Tiny Desk Premiere: Lise Davidsen
The Norwegian soprano, with plenty of horsepower, unleashes a high C, and much subtle singing, in a thrilling set.
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Beatles' sons — Sean Ono Lennon and James McCartney — co-create a song
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Martin Scorcese puts together amazing cast for planned bio-pic of Frank Sinatra
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Tiny Desk Premiere: Hauschka
It's hard to spot everything Hauschka deployed for this mostly improvised set, from pink putty to strings stuffed with tin foil.
A new Lennon-McCartney collab has dropped — but this time, it's by the Beatles' sons
A new single, "Primrose Hill," was co-written by Sean Ono Lennon and James McCartney, the youngest sons of Beatles musicians John Lennon and Paul McCartney.