Music & Culture

Music & Culture

An Eddie Van Halen guitar sells at auction for nearly $4 million

5:56am April 21, 2023

The guitar was played during the music video for "Hot for Teacher." If that seems like a a lot of money to spend on a guitar, included are a pair of white gloves and a strait jacket from the video.

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Margaritas Podridas, 'Filosa'

2:51pm April 20, 2023

by Miguel Otárola

Not finding the words to describe how you feel can be torture. That's when you scream.

2023 NEA Jazz Masters (left to right): Louis Hayes (photo by Janette Beckman), Regina Carter (photo by Jeff Dunn), Kenny Garrett (photo by Jimmy Katz), Sue Mingus (Photo courtesy Mingus Archives)

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Jazz Night toasts the NEA Jazz Masters class of 2023

1:15pm April 20, 2023

Jazz Night in America honors the 2023 NEA Jazz Masters: Louis Hayes, Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett and Sue Mingus. Four newly crowned masters, with plenty of music, stories, and memories.

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Moon Bin, a member of K-Pop group ASTRO, poses for photos on the red carpet for the 2021 Asia Artist Awards in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 2, 2021.

The K-pop star Moon Bin is found dead at his home at the age of 25

10:43am April 20, 2023

by The Associated Press

Police are investigating the death of the singer for the boy band Astro, but have so far found no signs of foul play, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.

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Nondi_, 'Sun Juke'

3:25pm April 19, 2023

by Miguel Otárola

Tatiana Triplin, who makes music under the name Nondi_, submerges footwork under layers of filters.

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Deeper, 'Sub'

2:23pm April 19, 2023

by Ted Davis

While one can certainly trace the echoes of peers like Shame and Crack Cloud in its output, the Chicago post-punk band equally exudes the rowdy influence of The Replacements.

'Fresh Air' pays tribute to the music of John Kander and Fred Ebb

2:12pm April 19, 2023

by Terry Gross

The new Broadway musical New York, New York includes Kander and Ebb's songs from Scorsese's 1977 film. We listen back to an '83 interview with Kander and Ebb, plus '91 and '15 interviews with Kander.

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A coroner rules the singer Aaron Carter drowned in a tub from sedatives and inhalant

2:48am April 19, 2023

by The Associated Press

Aaron Carter, the younger brother of the Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter, was found submerged and dead at age 34 in the bathtub of his home in Lancaster, California, last November.

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Library of Congress adds 25 new recordings to its National Recording Registry

5:08am April 18, 2023

Included in the registry is the oldest surviving recording of mariachi music and Koko Taylor's "Wang Dang Doodle." For the first time, the list includes a female rapper and a video game soundtrack.

E-40, middle, watches during an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Portland Trail Blazers in San Francisco, Dec. 30, 2022. The Sacramento Kings are investigating allegations from the rapper E-40 that "racial bias" led to him being kicked out of his seat during a playoff game against the Golden State Warriors.

Rapper E-40 says 'racial bias' is to blame for ejection from Warriors-Kings playoff

7:10pm April 17, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

The Sacramento Kings say the team is currently investigating the incident and the exact reason why the rapper was removed from the arena.