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Max Childs gets ready to record a live album, Joe Crookston returns for a homecoming show, Kevin Kinsella brings back his old-school John Brown’s Body tunes, and Grateful 4 B.I.G. mashes up the Dead and Biggie Smalls! Plus, a bunch of local bands are in action in the coming week, including on Thanksgiving Eve – traditionally one of the busiest nights of the year! And several Ithaca roots-rockers invade Rochester on Saturday night to pay tribute to Tom Petty.
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The artist returns to the Tiny Desk for a full circle moment of a performance.
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Mary Altaffer/APThe decision Monday came four months after a Detroit-area jury said the document was a valid will under Michigan law, despite scribbles and many hard-to-read passages.
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Jean Knight, the New Orleans-born soul singer behind the infectious 1971 hit "Mr. Big Stuff," has died. She was 80.
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Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty ImagesWith a legendary musical career that spans decades, John Cale is still restlessly creating and collaborating on new music.
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Combs temporarily stepped down as chairman of the TV network he co-founded in 2013, a spokesperson for the record executive confirmed. The move follows lawsuits against Combs alleging sexual abuse.
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The same day musician Jon Batiste got 11 Grammy nominations, his partner, writer Suleika Jaouad, began chemotherapy. The new documentary American Symphony recounts their journey. -
John Cale, a legend of avant-garde music, is out with a new, highly-collaborative album at the age of 80.
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Florencia gives star Ailyn Pérez a rare chance to sing in Spanish. As the bilingual daughter of Mexican immigrants, she learned early on that language had the power to shape her experience and voice.
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The standout group of K-pop's fourth generation is in their element in this Tiny Desk Korea performance.
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New Orleans blues legend Walter "Wolfman" Washington died last year before his final album, "Feel So At Home," came out. NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with his producer, Ben Ellman.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with conductor Marin Alsop about the 30th anniversary of "Too Hot To Handel" — a modern take on Handel's baroque classic, "Messiah."
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Two more women have come forward to accuse Combs of sexual abuse, a week after the music mogul settled a separate lawsuit with the singer Cassie that contained allegations of rape and physical abuse.
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Moran plays from his latest recording, which borrows from the music of James Reese Europe, the composer who led the Harlem Hellfighters regiment band during WWI. Originally broadcast Aug. 7, 2023.
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Don't be the only one at the table who's behind on the season's hottest romance plot.
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