Elton John & Dua Lipa, 'Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)'
What happens when you take one of the greatest hitmakers of all time, pop's current It Girl and an Australian dance music trio? You get a roller rink-ready jam.
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Irreversible Entanglements, 'Open The Gates'
The tri-city free-jazz band expands and distorts the shape of melody, noise and heart-thumping rhythm.
They Broke Up, But Then This Brooklyn Post-Punk Duo Made 'Structure' From Chaos
Made just before the pandemic amid the band members' romantic breakup, Water From Your Eyes' new album is a thrilling adventure through avant-garde noise, haunting lullabies and romantic melodies.
A Woman Claims R. Kelly Forced Her To Get An Abortion Against Her Will
The accuser also alleges that Kelly physically and sexually abused her, and first pressured her into sex when she was a 17-year-old high school student who went to him for career mentorship.
Beyoncé Just Became The First Black Woman To Wear The Iconic Tiffany Diamond
Beyoncé and Jay-Z's new Tiffany & Co. campaign marks several milestones: the couple's first joint campaign, a never-before-seen Basquiat painting and just the fourth woman to wear the Tiffany Diamond.
R. Kelly And Britney TV Docs Tap Into 'Consequence Culture,' Not Cancel Culture
Surviving R. Kelly and Framing Britney Spears are among a growing list of documentary projects challenging audiences to reconsider old controversies with fresh eyes.
#NowPlaying: Essential New Music Playlist
NPR Music staff and NPR Member stations share today's essential new music that makes us dance, smile and weep.
Kacey Musgraves, 'star-crossed'
How do you follow up the domestic bliss of Golden Hour when real life doesn't go according to the narrative? Musgraves offers an answer in the form of "star-crossed," the title track of her new album.
Don Everly, Half Of The Quintessential Harmonic Duo The Everly Brothers, Dies At 84
With hits like, "All I Have To Do Is Dream" and "Wake Up Little Susie," The Everly Brothers were a sensation in the late 1950s and early '60s as rock and roll became a cultural phenomenon.
Country Singer Tom T. Hall, Writer Of 'Harper Valley PTA,' Dies At 85
He was known as "The Storyteller" for his unadorned yet incisive lyrics. Hall composed hundreds of songs and sang about life's simple joys as country music's consummate blue-collar bard.