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Music & Culture

Songs We Love: Ronnie Spector, 'I'd Much Rather Be With The Girls'

10:25am April 04, 2016

by Alison Fensterstock

It was originally written for The Rolling Stones and has made its way through several covers, but Spector's big, sexy, sweet-and-tough voice brings this song home.

As Radical Face, Ben Cooper writes songs about domestic tumult. On his latest album, The Family Tree: The Leaves, some of those stories are his own.

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When The Page Becomes A Mirror: A Chat With Radical Face

6:08am April 04, 2016

by NPR Staff

As Radical Face, Ben Cooper has released a series of albums telling the story of multiple generations of family drama. In his latest work, some of the stories are his own.

'Music Was Always My Anchor': A Story Of Soul And Struggle

6:14pm April 03, 2016

by NPR Staff

Rashod Ollison's memoir Soul Serenade is a coming-of-age story and playlist combined. He says he "could always tell" his mother's mood "by which Aretha Franklin song was on."

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Grammy-Winning Latin Jazz Saxophonist Leandro "Gato" Barbieri Dies At 83

8:43pm April 02, 2016

by The Associated Press

Barbieri composed the Grammy-winning instrumental music for the Marlon Brando film "Last Tango in Paris." Last year, he received a Latin Grammy lifetime achievement award.

Don Cheadle plays Miles Davis in the movie Miles Ahead. Cheadle's portrayal is being hailed as capturing the "badass" swagger that made Davis a hero to generations of black men.

Don Cheadle's Miles Davis: The Latest 'Badass' Black Man On Screen

1:49pm April 02, 2016

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Don Cheadle personifies jazz genius Miles Davis in his new film Miles Ahead. Badass black men rarely show up as leads in mainstream movies.

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Ronnie Spector's new album, English Heart, is filled with British hits from the 1960s.

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On Ronnie Spector's New Album, Don't Let Her Be Misunderstood

1:38pm April 02, 2016

by NPR Staff

You might know her as the leader of The Ronettes, but Spector has seen and done a lot since the days of "Baby, I Love You." Her new album, English Heart, is filled with British hits from the 1960s.

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Asia Palmer, now a high-school freshman at the Baltimore School for the Arts, has been with the OrchKids program since it began in 2008.

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Young Musicians Blossom In Baltimore's OrchKids Program

12:11pm April 02, 2016

by NPR Staff

For students in the program, "music becomes this vehicle for experiencing and envisioning themselves with lives filled with possibility," says Baltimore Symphony Orchestra music director Marin Alsop.

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Members of the Turtle Creek Chorale, a Dallas men's choir, perform Tyler's Suite at the Dallas City Performance Hall on March 31, 2016.

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Requiem For A Teen: 'Tyler's Suite' Honors A Life Cut Short

10:46am April 02, 2016

by Wade Goodwyn

A new choral work is on tour, based on the life of Tyler Clementi — the college freshman who committed suicide in 2010, after his roommate secretly filmed him in bed with another man.

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#NPRreads: 3 Stories To Spring Into This Weekend

8:27am April 02, 2016

#NPRreads is a weekly feature on Twitter and The Two-Way. Correspondents, editors and producers share the pieces that have kept them reading. Each weekend, we highlight some of the best stories.

"I think for a long time I was in a little bit of denial over my voice coming back," Maren Morris says of transitioning from songwriter to artist.

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One Year Later, Maren Morris On The Song That Changed Her Life

4:58pm April 01, 2016

by NPR Staff

When the country singer wrote "My Church," she pictured an arena singing it back to her. And it happened. "By the time we get to the breakdown chorus, every corner of that place was singing along."

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