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Flutist Eugenia Zukerman sets her struggle with Alzheimer's to verse in her new memoir.

In 'Like Falling Through A Cloud,' Eugenia Zukerman Explores Her Changing Mind

8:12am November 09, 2019

The classical flutist came back from the hospital after receiving an Alzheimer's diagnosis and felt compelled to write. The result is a stunning memoir that mixes poetry and prose.

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John Legend and Kelly Clarkson, onstage during the 2018 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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'Tis Already The Season To Argue About 'Baby, It's Cold Outside'

5:26pm November 08, 2019

by Stephen Thompson

John Legend and Kelly Clarkson have recorded a consent-minded update to the 1949 holiday standard, sparking a new debate that's sure to drain the last vestiges of joy from the season.

Four years between albums is not a very long time, says FKA twigs, if that artist writes all the lyrics and melodies and produces their own music.

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'I Found The Key': FKA Twigs Learns To Write For Her Voice On 'Magdalene'

4:22pm November 08, 2019

On songs like "Cellophane," the British artist steps out of her self-imposed cage and tests the limits of her tremendous soprano.

Ozzy Osbourne's Ordinary Man will come out sometime in 2020.

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Ozzy Osbourne Announces First Solo Album In 10 Years, 'Ordinary Man'

10:50am November 08, 2019

by Lars Gotrich

Do we really have Post Malone to thank for a new Ozzy Obsourne album? Hear "Under the Graveyard" from Ordinary Man, due out early 2020.

Noah Gundersen inside the World Cafe Performance Studio

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How Psychedelics Influenced Noah Gundersen's Latest Album, 'Lover'

10:46am November 08, 2019

Psychedelic drugs are just the jumping-off point for our conversation about the songs on Gundersen's rich, exquisitely crafted album.

Dave plays a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR (Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR).

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Dave: Tiny Desk Concert

9:33am November 08, 2019

by Rodney Carmichael

The British rapper made a trip all the way from the UK just for this Tiny Desk performance and powered through a set that made the personal political.

David Hasselhoff performs during a concert in Berlin on Oct. 3 — Germany Unity Day. In 1989, his song "Looking for Freedom" was the anthem to many Germans' newfound freedom.

David Hasselhoff Is Still Big In Germany 30 Years After His Berlin Wall Show

9:10am November 08, 2019

by Rob Schmitz

The Hoff recently sat down with NPR in Berlin and told the story of how he became a rock star there.

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Nat King Cole playing piano in the Capitol Records recording studio on May 23, 1945.

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'Hittin' The Ramp' Traces Nat King Cole's Early Artistic Development

7:09pm November 07, 2019

by Tom Moon

Before Nat King Cole became known for his velvety singing voice, he was a pianist working nightly gigs to hone his craft.

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Jessy Wilson performing live inside the World Cafe Performance Studio.

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Jessy Wilson Finds A Rock Vibe With Patrick Carney

11:47am November 07, 2019

Wilson talks about working with The Black Keys' drummer, her extensive musical background and why she wouldn't want to make music anywhere but Nashville.

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Rick Danko And Garth Hudson On Mountain Stage

11:31am November 07, 2019

by Dave Lavender

The Band's bassist and vocalist and one of rock's greatest organists and keyboardists both stop by Mountain Stage in this archival session from 1989.