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Ryan SchudeThe Travis Scott signee came up in the shadow of his mentor's rootless sound. On Octane, he taps his hometown's lineage and finds a star power all his own.
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Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartRadioGreen Day will kick off the music portion of the Super Bowl with a performance at the game's opening ceremony. -
Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage; Photo by Per Ole Hagen/RedfernsThese wildly different artists both reach the top of the pop charts this week.
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Protest requires people to take a stand and hold firm. Pop songs are designed to appeal across demographic lines. In music, as in the rest of the world, resistance takes place closer to the ground. -
In 1965, Davis led one of the all-time great jazz groups. That December, they recorded seven sets over two nights in a Chicago nightclub. The complete recordings went unreleased for decades.
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Backed by a band and choir, Pastor John P. Kee transforms the Tiny Desk into an old, wood-floored country church. -
Young People's Records was a popular mail-order subscription club in the 1940s, '50s and '60s. -
On "Aperture," the lead single from his upcoming album, the pop artist mines a different era of pop music. -
Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station.
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Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station.
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Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station.
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Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station.
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Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station.
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