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Music & Culture
Linda Ronstadt: The 'Fresh Air' interview
Ronstadt's new memoir, Feels Like Home, is an exploration of the food and culture of her Mexican roots. In 2013, she spoke about the health concerns that caused her to end her musical career early.
AMAs creates the first K-Pop category in a major U.S. music award show
Nominees for Favorite K-pop Artist are BLACKPINK, BTS, SEVENTEEN, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, and TWICE. The AMAs have been dubbed the world's largest fan-voted awards show.
Farruko: Tiny Desk Concert
At his Tiny Desk concert, the rapper Farruko adapts his signature flow for a far more intimate setting.
Love Songs of a Dirtbag
On Being Funny In A Foreign Language, the new album by his band The 1975, Matty Healy makes romantic music for cynical outsiders who insist they're ready to give love a try.
AC/DC guitarist, who performs in a school boy uniform, inspires children's book
The AC/DC AB/CD High Voltage Alphabet is written for pre-schoolers. All the letters feature band references — starting with "A is for Angus, who thinks its good luck to wear a school uniform."
Katie Crutchfield and Jess Williamson tell their truth plainly
Plains' I Walked With You A Ways, the collaborative debut from the Waxahatchee singer-songwriter and Williamson, combines wry wisdom with a classic country sound.
Heat Check Roundup: Alex Vaughn, UnoTheActivist, Jeshi and more
This week's Heat Check selects feature an R&B newbie enlisting a legend, a spaced-out rapper deciding to go it alone, artists from Compton, London and Nigeria refusing complacency and more.
Winning a MacArthur genius grant is an honor, but it's also heavy, jazz cellist says
Jazz cellist Tomeka Reid is one of this year's MacArthur Fellows. She and 24 other so-called "geniuses" will each receive $800,000 for their "exceptional creativity."
Confronted with life's fragility, Wild Pink finds sanctity in stillness
The band's new album, ILYSM — made in the midst of cancer diagnosis — shares much with the genre of slow cinema: It asks the listener to lean in, pay attention and find providence in small details.