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Hannah, host of "Candyland," which aired Mondays from 6-8 p.m. on WRUR-FM (Rochester), has been named the new music director of The Route. -
The Grammy-winning artist brings powerful cuts from her forthcoming album, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, as well as fan favorites, to this performance. -
We received nearly 7,000 entries to this year's Tiny Desk Contest. Cast your vote for your favorite entry from Top Shelf.
Latest Route Music News
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At this year's 67th Grammys, wins for The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in a year when other genres showcased rising stars prompt questions about who votes for rock at the Grammys — and what needs to be done for the awards to recognize new blood. -
Syrian soccer player Abdel Basset al-Sarout became the poster child for the Syrian revolution with his iconic protest anthems. In death, he has become its saint. But he didn't do it alone. -
Saya Gray offers light and soulful interpretations of her experimental pop songs at the Tiny Desk. -
A Soviet-era Central Asian pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean brass bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz. -
This week, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer Tate McRae debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with her album So Close to What, knocking Drake from the top spot. -
Known as "Lady Louie," Ketchens has been a fixture of the French Quarter for nearly four decades. We talk about her classical training and her career as a street performer, and she'll play some music.
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"Words can't do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years," Parton wrote in a statement. -
The sometimes-transgressive pop star has a new album, Mayhem, that seems poised to recapture the confrontational darkness of her early work. There's more than one reason to hope it's true. -
Stone, a Grammy-nominated R&B singer who rose to fame in the late 1970s, was known for hits like "No More Rain" and "Wish I Didn't Miss You." She was killed in a road collision in Alabama on Saturday. -
Johansen, a pioneer in punk music who found solo success under the moniker Buster Poindexter, died on Friday. His family announced last month that he had been in treatment for advanced stage cancer.
