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"NPR is stepping its toes once again into the mobile music world with the launch of its new iPad app.\nThe free NPR Music app \u2014 now available for download via the Apple App Store \u2014 gives iPad users access to curated content, radio-style listening, handpicked streams, exclusive audio and video performances, and NPR Music commentary and reporting. It also features a visual playlist that can be saved for offline listening, as well as advanced album listens. With a sleek interface and filtering tools that allow for easy navigation, the app runs while you access other programs on the iPad. Audio from the app can also be sent via Wi-Fi to a home stereo system.\n\"The app is a prime example of the type of innovation that has contributed to public media\u2019s role as an influential force in music,\" a NPR spokesperson told Mashable. \"It uses animations to create a true multimedia music magazine \u2013 a robust merger of audio, text and video in one stunning app.\"\nTo kick off the launch, NPR will be live streaming a concert from indie rock band The Shins, who will perform at an invite-only NPR event on Wednesday, March 7.\nThis is the first NPR Music app for the iPad, but NPR's no stranger to apps in general. It's the fifth NPR-branded app, and second for music \u2014 the NPR Music iPhone app launched in June 2010."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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