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Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty ImagesThe vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer helped inspire the neo-soul movement, and his best-known song was sampled over 100 times. -
Photo by Matt Cowan/Getty Images. Graphic by Jackie LayAt this year's 67th Grammys, wins for The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in a year when other genres showcased rising stars prompt questions about who votes for rock at the Grammys — and what needs to be done for the awards to recognize new blood.
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Yahya Nemah for NPRSyrian soccer player Abdel Basset al-Sarout became the poster child for the Syrian revolution with his iconic protest anthems. In death, he has become its saint. But he didn't do it alone. -
Saya Gray offers light and soulful interpretations of her experimental pop songs at the Tiny Desk.
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This week, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer Tate McRae debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with her album So Close to What, knocking Drake from the top spot. -
Known as "Lady Louie," Ketchens has been a fixture of the French Quarter for nearly four decades. We talk about her classical training and her career as a street performer, and she'll play some music.
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"Words can't do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years," Parton wrote in a statement. -
The sometimes-transgressive pop star has a new album, Mayhem, that seems poised to recapture the confrontational darkness of her early work. There's more than one reason to hope it's true. -
Stone, a Grammy-nominated R&B singer who rose to fame in the late 1970s, was known for hits like "No More Rain" and "Wish I Didn't Miss You." She was killed in a road collision in Alabama on Saturday. -
Musician Aloe Blacc says his mission is to sing about positivity and beauty. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with him about his new album, "Stand Together."
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Johansen, a pioneer in punk music who found solo success under the moniker Buster Poindexter, died on Friday. His family announced last month that he had been in treatment for advanced stage cancer. -
A new album by artists including Kate Bush and Imogen Heap protesting proposed changes to AI copyright laws is the latest in a history of musicians using silence to protest unfair economic treatment. -
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to conductor Marin Alsop about presenting Julia Wolfe's "Her Story" and the resonance of that feminist piece at this moment.
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The discovery of one old record is breathing new life into a genre of Soviet-era music that hasn't been widely heard overseas for decades.
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