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Coldplay at Glastonbury Festival 2024 - Day Four

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

10:04am October 16, 2024

The British band hasn't had a chart-topping album in a decade, but it pulled out all the stops to promote its latest, Moon Music, including selling more than a dozen different versions of the album.

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Listen to singles from Green Day's 'Dookie' on a doorbell, wax cylinder or toothbrush

6:24pm October 15, 2024

by Patrick Jarenwattananon

For the 30th anniversary of Dookie, Green Day is offering de-mastered singles: each individually crafted for the most mediocre sound quality at best.

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New recording of a tragedy in Swannanoa happens as area recovers from hurricane

7:28am October 15, 2024

Purely coincidentally, Americana musician Rhiannon Giddens' new single, “Swannanoa Tunnel,” was released shortly after Hurricane Helene practically leveled the region around Swannanoa, N.C.

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Jennifer Koh seeks innovation and 'artistic risk' in revamping chamber music series

4:41am October 15, 2024

Jennifer Koh is shaking up the long-established chamber music series at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. An example of that is her collaboration with pianist-composer Missy Mazzoli.

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Songs That Move You: 'Ojalá Que Llueva Café' by Juan Luis Guerra

3:26am October 15, 2024

by Anamaria Artemisa Sayre

Alt.Latino has a new story in its series, Songs That Move You. Listener Claudia Cruz is reminded about Afro-Caribbean New York City in the 1980s.

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6 people accuse Sean 'Diddy' Combs of sexual assault in new lawsuits

6:04pm October 14, 2024

The lawsuits filed Monday accuse the hip-hop mogul of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting a 16-year-old boy.

Elvis’ granddaughter says it was her ‘duty’ to finish Lisa Marie Presley’s memoir

5:00am October 14, 2024

by Tonya Mosley

Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley, was working on a memoir when she died in 2023. Now, her daughter Riley Keough, has finished and published From Here to the Great Unknown.

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New documentary 'Dusty & Stones' showcases country music's global reach

6:04pm October 12, 2024

by Rob Schmitz

NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Jesse Rudoy, director of the documentary "Dusty & Stones," about the African country music duo of the same name.

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Suki Waterhouse on her new album 'Memoir of a Sparklemuffin'

8:04am October 12, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with musician Sukie Waterhouse about her new album, "Memoir of a Sparklemuffin." Waterhouse talks about finding inspiration in the sparklemuffin spider.

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Remembering gospel singer and backup vocalist Cissy Houston

9:47am October 11, 2024

by Terry Gross

Houston, who died Oct. 7, started out on the gospel circuit as a child, sang backup for Aretha Franklin and later guided her daughter, Whitney, to superstardom. Originally broadcast in 1998.

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