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Once a week throughout the year listen to profiles, hear the music and see photos of great singers from around the world. Join a conversation about beauty, power, craft and influence, and talk to NPR and the community about the singers you have heard.
Once a week throughout the year listen to profiles, hear the music and see photos of great singers from around the world. Join a conversation about beauty, power, craft and influence, and talk to NPR and the community about the singers you have heard.
Meredith Monk: A Voice For All Time
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Reacting to the vocal acrobatics of 19th-century opera, Monk's vocal music draws inspiration from the clarity of medieval and folk traditions. The result is a sound that feels both ancient and new.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Camaron De La Isla: The Voice Of Flamenco
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Camaron De La Isla re-energized a centuries old flamenco tradition, leading the music into the 20th century and beyond. As he began his career, flamenco was still a connoisseur's music, hardly part of the popular Spanish mainstream, but Camaron would change that forever.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Camaron De La Isla: The Voice Of Flamenco
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Camaron De La Isla re-energized a centuries old flamenco tradition, leading the music into the 20th century and beyond. As he began his career, flamenco was still a connoisseur's music, hardly part of the popular Spanish mainstream, but Camaron would change that forever.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Youssou N'Dour: The Voice Of Senegal
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Ever since he burst onto the scene in Dakar, Senegal, in the early 1970s at age 12, Youssou N'Dour has been a sensation -- a musical chameleon capable of a seductive whisper or a siren's cry.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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George Jones: The Voice Of Heartbreak
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Country music legend George Jones has made a career out of hard living. Decades of drinking, drug addiction, failed marriages and more all filter into his songs. At 79, he is not slowing down.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Israel Kamakawiwo'ole: The Voice Of Hawaii
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The late Hawaiian musician known best for his ukulele-backed rendition of "Over the Rainbow" was a man with a standout voice and tremendous size. At more than 6 feet tall and weighing close to 1,000 pounds, "IZ" died when he was only 38.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Israel Kamakawiwo'ole: The Voice Of Hawaii
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The late Hawaiian musician known best for his ukulele-backed rendition of "Over the Rainbow" was a man with a standout voice and tremendous size. At more than 6 feet tall and weighing close to 1,000 pounds, "IZ" died when he was only 38.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Luther Vandross: The Velvet Voice
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The late soul singer's legendary voice has been called "flawless" and "as smooth as silk." It's been known to create an atmosphere of pure romance: For many years, Vandross was the go-to singer for when you wanted to get in the mood.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Billie Holiday: Emotional Power Through Song
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Holiday became famous after she recorded "Strange Fruit," a 1939 protest song about lynchings of African-Americans. The haunting vocal offers a stark illustration of her greatest gift -- the ability to convey emotion.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Chavela Vargas: The Voice Of Triumph
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Vargas was born in Costa Rica, but has a voice tailor-made for singing Mexican rancheras, boleros and corridos. For many Mexicans, her versions of these songs are definitive. Even at 91, Vargas still possesses a voice that reflects struggle, defiance and ultimately triumph.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Chavela Vargas: The Voice Of Triumph
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Vargas was born in Costa Rica, but has a voice tailor-made for singing Mexican rancheras, boleros and corridos. For many Mexicans, her versions of these songs are definitive. Even at 91, Vargas still possesses a voice that reflects struggle, defiance and ultimately triumph.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Placido Domingo: The Spellbinding Voice Of A Titan Tenor
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To find out just what makes Domingo so compelling as Otello, the warrior who suspects his wife has been unfaithful, we turn to some of his fans: singer and composer Rufus Wainwright, former music critic Tim Page and opera star Renee Fleming.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Buika: The Voice Of Freedom
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Born and raised on the Spanish island of Mallorca, Buika has a voice that radiates intensity, with a power that's hard to define. Whether she's singing flamenco, soul, electronica or the blues, she says she finally feels completely free to sing whatever she wants.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Celia Cruz: The Voice From Havana
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The Cuban singer, known worldwide as the "Queen of Salsa," grew up in neighborhoods where music was always in the air. She traveled for 15 years with the Sonora Matancera orchestra and settled in Fort Lee, N.J., home base for a decades-long career.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Amalia Rodrigues: The Voice Of Extreme Expression
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With intense emotions in her voice, the great singer of fado music became the heart and soul of the Portuguese people.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Amalia Rodrigues: The Voice Of Extreme Expression
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With intense emotions in her voice, the great singer of fado music became the heart and soul of the Portuguese people.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Kitty Wells: The Queen Of Country Music
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Starting in the 1950s, Wells recorded hit after hit at a time when women didn't have hits in country music. When she performed, Wells delivered the goods with a country twang and a supple, powerful voice that reached right to the back of the house.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Howlin' Wolf: Booming Voice Of The Blues
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His name was Chester Arthur Burnett, but everyone called him Howlin' Wolf. He played harmonica, but some say he was the greatest blues singer of all time. His unique voice mesmerized audiences and hugely influenced rock 'n' roll.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Howlin' Wolf: Booming Voice Of The Blues
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His name was Chester Arthur Burnett, but everyone called him Howlin' Wolf. He played harmonica, but some say he was the greatest blues singer of all time. His unique voice mesmerized audiences and hugely influenced rock 'n' roll.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Mohammed Reza Shajarian: Protest Through Poetry
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The Iranian singer is the country's most famous protest singer -- even though, strictly speaking, his songs don't directly denounce the government at all.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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