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Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead performs at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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A Conversation With Jonny Greenwood, On Chaos And The Element Of Surprise

2:00am May 20, 2019

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood talks about his classical music featured on NPR Music's Tiny Desk, his love for the recorder and his composer heroes such as Steve Reich and Krzysztof Penderecki.

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Making Movies (pictured) enlist Latin legend Ruben Blades for its upcoming album Ameri'kana.

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Making Movies And Rubén Blades Trace Stories Of Immigrant Injustice With 'Ameri'kana'

8:45am May 19, 2019

Latino star Rubén Blades teams up with Making Movies to addresses themes of injustices in the collaborative album Ameri'kana.

Duncan Laurence of the Netherlands, the winner of Eurovision 2019, captured during the competition on Saturday in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Duncan Laurence From The Netherlands Wins Eurovision 2019

8:28pm May 18, 2019

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Singers from 26 countries competed in the finals of the global song competition, which was held Saturday evening in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Eurovision 2019 Concludes

8:12am May 18, 2019

Europe's favorite music competition, the Eurovision Song Contest, concludes tonight. NPR's Scott Simon talks with William Lee Adams, founder of the Eurovision fan site Wiwibloggs, about the contest.

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The Head And The Heart's 'Living Mirage' Has An Emphasis On Starting Fresh

2:04pm May 17, 2019

The band talks about its trip to Joshua Tree and the new writing that it inspired.

A still from DJ Khaled's "Higher" video, featuring John Legend and Nipsey Hussle.

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DJ Khaled Takes Nipsey Hussle 'Higher'

1:26pm May 17, 2019

by Joshua Bote

"Higher" is the first official song from Nipsey Hussle released posthumously since his untimely death in March. Proceeds will go directly to the late rapper's children.

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Vampire Weekend's 'Father Of The Bride' Puts A Light Touch On Heavy Topics

1:24pm May 17, 2019

by Ken Tucker

The band's longest album to date is so polished you may not initially take in all the emotion roiling beneath its surface. Father of the Bride introduces new themes and a new ambition.

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Billy Ray Cyrus (left) and Lil Nas X star in the "Old Town Road" music video.

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Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' Video Is Here To Lasso The Yeehaw Agenda

1:21pm May 17, 2019

by Joshua Bote

Folks, the yeehaw agenda has reached its absolute apex. Chris Rock, Rico Nasty, Vince Staples, Diplo and, of course, Billy Ray Cyrus guest in the video for the smash hit.

Bruce Springsteen's 19th album, Western Stars, comes out June 14.

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Bruce Springsteen Channels Roy Orbison In 'There Goes My Miracle'

1:11pm May 17, 2019

by Stephen Thompson

The song captures Springsteen at his most musically introspective, as he presides over a dense, string-swept studio sound that transcends time and place, but feels rooted in another era.

Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer-member of the Soviet delegation to the Cultural and Scientific conference for World Peace, plays the second movement of his Fifth Symphony at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 27, 1949.

'How Shostakovich Changed My Mind' Touches On The Music-Body Connection

1:00pm May 17, 2019

by Nicholas Cannariato

BBC music broadcaster Stephen Johnson's remarkably diverse aesthetic and personal sensitivity are on full display in his new book on the Russian composer's music — and his own personal struggles.