NPR Music app for iPhone and iPad
4.8 (
3168 ratings )
Music
Entertainment
Developer:
NPR
Free
Current version:
3.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 23 Jun 2010
App size: 16.73 Mb
***Featured in the App Stores "Music Discovery" App Essentials Collection***
NPR MUSIC for iPhone and iPad
The ultimate music experience at your fingertips! Discover new music of all genres – Rock, Jazz & Blues, World, Classical and Hip Hop/R&B. You get music handpicked by the countrys best DJs and the quality storytelling you expect from NPR. Listen to exclusive album previews, live concerts and interviews. Read the latest music news and reviews. Watch videos like Tiny Desk Concerts and Favorite Sessions. Share new discoveries and purchase featured music.
The NPR Music app – it’s love at first listen.
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* Highlights of the iPhone app:
- Multi-genre music content, with news, music streams, live concerts and interviews.
- Live music streams from more than 100 public radio stations. Browse by genre and set favorites.
- Signature programs and popular series such as First Listen, All Songs Considered, Tiny Desk Concerts, World Cafe and Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz.
- A searchable artist directory of more than 5,000 bands, musicians and singers, including performances, interviews and reviews from the NPR Music archives.
- Customizable playlist.
* Highlights of the iPad app:
- Stunning magazine layout lets you visually browse and easily filter content.
- Stream your favorite music stations and discover new ones.
- Live video streaming of NPR Music concerts and festival coverage.
- Story pages provide rich editorial content.
- “Related Stories” offers additional content you might like.
- Enhanced playlist features:
* Ability to save your playlist items for offline listening.
* Groundbreaking visual design.
* Our “Recommended For You” section suggests other stories based on what’s in your playlist.
* Opt-in feature suggests NPR Music stories based on artists in your iTunes Library.
*** Praise for the NPR Music app ***
"Get all of NPRs eclectic music coverage in one place with this polished new app that pulls together performances, interviews, and regular music shows along with live streams of over 100 public radio stations nationwide." – Entertainment Weekly
"NPR Music is a very slick app with great content and a streamlined design." – Fast Company
"Its a great app...a worthy addition to any iPad." – Christopher Breen, MacWorld
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Pros and cons of NPR Music app for iPhone and iPad
NPR Music app good for
This is probably my favorite music app! You have loads of live sessions with great artists, not to mentions the exclusive interviews!
This is a must-have!
I love the app, but I miss a simple thing: time tags. The way it is shown I cant know if what Im hearing is from this morning or last year.
I have been waiting for NPR Music to arrive in Canada and its finally here.
Thank you! Thank you! NPR is years ahead of CBC in programming.
Bravo to everyone. NPR remains the best and with this app shows not only class and style but taste. Keep on keeping on.
Im so happy that this is finally available in Canada. Ive used their news app for as long as its been available and now I have the iPad and iPhone music app. They have a huge amount of very high quality content and the presentation in the music app, the iPad version specifically, if great. If you try it Im sure youll discover something you like. After using it for 30 seconds I found a station in the mid-west I wish Id know about for years.
NPR has highlighted that this version of the app was developed in house. I think moving their iOS development in house was a good move as the quality of this application is higher than their news app developed by a vendor. There are a couple of minor glitches but nothing serious.
Every once in a blue moon someone makes an app of genius. This is one. If you want a splendid vehicle to find and enjoy music: this is it. If you want a painless music education, this is it. If you want a tool to store and replay particular music experiences, this too is it. Get it.
If you like it, you might also want to try the CBC Music app, great content even if a more workmanlike than genius-level application.
Some bad moments
When I am streaming over Alan apple TV. And, what makes it even more annoying is that I will have to start a 50 minute audio from the beginning afterwards since there are no controls for skipping ahead. Funny enough, the iPhone version does not have the same problem.
I love the original NPR app. This needs to become as good and as stable of that one.
I have been unable to get anything but few pops and buzzes with some streams even on other apps. Fix this and I will give all my stars to you.
I had this before. It was too good! So much great content. Since reinstalling it just crashes all the time.
This app no longer works. Using the new iOS and it wont even open. Too bad.
Somehow, I ended up with a "subtitles"prefs screen which is impossible to get out of. Perhaps a complete iPad re-boot? Sigh.
Will this ever be updated? It was once a favourite, but now it hasnt progressed since 2014. I know NPR One is the priority, but a dedicated music app is still important.
