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- The legendary opera soprano Maria Callas would have turned 100 years old today. NPR Classical's Thomas Huizenga — whose desk abuts a cardboard cut-out of the woman known as 'La Divina' — is the perfect person to explain why we're still obsessed with Callas, and he did just that on Weekend Edition.
- I first heard rumors of Shane MacGowan’s death back in the ’90s, when The Pogues’ frontman was still actively touring and releasing rowdy folk-punk music. When the Irish singer died this week, the news hardly landed as a surprise — MacGowan’s long history of substance abuse had taken a toll on his health — yet it still felt hard to believe. Neda Ulaby and Otis Hart wrote about his death for NPR, and appropriately nodded to The Pogues’ 1987 song “Fairytale of New York.” A Christmastime classic that still serves as an antidote to the soullessness that so often stains the season, it’ll take on further layers of sadness this year.
- Florencia en el Amazonas is the first Spanish-language opera to be staged at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in nearly 100 years — part of the Met’s dedication to expanding the voices it showcases in its 2023-24 season. This week, Luis Trelles profiled the work for All Things Considered.
- Olivia Rodrigo has one of the year’s biggest albums in GUTS, and now she’s got six more Grammy nominations to show for it — including nods for album, record and song of the year. World Cafe sat down with Rodrigo to discuss the record, her songwriting process, the child acting that prepared her for pop stardom, and the writers and musicians who’ve inspired her.
- Bilal Qureshi profiled the stage designer Es Devlin for Morning Edition, guiding listeners through her work on maximalist spectacles like Super Bowl halftime shows, the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics and, of course, Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour — an appropriately sprawling filmed version of which just opened in theaters.
- As part of the Alt.Latino series Regional Goes Global, hosts Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras interviewed the family band Yahritza y Su Esencia in its hometown of Yakima, Wash., as it was in the midst of a turbulent summer. Once you’re done listening, don’t forget to check out the group’s Tiny Desk concert.
- Alan Palomo first made his name as lead singer of the chillwave band Neon Indian. In September, though, he released World of Hassle, his first album under his own name. He performed several of its smooth, agreeable songs at KUTX’s Studio 1A, opening with the evocatively titled “Is There Nightlife After Death?”
- At 95, singer and bassist Sheila Jordan is a jazz legend. One of the first singers on Blue Note Records, she’s now one of the last stars of her era. For the new episode of Jazz Night In America, Jordan sat down with host Christian McBride, who’s no slouch in his own right.
- NPR Classical just updated its ever-evolving playlist with some songs to mark the 100th anniversary of Maria Callas’ birth.
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A few months back, we launched an international version of the Tiny Desk, collaborating with the Korean telecommunications and media company LG U+. You can watch the series on the Tiny Desk Korea YouTube channel, but you definitely don’t want to miss their latest installment, which features the K-pop sensations in Tomorrow X Together.
Also this week: Don’t miss the luminous jazz poetry of Aja Monet or the great singer-songwriter Sampha, who returned to the Tiny Desk with a full band following a gorgeous solo set in 2017. |
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| This week, Forbes named its “30 Under 30,” in a feature that included the likes of Kendall Jenner and Latto. Also on the list: NPR Music’s own Anamaria Sayre, who’s an Alt.Latino co-host, a Tiny Desk producer, an occasional Pop Culture Happy Hour panelist and an all-around dynamo. Anamaria is a gem, and we couldn’t be prouder. |
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