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                On his story-of-the-year album The Boy Who Played the Harp, the gifted Londoner puts an eye on the human casualties of fame and success.
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                Taylor Swift's chokehold on the Hot 100 is loosening, and that's made room for two fresh career milestones.
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                        With AI music generators widely available, scammers are uploading songs to the pages of inactive artists and dead musicians. Spotify says it is cracking down, but the practice persists.
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                        Billboard ranked what they consider the best Halloween songs. All Things Considered staffers have strong opinions about Billboard's take.
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                        Crowe was just 15 years old when he became a music journalist in 1973. He had to talk his mom into letting him go on the road with bands. He chronicles his adventures in his new memoir, The Uncool.
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                        Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday.
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                        In Pamplona, where the bulls run, a scientist studies the physics of crowds.
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                        The effervescent pop-rock band is here with a crucial reminder: It's always summer somewhere.
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                        "Bust of a Woman with a Flowered Hat," a vividly hued Picasso portrait of longtime muse and partner Dora Maar, had remained hidden from public view for more than eight decades.
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                        The dazzling aerial photos honored by the 2025 Siena awards offer "new ways of seeing familiar places," as one judge puts it.
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                        For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, innovative music and American ingenuity. (And free concerts.)
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                        Last night's Billboard Latin Music awards honored Bad Bunny, who received the lifetime achievement award. When the legendary Rita Moreno handed it off, the moment was like the passing of a baton.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
