A new CD set captures the 'Greatest Moments' of opera star Renée Fleming

This set features excerpts from most of Flemming's 26 roles at the NYC Met. Fleming's studio recordings have always captured her lovely voice; these live recordings prove her magic on the stage.

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Wolf Eyes still mirrors and mutates reality

Dreams in Splattered Lines refines the long-running noise band's approach to cinematic horror: still gross and grueling, but painted in thicker strokes of neon gloom.

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Shirley Collins is an English folk song's bridge between now and then

On Archangel Hill, memories of the English countryside, Collins' family and friends are embedded in each song, just out of reach for the listener but vivid as sunshine in her mind.

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Kaytranada and Aminé come full circle

Kaytranada and Aminé are two artists who have had to surmount a bit of outsider's anxiety. Their new collaborative album, KAYTRAMINÉ, finds them comfortable — with themselves and each other.

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On 'Gag Order,' Kesha gets intensely personal

Listening to Kesha's new album, Gag Order, you can't help but think about all she's been through in the past 10 years.

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It's time to get on the billy woods bandwagon

A longtime hero of the underground rap scene for his worldly, wily lyrics that are erudite and streetwise, billy woods has made his clearest, most engaging album yet with Maps.

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Brandy Clark is playing for keeps this time

Produced by Brandi Carlile, the eponymous 11-song collection offers snapshots of Brandy Clark the person, not Brandy Clark the pen-for-hire.

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At 25, Pernice Brothers' debut throws even brighter sparks — and darker shadows

Threadbare demos on a new reissue of 1998's Overcome by Happiness illuminate Joe Pernice's songwriting paradox: Brill Building pop woven from homespun scruff, sarcastic but always sure-footed.

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Review: 'Bolero Apocalíptico' by Monsieur Periné

Bolero Apocaliptico from Colombian duo Monsieur Perine, their first album in five years, shows signs of artists who are comfortable with their musical path and are expanding on it.

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Jeromes Dream knits feedback into the tangled seams of 'The Gray In Between'

The band recaptures a shredded tension on its second new album after a two-decade hiatus: You feel the crushing effects of the world upon humanity, and the occasional glimpse of beauty.

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Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' tour remixes her archive for an intergalactic future

After releasing no accompanying videos, last night in Stockholm Beyoncé finally unveiled Renaissance's visual universe.

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Everything but the Girl's Tracey Thorn writes lyrics that capture women's inner lives

The married British duo Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt — aka Everything but the Girl — have their first album in 24 years. Ken Tucker reviews Fuse, then we listen back to a 2018 interview with Thorn.

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NPR's Stephen Thompson's top Weird Al songs, 40 years after the parody genius' debut

Weird Al Yankovic has made a name for himself with spot-on song parodies. 40 years into his career, a look at some of his best tunes reveals the expertise and creativity it takes to do what he does.

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Joy Oladokun sings for everyone — especially herself — on 'Proof of Life'

In Oladokun's new songs, facets of who she is and what she's lived, seen and imagined provide entry points to her homey pop music.

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Here are the standout tracks in Ed Sheeran's new album 'Subtract'

Rolling Stone music critic Maura Johnston reviews Ed Sheeran's new album, Subtract. Fresh off the heels of major copyright win, his newly released music is personal.

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On 'Jackman,' Jack Harlow is aggrieved and ready to let everyone hear about it

The rapper's third album is a string of prickly songs that spend more time exposing his neuroses than truly analyzing them.

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A forgotten opera premieres 280 years late

A Jean-Philippe Rameau opera, left unfinished at time of his death and recently completed by a musicologist, gets its premiere 280 years later, with extravagant costumes.

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