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Jarobi White and Q-Tip performing on Saturday Night Live on Nov. 12.

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'Musicians Don't Retire': A Tribe Called Quest On The Work Ahead

1:06pm November 19, 2016

by NPR Staff

The death this year of a founding member means that the group's long-delayed new album may really be its last. But as Q-Tip and Jarobi White put it, "Musicians don't retire."

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Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo and Ariana DeBose with Lin-Manuel Miranda with the cast during their final performance curtain call of "Hamilton" in July.

'Hamilton' To Pence: 'We Are The Diverse America Who Are Alarmed'

11:27am November 19, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

Pence was met with boos and cheers as he came to see the show, and afterwards the diverse cast and crew delivered a pointed statement about what they believe really makes America great.

"We want so badly just to confess everything when we're deep inside of our drug use," Nina Diaz says. "We want so badly to get caught sometimes."

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Nina Diaz Is On The Other Side

8:12am November 19, 2016

by NPR Staff

The frontwoman for the punk band Girl in a Coma spent years battling addiction. Now, she's gotten sober and gone solo for her new album, The Beat Is Dead.

Hear Sia (left), Tame Impala (top right) and Bee Gees (bottom right) in this Sense Of Place edition of Weekend LISTening.

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Weekend LISTening: Musicians From Down Under

8:00am November 19, 2016

by Bruce Warren

To wrap up our Sense of Place week in Sydney, World Cafe presents a playlist of songs by Australian artists new and old.

Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings perform at opening night of Celebrate Brooklyn! in New York City on June 8.

Soul Singer Sharon Jones, 60, Dies

10:05pm November 18, 2016

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

Jones, known for generating powerful, energetic performances despite her small stature while fronting The Dap-Kings for the past decade, had been fighting pancreatic cancer since 2013.