog For The People: Synth Master Tatsuya Takahashi On Engineering Fun

December 22, 2017 • NPR Music's year-end interview series continues with an engineer who's led a quiet movement to create music tools anyone can use.

Define Your Line: Rapsody On Coexisting In Rap's Power Gap

Rapsody released Laila's Wisdom, her sophomore album and first since partnering with Jay-Z's Roc Nation, in September. Roc Nation/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Define Your Line: Rapsody On Coexisting In Rap's Power Gap

December 20, 2017 • As women lit up hip-hop this year, an old idea persisted that only one female MC can wear the crown at a time. Our year-end series continues with an artist determined to coexist without compromise.

Power In Everything: Priests' Katie Alice Greer On Making Space For Art

Katie Alice Greer of Washington, D.C.'s Priests. The band released its full-length debut, Nothing Feels Natural, in the early weeks of 2017. Katie Alice Greer/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Power In Everything: Priests' Katie Alice Greer On Making Space For Art

December 19, 2017 • NPR Music's year-end interview series continues with a punk singer from the nation's capital, who says most conversations about "political art" are missing the point.

Naming The Beast: Jason Isbell And Amanda Shires On Speaking Up In 2017

Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires perform onstage at the 2016 Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival in Franklin, Tenn. Mickey Bernal/Getty Images hide caption

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Naming The Beast: Jason Isbell And Amanda Shires On Speaking Up In 2017

December 18, 2017 • This week, NPR Music is speaking to creators whose work in 2017 captured something unique about a chaotic year. We begin with two musicians whose intertwined careers are a statement in themselves.