Music & Culture

Music & Culture

Go-Go Music Resumes At D.C. Store After Noise Complaints

6:59am April 11, 2019

The music is back on after T-Mobile's CEO reversed his earlier decision. He had urged store officials to tone down the music after residents of a nearby luxury apartment building complained.

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Los Angeles Memorial Will Honor Rapper Nipsey Hussle

6:11am April 11, 2019

Nipsey Hussle will be remembered as a rapper, but also as an entrepreneur, father and community activist. After Thursday's funeral, fans will gather at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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Angelique Kidjo's Celia is out April 19 on Decca Records.

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First Listen: Angélique Kidjo, 'Celia'

5:00am April 11, 2019

by Felix Contreras

Angélique Kidjo rearranges the molecules of the Celia Cruz songs that many of us know by heart. The results are glorious.

(From left) Angie McMahon, MorMor and Devon Gilfillian

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Station Breaks: The Best New Songs From NPR Music Stations

7:22pm April 10, 2019

This month on Station Breaks, Samm Henshaw takes listeners to Sunday service, the crisp spring air summons Lovers Leap and MorMor searches for the sun.

"I never want my name to be more hot because of controversy than my music," Lil Nas X says. "It's like a blessing and a curse."

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Wrangler On His Booty: Lil Nas X On The Making And The Magic Of 'Old Town Road'

4:50pm April 10, 2019

by Rodney Carmichael

The artist behind the country-trap hit, who celebrated his 20th birthday and topped the charts this week, is less beholden to any genre than he is to the shape-shifting nature of online identity.

President Trump tweeted a video promoting his campaign that used music from the Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises without permission. Trump and first lady Melania Trump are seen here at a premiere of the film in 2012.

Trump Posted A Video With Music From A Batman Movie. Warner Bros. Had It Taken Down

4:41pm April 10, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

As a dramatic score plays, words appear on the screen: "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they call you racist." The video used music from The Dark Knight Rises without permission.

Hear Lila Downs' new Peruvian cumbia classic on this week's Alt.Latino music roundup.

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'Medicine' To Make You Feel 'Inmortal': Our Favorite Latin Songs This Week

2:31pm April 10, 2019

On Alt.Latino, hear Aventura reemerge from the shadows with its first song in 10 years, Jennifer Lopez duet with French Montana and Lila Downs sing a Peruvian cumbia classic.

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The Thistle & Shamrock: Song Links

2:17pm April 10, 2019

Hear early field recordings from Liz Carroll and Eileen Ivers on The Thistle & Shamrock.

Steve Earle performing live for World Cafe

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Steve Earle Pays Tribute To Guy Clark, His Songwriting Hero

10:37am April 10, 2019

The guy who always calls it like he sees it remembers a late friend, mentor, and outlaw music icon with a new album, GUY.

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Beyond The Summer Of Love, 'Get Together' Is An Anthem For Every Season

9:57am April 10, 2019

by Tom Cole

The song was everywhere during the 1967 gatherings in San Francisco. After it was used in a public service announcement, it became an anthem for the rest of the world.

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