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The English band's sophomore album, <em>moisturizer, </em>is out today. Co-founder Rhian Teasdale joins <em>World Cafe </em>to talk about it.

The hip-hop duo delivers its best live performance ever recorded and one of the hardest Tiny Desks of all time.

The Library of Congress' new collection includes more than 5,000 items from the Broadway legend, including ideas for <em>Sweeney Todd</em> lyrics and notes for Glynis Johns as she sang "Send in the Clowns."

We're joined by music historian and professor Rickey Vincent to talk about the legacy of Sly Stone. He talks to us about what made the funk icon so special and why there'll never be another like Sly again.

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson is back with Celia Gregory of Nashville public radio station WNXP to talk through this week's best new music.

The Memphis band performs songs from their new album, <em>Family</em>.

The alt-rock icon performs music from her debut solo album, <em>Nobody Loves You More.</em>

Amid a cluster of top 10 album debuts this week, there's a left-field hit with staying power: the soundtrack to the Netflix original movie <em>KPop Demon Hunters</em>, which surges into the top five.

A central figure in the folk revival of the '60s, Kweskin has a brand new album out called <em>Doing Things Right.</em>

Another departure from the Kennedy Center: Composer, pianist, educator and bandleader Jason Moran announced on social media that he is no longer the artistic director for jazz. Moran joined the Kennedy Center in 2011.

To commemorate 10 years of SOPHIE's debut, <em>World Cafe </em>put together a mix of "proto-hyperpop" tracks.

Last week, a federal jury in Manhattan found Combs guilty of two counts of transportation for prostitution while acquitting him on more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

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