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Music & Culture
Apple discontinues the iPod, but you can buy an iPod touch while supplies last
The iPod was introduced in 2001 as a new way to listen to music on a device that could hold up to "1,000 CD-quality songs." But with streaming services, iPods have become largely obsolete.
ARC Ensemble: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Musicians from Canada's Royal Conservatory in Toronto introduce the spirited and overlooked music of Ukrainian composer Dmitri Klebanov.
Rappers Young Thug and Gunna were charged with racketeering
Prosecutors allege that Atlanta rapper Young Thug co-founded a violent street gang.
The Clarinet Trio's new album showcases the lovely sound of blended woodwinds
Transformations and Further Passages, a lively new album by Germany's The Clarinet Trio, revives tunes written by German jazz composers in the 1950s and '60s.
U2's Bono and the Edge held a concert in a Kyiv subway station in support of Ukraine
The musicians said they were performing in Kyiv at the invitation of Ukraine's president. They played acoustic versions of U2 hits and also shared the "stage" with the Ukrainian band Antytila.
Meet Raven Chacon, the first Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for music
A composer, performer and installation artist from the Navajo Nation, Chacon's winning piece, Voiceless Mass, was composed for chamber orchestra and a specific Milwaukee pipe organ.
Kendrick Lamar returns, 5 years later and a world away
The Pulitzer-winning rapper has returned with his first solo release since 2017's DAMN.
Celebrated Indian musician and composer Shivkumar Sharma has died at age 84
Reverentially known as Pandit ("teacher"), Shivkumar Sharma took the hammered dulcimer from humble folk instrument to classical concert stages around the world. He died Tuesday in Mumbai.
Kendrick Lamar, 'The Heart Part 5'
Each release in the "Heart" song series has signaled both an imminent new project and a new artistic beginning for Lamar.