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Deborah Voigt regularly hosts and performs in the Metropolitan Opera's The Met: Live in HD series.

A 'Down-To-Earth Diva' Confronts Her Flaws And Good Fortune

11:57am January 17, 2015

by NPR Staff

In a frank new memoir, soprano Deborah Voigt reveals her troubles with obesity, alcohol and bad relationships, along with her many triumphs in opera houses the world over.

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Yaya DaCosta as Whitney Houston in Lifetime's Whitney.

Can A 'Whitney' Biopic Beat Watching Whitney Houston?

5:26am January 17, 2015

by Linda Holmes

Angela Bassett directs the Lifetime movie about Whitney Houston airing Saturday, but the project lacks structure and especially subtlety.

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Percussionist Bobbye Hall Is A Liner-Note Legend

7:09pm January 16, 2015

by Renee Montagne

Hall has played with everyone from Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson to Pink Floyd and Bob Dylan. She grew up in Detroit in the '60s, and was sitting in on Motown sessions before she could drive.

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Our search to find the next great unknown musician to play at the Tiny Desk ends Monday.

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Tiny Desk Contest Entries Just Keep Coming

1:33pm January 16, 2015

by Bob Boilen

Three days remain to submit your video. Watch a few of the entries that have stood out to us so far.

History Goes To The Illustrators: 'A Contrarian History Of The United States'

8:08am January 16, 2015

by Jasmine Garsd

Lalo Alcaraz and Ilan Stavans' new book isn't just hilarious; it's also important. Like all good history books, it makes a point to say something important about the present and the future.

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Christian McBride is the host of NPR's Jazz Night In America.

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'Everything Is Cyclical': Christian McBride Looks At 2015 In Jazz

5:55pm January 15, 2015

The bassist, host of NPR's new program Jazz Night In America, talks to Audie Cornish about two exciting new jazz records, as well as two birthdays he says he can't wait to celebrate.

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Robin's redesign demo for All Songs Considered from 2000. (Don't laugh, this looked pretty cool 15 years ago).

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All Songs At 15: How To Get The Greatest Job In The World

3:34pm January 15, 2015

by Robin Hilton

Here's the complete and unabridged answer to the question that the hosts of All Songs Considered get asked most often. White lies, all-nighters and a $100,000 sampler are involved.

A promotional thumbnail for the Skunk Bear video "Lonesome George (A Musical Eulogy)."

A Musical Memorial For The Face Of Extinction

12:05pm January 13, 2015

by Adam Cole

Lonesome George was the last of his subspecies of giant tortoise from the Galapagos. For decades scientists tried to find him a mate, but he died alone. NPR's Adam Cole offers this elegiac tribute.

Andraé Crouch in an undated press photo, circa 1970.

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Andraé Crouch, Who Moved Gospel Into The 21st Century, Has Died

5:06pm January 12, 2015

by Frannie Kelley

The singer and songwriter played a major role in creating a contemporary, conservative gospel sound.

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Ty Segall Goes 3-D On 'Mr. Face'

2:32pm January 12, 2015

by Ken Tucker

Ty Segall's new EP comes on two 7-inch discs that double as a pair of 3-D glasses.

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