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Cardi B, seen here on July 3, was performing in Las Vegas when a fan threw a drink at her. Concertgoers have thrown objects at musical artists in several highly publicized instances in the past few months.

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Cardi B is the latest artist to have something thrown at them. So she threw a mic

5:17pm July 31, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Cardi B was performing in Las Vegas when a fan threw a drink at her. Concertgoers have thrown objects at musical artists in several highly publicized instances in the past few months.

Little Moon performs in San Francisco during the Tiny Desk Contest tour.

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The power and heartbreak behind the song that won the Tiny Desk Contest

11:18am July 31, 2023

"I don't think it's caught up to me yet — how much my life has changed." While on the road, Little Moon's Emma Hardyman caught up with NPR to reflect on the life-changing win.

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Tune in to a mini-concert with bar italia

10:26am July 31, 2023

The mysterious London band performs songs off their latest album, Tracey Denim.

At the Newport Folk Festival in 2022, Joni Mitchell gave her first full-length performance in 22 years. The recording, At Newport, is out July 28.

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Joni Mitchell's return 'At Newport' reconfigures her legacy

5:31pm July 30, 2023

by Annie Zaleski

The surprise performance at the Newport Folk Festival, now released as an album, is another exciting evolution in Joni Mitchell's notoriously chameleonic career.

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George Brown of Kool & The Gang on celebrating the band's long career

8:02am July 30, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to a patron of the party, musician George Brown of the band Kool & The Gang, about his new book, new record, and the "Celebration" of a long and funky career.

Jibbs, Nelly, Smino & Chingy. Collage by Jackie Lay / NPR.

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How St. Louis recalibrated rap radio

12:36pm July 28, 2023

by Sheldon Pearce

Call the melodic, countrified swing that took over early 2000s radio an overnight sensation if you like, but it didn't come from nowhere — just a city many considered to be nowhere.

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Randy Meisner, a founding member of The Eagles, has died at 77

5:08am July 28, 2023

by Steve Inskeep

Randy Meisner, a founding member of The Eagles, has died at 77. Meisner left The Eagles decades ago, but he was inducted with the rest of the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

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Tyler Childers will release a new album, Rustin' in the Rain, on Sept. 8. The video for the record's first single, "In Your Love," depicts a love story between two miners. Childers' friend and collaborator, the writer Silas House, says that he wanted to show that stories like this "are part of the story of Appalachia, too. These are human stories, not political stories."

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Tyler Childers is back, and taking chances

1:55pm July 27, 2023

by Ann Powers

The grassroots country star, whose fan base crosses lines of identity and politics, is releasing a song called "In Your Love," from a new album. Its video tells a queer, Appalachian love story.

A still from Viv & Riley's "Is It All Over" video.

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Viv & Riley, 'Is It All Over'

1:46pm July 27, 2023

by Joe Kendrick

Inspired by the recent space race of billionaires, the duo offers a futuristic tale that doubles as sardonic commentary on our current day.

BabyTron, Tee Grizzley, Eminem and Danny Brown. Collage by Jackie Lay / NPR.

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How Detroit and Flint became havens for rap dark horses

1:27pm July 27, 2023

by William E. Ketchum III

They don't say "Detroit Vs. Everybody" for nothing: Dismissed from the outside and splintered within, Michigan's rap cities turned scrap-or-die underdog status into a gritty aesthetic all its own.