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Sammy TweedyJeff Tweedy's new book is his tribute to the songs and songwriters that inspired him to start making music in the first place — and then to keep doing it for a long time. -
Bruce McBroom/© Apple Corps Ltd.The Beatles' final song could never live up to the body of work that precedes it. But it could never diminish it, either.
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At the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Lauren Mayberry announced herself as a solo star.
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When security told Juan Lastra to sit down, Adele told them to leave him alone. The incident sparked a debate about concert etiquette. Stand when others are sitting? Tell a fan to sit down?
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DeYarmond Edison's Epoch revels in the early alchemic triumphs of Bon Iver and Megafaun members. But the box set also reminds us that no moment of creative inspiration takes place spontaneously.
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To mark hip-hop's 50th anniversary, NPR's All Things Considered explores five moments that are integral to how the culture grew and evolved.
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The Canadian band's latest album was heavily influenced by the passing of their father.
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O'Connor committed to a lifetime program of dissent, discontent and refusal against establishment evils. She carried all that swirling vehemence in her body and exorcised it through her howling music.
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On the singer-songwriter's 16th studio album Stories From a Rock n Roll Heart, Williams is at her most emotionally uncompromising and astute.
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Once an Oscar winner, the duo of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová returns with a sentimental celebration of lives lived in gratitude, without regret.
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Jason Galea/Courtesy of the artistHow did an Australian band with no hits, modest media coverage and a ridiculous name find a massive audience? The group's metal-forward new album is a perfect example of how it weaponizes niche.
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This Sunday morning, starting around 6AM, 90.5 the night will be shutting down our transmitter so that we can do some maintenance work at our transmitter site.
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Paige Sara/Sacks & Co.For "Angels in Science Fiction" front man Paul Janeway wrote songs about fatherhood, love and starfish.
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Don Emmert/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Recording Academy, the organization behind the Grammy Awards, rolled out new rules around AI ahead of next year's show — as the technology rapidly advances.
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Andreas Neumann/Courtesy of the artistQueens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme talks about striving for originality and vulnerability on the band's eight studio album, 'In Times New Roman...'.
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Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artistNatalie Merchant talks about writing and recording her latest record, Keep Your Courage.
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Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesThe music has analog roots, recorded by the famous singer-songwriter on a demo tape. Now it's being revived by futuristic technology for release later this year, Paul McCartney said.
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Josh Goleman/Courtesy of the artistListen to The National perform songs from First Two Pages of Frankenstein.
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Bobbi RichWith a new home in Nashville, the singer-songwriter's fifth solo album is a laid-back affair full of zen-like wisdom that lands as guidance for a generation.
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Scarlet Page/Courtesy of the artistThese songs ache with loss, even as they explode in full-bore rock mayhem, and that loss extends beyond the deaths of loved ones.
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NPR MusicThe band's Tiny Desk performance featured songs that leaned right into its incalculability.
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Tim Graham/Evening Standard/Getty ImagesA new PBS American Masters documentary showcases the influence of Little Richard, a dynamo performer who never let himself be defined for long by any one musical category or sexual identity.
