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Sam Moore, who sang 'Soul Man' in Sam & Dave duo, dies at 89

4:42am January 11, 2025

Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave, died Friday morning in Coral Gables, Florida, due to complications while recovering from surgery, his publicist said.

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'Fresh Air' speaks with 3 people depicted in the Dylan biopic 'A Complete Unknown'

10:54am January 10, 2025

by Terry Gross

In 2008, Suze Rotolo reflected on being Dylan's girlfriend and muse. Folk singer Joan Baez spoke to Terry Gross in 1987. In 1998, Al Kooper looked back on his time as a session musician with Dylan.

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Unpacking Bad Bunny's personal and political 'DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS'

10:32am January 10, 2025

Time and time again Bad Bunny has proven that he's strongest creatively when he anchors himself to the island and if DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS is to be believed, home is where he's insistent on staying.

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Bad Bunny's new album is being called his most Puerto Rican and political yet

5:05pm January 09, 2025

by Anamaria Artemisa Sayre

No matter how famous he gets, the focus of Bad Bunny's music always comes back to his home of Puerto Rico. And his new record is being called his most Puerto Rican and most political album yet.

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With the holidays over, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga and more stars flood the pop charts

3:48pm January 08, 2025

Now that most Christmas songs and albums have been packed away into the proverbial attic, the pop landscape of the new year is coming into focus.

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Peter Yarrow of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary has died at 86

2:27pm January 07, 2025

Yarrow wrote or co-wrote some of the group's biggest 1960s hits, including "Puff, the Magic Dragon" and "Day Is Done."

Isata Kanneh-Mason: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am January 07, 2025

The rising star of the British Kanneh-Mason family offers vigorous Chopin, serene Liszt and a stirring spiritual at the trusty Tiny Desk upright piano.

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Valley on their latest album, 'Water the Flowers, Pray for a Garden'

12:59pm January 06, 2025

The Toronto band sought the energy of their early days for their first album as a trio.

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From Peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer' to King Crimson, Tony Levin's bass lines serve the song

8:08am January 04, 2025

by Eric Deggans

Influential bassist Tony Levin speaks with NPR's Eric Deggans about Levin's work with the experimental rock band King Crimson.

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Undone by the loss of his brother Eddie, Alex Van Halen looks back in a new memoir

12:11pm January 02, 2025

Though Alex had been the guitarist in the family, when they formed Van Halen, it quickly became clear who would play: "[Ed] made that instrument sing." Originally broadcast Oct. 29, 2024.

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