Daoud Tyler-Ameen
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When "Marathon Runner" begins, Alex Schaaf sings not as a homebound tinkerer, but as a frontman.
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Nicknamed the "barefoot diva," Évora was perhaps the most widely known performer of morna, a style of music indigenous to Cape Verde. She was 70.
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The soccer-crazy New York MC grew up in Ghana, and raps in English and Twi (pronounced 'trwee'). Listen to Blitz and his six-piece Embassy Ensemble perform live on WNYC's Soundcheck.