Aja Monet: Tiny Desk Concert
The Tiny Desk blooms with the stanzas, sounds and legacy of jazz poetry.
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Shane MacGowan, irascible frontman of The Pogues, has died at age 65
Shane MacGowan was a famously hard-drinking but brilliant musician who shot to fame in the 1980s with the folk punk band The Pogues.
When stars are on stage, this designer makes it personal for each fan in the stadium
Es Devlin says that stadiums are designed for competition and combat. So her job, whether she's designing for Beyoncé, Super Bowl Halftime, or The Olympics, is to achieve intimacy on a massive scale.
Remembering musician, composer and artist Catherine Christer Hennix
Catherine Christer Hennix combined drones and minimalism with mathematics, logic, and spirituality. Hennix died earlier this week in her home in Istanbul, Turkey, at age 75.
A judge awards Aretha Franklin's properties to her sons, citing a handwritten will
The decision Monday came four months after a Detroit-area jury said the document was a valid will under Michigan law, despite scribbles and many hard-to-read passages.
A piece of the Beatles' history is back in its rightful place
A Penny Lane street sign stolen by students in 1976 has been returned to Liverpool, England. It was taken nine years after the Beatles' song made the road legendary. An ex-student returned the sign.
The popularity of regional Mexican music is crossing borders and going global
NPR's Alt.Latino followed break-out trio Yahritza y Su Esencia on tour to document how their identity, and connection to regional Mexican music was shaped in their farmworker community.
André 3000's 12-minute, 20-second hit breaks record on Billboard 100
André 3000 issued one of the most unexpected solo projects of the year: an all-flute album. One of his 12-minute pieces just became the longest track ever to appear on the Billboard pop charts.
Sampha: Tiny Desk Concert
The artist returns to the Tiny Desk for a full circle moment of a performance.
Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad share journey of 'two extremes' in American Symphony
The same day musician Jon Batiste got 11 Grammy nominations, his partner, writer Suleika Jaouad, began chemotherapy. The new documentary American Symphony recounts their journey.