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World Cafe celebrates 30 years with a 2008 playlist.

Music & Culture

World Cafe 30th Anniversary Playlist: 2008

4:09pm February 16, 2022

by Bruce Warren

Debut albums by artists like Adele, Vampire Weekend and Lady Gaga — plus albums by established artists, including TV On The Radio, Kings Of Leon and Beach House — made 2008 a great year for music.

Music & Culture

Jazmine Sullivan, 'Hurt Me So Good'

3:43pm February 16, 2022

by Taylor Jennings-Brown

A bonus Heaux Tales track, "Hurt Me So Good" narrates the perils of staying in a relationship bad enough to make you question your worth but just good enough to make you stay despite the drama.

Music & Culture

Tomberlin, 'happy accident'

2:16pm February 16, 2022

by Elle Mannion

In the new single from her forthcoming album, Sarah Jane Tomberlin levels up in an epic examination of ambiguity.

Bollywood singer and music composer Bappi Lahiri speaks to the media before planting a tree during an environmental awareness campaign in Mumbai on June 19, 2021.

Bappi Lahiri, the king of Bollywood disco, dies at 69

1:34pm February 16, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

Lahiri famously brought a disco vibe to India's biggest film industry. He composed dozens of hits in the 1970s and '80s — which appeared in many top Bollywood movies.

Lee Morgan was killed in 1972, tragedy cutting short the life and career of the prolific and celebrated jazz musician. Nearly 50 years later, one fan discovered that Morgan's resting place seemed to have vanished.

Music & Culture

How a jazz legend's resting place was lost and found, 50 years after his tragic death

10:20am February 16, 2022

by Nate Chinen

Though the trumpeter Lee Morgan was killed in 1972, his legacy was well maintained. At least it seemed so, until one fan discovered last year that Morgan's gravesite seemed to have vanished.

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Snoop Dogg and Kelly Clarkson to host a U.S. version of the 'Eurovision Song Contest'

1:58pm February 15, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

NBC's American Song Contest will feature live performances representing all U.S. states, territories and Washington, D.C., with viewers voting for the best original song.

Composer Germaine Franco attends the world premiere of Encanto at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood in November 2021.

Sure, 'Encanto' has fun songs and a sweet story. But Germaine Franco made it groove

11:51am February 15, 2022

by Tim Greiving

She's the first woman to score a Disney animated feature, and a history-making Oscar nominee. But most importantly, Franco is a drummer, who brings a jam-band attitude to a by-the-book industry.