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Min Kym is shown at her debut recital at the Serenates D'Estiu Festival in Majorca in July 1992.

Her Violin Stolen, A Prodigy's World Became 'Unstrung'

9:25am May 08, 2017

Min Kym had found her perfect partner in a 1696 Stradivarius — until it was snatched in a London cafe. She comes to terms with the loss in her new memoir, Gone: A Girl, A Violin, A Life Unstrung.

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The New Broadway Cast Recording of Hello, Dolly! comes out May 12.

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First Listen: 'Hello, Dolly!' New Broadway Cast Recording

6:53am May 08, 2017

by Linda Holmes

Bette Midler shines on the soundtrack to this Tony-nominated Broadway revival.

The New Pornographers inside the World Cafe performance studio.

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The New Pornographers On World Cafe

6:00am May 08, 2017

by Talia Schlanger

The band's latest album, Whiteout Conditions, is power-pop harmony heaven. AC Newman tells World Cafe he's always envisioned the group as a party band that also makes you think.

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First Listen: Marco Pavé, 'Welcome To Grc Lnd'

12:00am May 08, 2017

by Rodney Carmichael

The debut full-length from this Memphis MC gives voice to a side of town long overburdened by its own buried legacy.

LCD Soundsystem performs "Call The Police" on Saturday Night Live.

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LCD Soundsystem Brought Its New Songs To 'Saturday Night Live'

1:59pm May 07, 2017

by Otis Hart

Watch James Murphy and crew perform "Call The Police" and "American Dream," which were released on streaming services on Friday.

Feist says her goal with Pleasure is to "[go] back to a place that would be sustainable, that I can imagine enjoying when I'm 90."

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Feist Has A Message For Her 71-Year-Old Self

8:16am May 07, 2017

That message is embedded in the Canadian singer's new album, Pleasure. "I appreciate the perspective that 28-year-old Leslie's shed on my life," she says. "I kind of want to echo that forward."

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'Places,' Please: Lea Michele Turns Back To Broadway

7:48am May 06, 2017

The Glee star was cast in Les Misérables when she was 8 and has been performing ever since. She says her new album, Places, intentionally calls back to her history onstage.

Actor Richard Gere says of his new character, "I think there's a kindness and softness in Norman, where he really believes these schemes are going to be good for people."

'Every Culture Has A Norman': Richard Gere On Playing A Fixer And Wandering Jew

7:48am May 06, 2017

by Scott Simon

Gere's latest film, Norman, is about a Jewish man who pops up on the streets of Manhattan dropping names, handing out cards and promising to connect people.

A video of a dancing Pikachu getting tackled by men in suits in Songdo, South Korea went viral on Friday.

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WATCH: Deflating Pikachu Gets Tackled, Hustled Off Stage By Suited Men

9:26pm May 05, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

A video from the Pokémon World Festival near Seoul shows 15 Pikachu dancing to Hairspray when the ringleader's costume starts deflating. Then a group of men forcefully spirit the dancer away.

Loretta Lynn, seen here performing at SXSW 2016, suffered a stroke Thursday night.

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Loretta Lynn Suffers Stroke, Expects Full Recovery

8:53pm May 05, 2017

by Otis Hart

The country legend, who just celebrated her 85th birthday, fell ill Thursday night.