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JazzSet
1:12 pm
Thu July 19, 2012

Amina Figarova Sextet, Avishai Cohen's Triveni On JazzSet

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Amina Figarova performs at the 2010 Newport Jazz Festival.
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Avishai Cohen performs with his trio, Triveni, on the Harbor Stage during the Newport Jazz Festival.
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Originally published on Tue July 31, 2012 10:16 am

As a child in Azerbaijan, Amina Figarova loved the piano at first sight. She would arrange all her dolls around her and play for them. "Nobody could stop me," she told an interviewer at All About Jazz. "I would sit and play and play." Figarova studied classical music and heard jazz at home, especially Herbie Hancock.

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Alt.Latino
12:06 pm
Thu July 19, 2012

Muito Legal! Brazilian Music For Summer

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Rapper and São Paulo native Criolo is just one of many exciting artists appearing this year at Brasil Summerfest in New York.
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Originally published on Thu July 19, 2012 6:04 pm

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All Songs Considered Blog
11:40 am
Thu July 19, 2012

First Watch: The Dø, 'The Wicked And The Blind'

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My favorite new discovery of the year is actually an album that came out last fall by a band called The Dø (pronounced "dough"). After months of living beneath a massive pile of other CDs, it finally surfaced a couple of weeks ago and blew me away. It's called Both Ways Open Jaws and it's an epic listen: beautiful but gritty, unpredictable, unsettling and full of mystery.

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Deceptive Cadence
10:02 am
Thu July 19, 2012

Cartoonist Misha Dichter (He Plays Piano, Too)

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Misha Dichter's sketch of a pianist at work.
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Misha Dichter: "A Pianist's World in Drawings."
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"Music Agent"
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"And this afternoon, a 60% chance of rain with temperatures in the 80's. Tonight, Mostly Mozart."
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Now, if only Harley-Davidson made pianos too...
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"Transcendental Playing"
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Dichter's virtuoso in action.
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"No Recording Devices, Please"
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"Altitude Takes Its Toll at the Aspen Festival"
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"Early Arrival in Aspen"
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"Bathroom, Italy"
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"The Critic"
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"Economy, Business, First"
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Originally published on Thu July 19, 2012 2:19 pm

Misha Dichter is a man of many talents, though you probably know him as the gifted pianist who won the silver medal at 1966 Tchaikovsky Competition, spurring an international career that has lasted more than 40 years.

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NPR Music Essentials
8:34 am
Thu July 19, 2012

Heavy Rotation: 5 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

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Baltimore hip-hop artist Al Great.
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Sarah Versprille and Dan Hindman of Portland's Pure Bathing Culture.
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Santa Barbara songwriter Annie Gallup.
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David Byrne and St. Vincent's Annie Clark
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Baltimore hip-hop artist Al Great.
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Veteran songwriter Aimee Mann.
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Veteran songwriter Aimee Mann's latest single is in heavy rotation on WXPN in Philadelphia.
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Originally published on Sun July 22, 2012 7:34 am

Last month, we started a new feature called "Heavy Rotation" where we asked public radio DJs from around the country to tell us about the best new music on their playlist. The response was overwhelming, so we've decided to make it a monthly sampler.

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