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Harp player Kim Robertson is featured in this week's episode of The Thistle & Shamrock. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Thistle & Shamrock: Yeats in Song
Saba (left), Lizzo (center) and Rosalía have released some of our favorite songs of the year so far. Collage by Estefanía Mitre / NPR/Photos courtesy of the artists hide caption
On Joan Shelley's The Spur, even home's sparest comforts feel hard-won. Mickie Winters/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Folk duo Jim & Susie Malcolm are featured in this week's episode of The Thistle & Shamrock. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Thistle & Shamrock: New Sounds
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Guitarist Steve Baughman is featured on this week's episode of The Thistle & Shamrock. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Thistle & Shamrock: Harp on Guitar
S.G. Goodman composed parts of her new album, Teeth Marks, to evoke the feeling of traumatic experiences building up in the body. Ryan Hartley/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Alisa Amador, 2022 Tiny Desk Contest winner performs a Tiny Desk concert. Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption
Late virtuoso violinist and pioneering composer Martyn Bennett is featured on this week's episode. Courtesy of the artist/The Thistle & Shamrock hide caption
The Thistle & Shamrock: Folktronica
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Lizzie No on World Cafe
The O'Jays Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
Bob Dylan, while recording 'Bringing It All Back Home' on January 1965 in Columbia's Studio A in New York City, New York. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
Margo Price, performing on the roof of Third Man Records on Sept. 13, 2018 in Nashville. Jason Kempin/Getty Images hide caption
World Cafe celebrates 30 years with a playlist from 2020 WXPN hide caption
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Buffy Sainte-Marie performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert. Buffy Sainte-Marie hide caption
A collection of photography from the Bob Dylan Archive in Tulsa, Okla. The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
Aoife O'Donovan performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
Ibeyi, Father John Misty, Britt Daniel & Alex Fischel of Spoon, Allison Russell, Lucius, and Buffalo Nichols to be featured on the NON-COMM 2022 stage. Courtesy of the artists hide caption