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Hi-Fi Latin Rhythms: Tango — Music of Passion
Ten tracks of Argentine tango, pulled into the rotation from the outside as the 'Music of Passion'…
Tiny Desk Favorites
Twelve tracks of NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert favorites — the pared-down acoustic-and-low-volume run…
WK: Body Movers #822
Ninety-three tracks of body-movers Weekend Kickoff programming — the long-form rotation built…
Your Top Songs 2021
One hundred tracks of the personal 2021 year-end rotation — the Spotify-Wrapped-style ‘Your Top…
WK: Later Covi #521
Seventy-eight tracks of the May 2021 Weekend Kickoff ‘Later Covid’ edition — the second-year…
Your Top Songs 2020
138 tracks from the 2020 listening rotation — what actually got played at home that year, not the…
Freshly Surfaced Artists
Calvin Harris
81 tracks across 37 playlists
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103 tracks across 36 playlists
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88 tracks across 33 playlists
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87 tracks across 30 playlists
→ ProfileColdplay
63 tracks across 28 playlists
→ ProfileKaty Perry
39 tracks across 26 playlists
→ ProfileDJ Khaled
47 tracks across 25 playlists
→ ProfileBruno Mars
34 tracks across 24 playlists
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Hi-Fi Latin Rhythms: featuring a tango compilation from outside the box
Why we featured a 10-track Argentine tango compilation we didn't make: the lost language of late-1950s hi-fi LPs, the difference between listening-tango and dancing-tango, and what 'Music of Passion' actually does to a dinner party that the algorithm can't.
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Foo Fighters at the Tiny Desk: a stadium band remembers a bedroom
Notes on the Foo Fighters' first NPR Tiny Desk concert — Dave Grohl and Pat Smear visibly enjoying themselves behind a desk, a five-song set that runs from a brand-new single to 'Everlong,' and what a band built for arenas sounds like when you take the arena away.
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Angine de Poitrine on KEXP: math rock in the cracks between notes
Notes on the masked Québécois duo's full performance on KEXP, recorded at Trans Musicales 2025 — what microtonal math rock actually sounds like, why two people in giant paper-mâché masks pulled 7.5 million views, and why we've kept Angine de Poitrine as a featured artist with no playlist slot.
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