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2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts Cher, Foreigner, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy and more

2:21am October 20, 2024

Inductees this year also included A Tribe Called Quest and Dave Matthews Band, and posthumous recognition for Jimmy Buffett, MC5, Alexis Korner, John Mayall, Norman Whitfield and Big Mama Thornton.

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Encore: Coldplay tops album chart, thanks to old-fashioned sales and modern tricks

5:38pm October 19, 2024

by Stephen Thompson

The British band Coldplay tops the Billboard 200 this week with its latest album.

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David Prowse of indie rock duo Japandroids on their latest — and last — album

7:56am October 19, 2024

by Ryan Benk

NPR's Scott Simon asks David Prowse of the duo Japandroids about their latest album, "Fate & Alcohol," and about their decision to make it their last.

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Emo music is having a moment at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

5:03pm October 18, 2024

by Sarah Handel

Emo music has largely flown under the radar, but with a new exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame focusing on one of its founding labels, it's time for another look.

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Now in her 50s, Kylie Minogue says she feels liberated

5:01pm October 18, 2024

by Brittany Luse

NPR's Brittany Luse, host of It's Been a Minute, talks with Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. Her new album Tension II is a follow-up to last year’s Tension.

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Charles Ives’ vision of America still strikes an unsettling chord

12:47pm October 18, 2024

To mark the 150th anniversary of the maverick American composer’s birth, pianist Jeremy Denk releases an Ives tribute album that educates, delights and confounds.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda's new musical is based on a cult movie — and is for your ears only

5:30am October 18, 2024

A new concept album from the creator of Hamilton sets a cult classic film to a starry hiphop, rock and Broadway soundtrack.

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Tom Petty to 'Fresh Air': 'The songs mean a lot to people, and it means a lot to me'

5:00am October 18, 2024

Petty's classic album is being rereleased as Long After Dark Deluxe, including seven previously unreleased songs. Petty, who died in 2017, spoke to Fresh Air in 2006 about his influences.

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Liam Payne, former member of One Direction, dies at 31

8:41pm October 16, 2024

Payne, who came to fame as a teen in the massively popular British boy band One Direction, died in Buenos Aires after falling from his hotel balcony, according to a statement by local officials.

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50 years in 10 tracks: A career-spanning playlist from John Scofield

2:07pm October 16, 2024

Guitarist John Scofield picks 10 of his favorite tracks from his own catalog and shares the stories behind them as he celebrates 50 years of recorded music.

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