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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is Friday night in New York City

7:05am November 03, 2023

Missy Elliott, Kate Bush, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Chaka Khan and the late George Michael are some of the people who will be inducted into the hall. The ceremony streams on Disney+

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Conrad Tao and Caleb Teicher perform at the Tiny Desk at NPR's HQ in Washington, DC on Sep. 22, 2023. (Catie Dull/NPR)

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Conrad Tao and Caleb Teicher: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am November 03, 2023

by Tom Huizenga

In our very first tap dancing Tiny Desk, the artists created an experience so unexpectedly fresh and suffused with joy, it moved some to tears and others to cheer for more.

The Beatles, pictured here in 1969, just released what's been billed as the band's final song.

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The Beatles' 'Now and Then' is a wistful curiosity, 45 years in the making

4:28pm November 02, 2023

by Stephen Thompson

The Beatles' final song could never live up to the body of work that precedes it. But it could never diminish it, either.

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Duane Davis first appeared in court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Oct. 4 on charges of murdering Tupac Shakur.

Suspect in Tupac Shakur's murder has pleaded not guilty

3:37pm November 02, 2023

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Almost 30 years after the rapper's death, Duane Davis appeared in a Las Vegas court Thursday morning. Shakur has now been dead longer than he was alive.

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How producers used AI to finish The Beatles' 'last' song, 'Now And Then'

3:05pm November 02, 2023

by Miguel Perez

Paul McCartney and producer Giles Martin used artificial intelligence to isolate John Lennon's vocals from an old demo to finally complete The Beatles' "last" song, "Now And Then."

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Cailee Spaeny is impressively convincing in the role of adolescent Priscilla, depicting a high school senior isolated from others at Graceland.

In 'Priscilla,' we see what 'Elvis' left out

2:24pm November 02, 2023

by Aisha Harris

Sofia Coppola's glistening take on Priscilla Presley's life with Elvis is immersive and sad. But who exactly IS Priscilla, anyway?

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How Becca Mancari's conservative Christian family inspired her new album, 'Left Hand'

7:30am November 02, 2023

by Raina Douris

Becca Mancari joins World Cafe to talk about how the experience of growing up in a conservative Christian home inspired much of the songwriting on their new album, Left Hand.

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"I really enjoy writing the songs and performing and the other things that we do," David Byrne says of his work in Talking Heads.

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For David Byrne, Talking Heads was about making emotional sense — not literal sense

1:44pm November 01, 2023

by Terry Gross

Byrne opens up about filming the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense and says the band's hit song "Burning Down the House" is a compilation of "non-sequiturs that have a kind of emotional impact."

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The Thistle & Shamrock: Island of Peace

12:00pm November 01, 2023

The Hebridean island of Iona has been blessed with one thousand years of peace. It is a place of pilgrimage and sanctity.

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Mighty Poplar at Sid the Cat in Los Angeles on May 18, 2023

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Meet Mighty Poplar, a new supergroup of some of the world's best bluegrass players

11:22am November 01, 2023

by Stephen Kallao

Featuring some of the best bluegrass players around, Might Poplar's self-titled debut album was a chance for five friends to play "real deal bluegrass" and is a masterclass in form.

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