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Residents listen as Sound Impact musicians play during the final performance of their three-day residency at the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center in Alexandria, Va. Shuran Huang For NPR hide caption

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Incarcerated teens find escape in music and poems composed with artists

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"The rural South is deeply beautiful and complex and contradictory," says Jones. "I really want [people] to know the rural South has something to say." Rahim Fortune/Dead Oceans hide caption

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Durand Jones pens a love letter to being Black, queer and from the rural South

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Kara Jackson's Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? is on our shortlist of the best albums out April 14. Lawrence Agyei/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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New Music Friday: The best releases out on April 14

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Chlöe Bailey has arrived with a record that showcases her personal side, diving deep into relationships, heartbreak and vulnerability. Julian Dadouk hide caption

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On her new album, Chlöe Bailey gathers the many parts of her 'In Pieces'

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New Music Friday: The best releases out on April 7

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Nick Hakim on World Cafe

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Say She She on World Cafe

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Clarence Eugene "Fuzzy" Haskins, an original member of the influential musical collective Parliament-Funkadelic, has died. He was 81. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame hide caption

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Parliament-Funkadelic singer Clarence 'Fuzzy' Haskins dies at 81

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Bobby Caldwell performs onstage at the 2013 Soul Train Awards at the Orleans Arena on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 in Las Vegas. Frank Micelotta/Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP hide caption

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Tianna Esperanza, whose debut album Terror was released Feb. 17. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Tianna Esperanza's uphill climb to conquering 'Terror'

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Love, good karma and a bit of old-school funk are ingredients for a happy life, says Kali Uchis. Cho Gi-Seok hide caption

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On Kali Uchis' soulful new album, love has many dimensions

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Omar Apollo on World Cafe

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