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To mark the occasion of Miles Davis' centennial, trumpeter Keyon Harrold put on a concert at Carnegie Hall and shared a candid conversation about the legend with Christian McBride.
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The first-week numbers for Olivia Rodrigo's third album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, are a massive milestone for the pop star.
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Watch Tiny Desk concerts from Eve, Fred Hammond, 8Ball & MJG and much more.
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Shaboozey represents a reclamation of country music's roots as unapologetically Black. Alongside several special guests, he plays fan favorites and debuts new songs at the Desk.
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Janis Joplin, Whitney Houston, Barry Manilow and Bruce Springsteen are just some of the artists signed and cultivated by Clive Davis.
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Fred Hammond, a leading architect of modern gospel music, gives us a catalog-spanning set and declares: "Tiny knows how to party in the Holy Ghost!"
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The record executive was instrumental in shepherding the successful careers of a number of monumental music stars, including Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin, Billy Joel and Whitney Houston.
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An interview with the newly named CEO of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Tonya McBride Robles
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We review some of the most overplayed, most inescapable, most annoying songs of summer. Consider it exposure therapy.
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Meet the fourth and fifth grades who are superstars on the Internet: An elementary school chorus from Staten Island known as PS22, where kids learn to be their most authentic selves through singing.
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With his latest album U, Baauer aims to inject good vibes into the world. It's a sunny collage of disco, house, breakbeats and more, influenced by the sounds of 2000s dance music.
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NPR Music's Stephen Thompson reports on the pop star's latest song for a feature film.
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Get to know the multi-faceted artist who was one of Frank Sinatra's favorite songwriters.
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Not content with rock, country, gospel and R&B, their new album explores even more sounds and the ups and downs of their 15-year marriage.
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