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Marsh, who died Aug. 14, was one of rock's most influential voices. He edited The Rolling Stone Record Guide and wrote profiles of Bruce Springsteen and The Who. Originally broadcast in 1997.
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Steve Marcus/POOL Las Vegas Sun/ APJurors on Thursday heard Duane "Keffe D" Davis tell detectives in 2008 that his nephew Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson fired the shots that killed Tupac Shakur.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Henry Rollins about Gravest Gravy. It's an album the Cramps recorded in 1977, finally being released after a team effort in coordination with co-founder Poison Ivy.
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Claire Harbage/NPRWe showcase a new generation of artists with swag: Alex Isley, Madison McFerrin and Ravi Coltrane. All three of these Tiny Desks feature folks who come from legendary musical families. Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station.
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Taja Cheek's psychedelic project L'Rain has always been tagged as experimental. On fata morgana, she asks what separates music like hers from the mainstream. -
"Weird Al" Yankovic returns to the Tiny Desk with a couple parodies, a Weezer pastiche and the Emmy-losing closing-credits blues-rock jam to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. -
Saturday marks what organizers say is the first Latin Fest in the city of Canandaigua. -
There's a reason why the escapist hit from singer Aitana has swept most of the Spanish-language world. -
AI can generate songs in seconds. But behind every AI track is a complicated question: Who should get paid? And, how? The fights have started. -
Hannah Maier welcomes Zach Koch (2nd grade) and Alan Murphy (elementary band) into The Route studio to talk about what it's like to be a teacher and also an active member of the Rochester Music Scene -
The Seattle band's latest album is a cheeky critique of late-stage capitalism. -
Brandon Flowers normally spends his time fronting the rock band The Killers. For his solo album, "Thrasher," he's taken a country/western approach to personal tales of his youth in Utah.
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James Ellis Ford's new album Lost In Another World tells a story of survival and imagination. He made it from his hospital room during cancer treatment.
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NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Alex Suskind, news director at Pitchfork, about the artist Tyga's use of AI technology on his new album. Pitchfork rated the album 0.0 out of 10.
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