NPR: Naturally Purified Radio...

National Public Radio just keeps the steady flow of the best that music has to offer. Today they launched NPR Music. This is another reason to stay up until the wee hours digging into all the music of yesterday, today and tomorrow. How is a person supposed to find time to work with these kinda sites being launched. C'mon NPR...quit doin' that voodoo that you do so well! Here is what they had to say about the brand new site:

Today, NPR and twelve (12) public radio partners are launching NPR Music, a free, multi-genre Web site that presents the best of public radio music. We have also launched a new Flash-based media player across NPR.org.

NPR Music aims to be as diverse as our audience’s interests and curiosity. That’s why Jazz Profiles lives alongside World Café and Classics in Concert, and why we feature everyone from Aaron Copland and Aaron Neville, to Dan Zanes and Joe Zawinul. We want to surprise you with new artists, new music, and things you didn't know you would enjoy until you discovered them. The site is organized by genre and by type of musical content including live concerts, studio sessions, artist interviews, profiles, reviews, blogs and podcasts.

NPR Music is a creative collaboration with KEXP and KPLU Seattle; KUT Austin; WBGO Newark; WDUQ Pittsburgh; WFUV and WNYC New York; WGBH Boston; WGUC Cincinnati; Folk Alley.com (WKSU) Kent, Ohio; WXPN Philadelphia, and Minnesota Public Radio. With their deep connection into local arts communities, their incredible music libraries and archives, and their respected on-air hosts and DJs, these stations have invested real energy and resources into the communities they serve. NPR Music allows you to move beyond the geographic boundaries of radio signals and discover the authentic sense of place created by stations across the country. We expect additional NPR stations and public radio producers, as well as other contributors, to join this collaborative effort in the coming months and years.

This launch, like all launches, is just the beginning. As with all launches, this one will probably include some bugs (if you find any, please submit them to us). In time, new tools will allow you to share and connect with others using the site. We also hope to serve as a launch pad for new and original music content and to expand our already substantial free online music archive. For starters, we will be adding hundreds of music stories, interviews and performances every month.

We invite you to explore our new site as well as our partners’ local music programming, including their live music streams. A great way to stay informed about the content and about new site features is to subscribe to one of our music-related newsletters: ‘Music Notes’, “Song of the Day”, or “All Songs Considered”.