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Vanessa CastilloThe Welsh guitarist's fingerstyle playing drones with a haunted quality, but her flurry of bends, slides and chord clusters rip open the firmament. -
Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/InvisionThe 21-year-old Houston-born singer, whose real name is David Burke, had been under a secret investigation by an LA County grand jury after a 14-year-old girl's decomposed body was found in his car.
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The seven-member body, whose ranks are composed of Trump appointees, was expected to approve the arch. The proposed monument strongly resembles Paris' Arc de Triomphe, but almost 100 feet taller. -
The annual Whiting Award for Emerging Writers comes with $50,000 to support each winner's work. It's one of the largest prizes granted to promising new authors. -
In The Take, an older woman and a younger woman agree to exchange 10 years of their lives through a blood transfusion. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with author Kelly Yang.
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An antitrust suit alleged that the company unfairly controlled too much of the live music industry at the expense of venues, artists and fans. The decision could reshape the industry. -
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts the exhibit.
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The novel centers around Cherry, whose disintegrating marriage is complicated by the success of her husband's comic strip. -
In December, the late Nigerian superstar became the first African pop star to get a Grammy lifetime achievement award. Now he's making history as well at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. -
Protesting the government by not paying taxes is one way to be heard. We talk with Ruth Braunstein about her book, My Tax Dollar: the Morality of Taxpaying in America.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with James Wolff, the pseudonym of a former British intelligence officer who now writes about them in spy novels. His latest book is Spies and Other Gods.
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John Summit's second album, CTRL ESCAPE, charts his journey from cubicle to main stage, while paying homage to his Chicago roots.
