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November 30, 2016

Kate Tempest - Ketamine For Breakfast

Kate Tempest - Ketamine For Breakfast

Kate Tempest - Ketamine For Breakfast

Nov 30, 2016

Kate Tempest - Ketamine For Breakfast

Music News: Prince documentary to be released in 2017

Music News: Prince documentary to be released in 2017

Jay Gabler • Nov 29, 2016

Today's top music news stories include word of a forthcoming Prince documentary, a settlement in the Turtles suit, and controversial political comments by Kate Bush.

Mary Lucia: An interview with Cait O'Riordan

Mary Lucia: An interview with Cait O'Riordan

Mary Lucia • Nov 29, 2016

This week, Mary Lucia interviews singer-songwriter and bassist, Cait O'Riordan, whose musical CV includes playing in the Pogues in the mid-1980s. Lucia and O'Riordan discuss some rules to live by, 'Insomnia Jeopardy' and a writer's sense of nostalgia, among other topics. O'Riordan also shares one of her prouder moments (it involves television and the Irish sport of hurling).

Coffee Break: Title confusion

Coffee Break: Title confusion

Anna Reed • Nov 29, 2016

Adam wrote in with a great suggestion for today's Coffee Break. What songs do you want to hear whose titles never appear in the lyrics?

Today in Music History: Remembering George Harrison

Today in Music History: Remembering George Harrison

Nov 29, 2016

Tiny Tim died on stage in Minneapolis; Oasis singer Liam Gallagher was thought to be missing; John and Yoko's double album was released; and George Harrison passed away, Today in Music History.

Prince’s ‘Sign ‘O’ the Times’ among Grammy Hall of Fame inductees

Prince’s ‘Sign ‘O’ the Times’ among Grammy Hall of Fame inductees

Jay Gabler • Nov 29, 2016

Prince’s 1987 classic Sign “O” the Times is among this year’s inductees into the Grammy Hall of Fame. The album enters the hall alongside 24 additional titles including Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock,” David Bowie’s “Changes,” and N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton. “The Grammy Hall Of Fame was established by the Recording Academy’s National Trustees in 1973 to honor…

Music News: Rolling Stone names Beyonce's 'Lemonade' best album of 2016

Music News: Rolling Stone names Beyonce's 'Lemonade' best album of 2016

Jay Gabler • Nov 29, 2016

Today's top music news stories include Rolling Stone's list of the best albums of the year, a best-videos list from Pitchfork, and an update on Kanye West's condition.

Dead Man Winter's Dave Simonett talks new music, First Avenue show

Dead Man Winter's Dave Simonett talks new music, First Avenue show

Cecilia Johnson • Nov 28, 2016

Dave Simonett (of Trampled By Turtles) stops into the studio to discuss the return of his band Dead Man Winter.

Watch Margo Price's Tiny Desk Concert

Watch Margo Price's Tiny Desk Concert

Bob Boilen • Nov 28, 2016

On the morning after Election Day, the Nashville musician and her band visited the Tiny Desk to play three cathartic country songs loaded with new political meaning.

DJ Pick of the Week: Mary Lucia, The Orwells, 'They Put a Body in the Bayou'

DJ Pick of the Week: Mary Lucia, The Orwells, 'They Put a Body in the Bayou'

Mary Lucia • Nov 28, 2016

The Orwells formed in high school, and they released their debut album 'Disgraceland' in 2014. They're back with another solid rock 'n' roll album, 'Terrible Human Beings,' from which comes Mary Lucia's DJ Pick of the Week: 'They Put a Body in the Bayou.'

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