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NPR's Tiny Desk announcement for 2026 on The Route. Entry window opens January 13, 2026!
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NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Ana Gonzalez and cellist Yo-Yo Ma about their new podcast Our Common Nature from WNYC, which connects music with nature and place.
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One pianist has noticed an interesting pattern in demographic trends when it comes to the songs people request for him to play.
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Wednesday’s New Year's Eve performances have also been canceled.
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Rachel Luna/Getty Images; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images; Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images; Andreas Rentz/Getty Images; Frans Schellekens/Redferns/Getty ImagesEvery year, we remember some of the writers, actors, musicians, filmmakers and performers who died over the past year, and whose lifetime of creative work helped shape our world.
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From Sly Stone of the Family Stone to Ozzy Osbourne, we remember some of the musicians lost in 2025.
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The findings could translate into treatment for those who have trouble speaking, perhaps by training them to use different parts of their throats.
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Which Tiny Desk made an audio engineer question everything? Which one made a producer want to cry? Touch grass? Look back on the year in Tiny Desk, with the people who make them. -
NPR Music critics reflect on the lyrics that captured the year's mood, sparked emotions and stayed with them long after the music stopped.
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The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. -
Perry Archangelo Bamonte, longtime guitarist and keyboardist for the influential goth band The Cure, has died. He was 65. The band announced his death on their official website on Friday. -
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with songwriter Amy Allen, who is shortlisted for the non-classical Songwriter of the Year Grammy Award for a second straight year.
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It's been called a rare moment of drama in liturgical music, and it's showcased in the final verse of "O Come All Ye Faithful," rising up under the lyrics "Word of the Father," leading many to dub it the "Word of the Father Chord."
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