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José Feliciano's bilingual Christmas song, "Feliz Navidad," celebrates 50 years.

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50 Years Later, 'Feliz Navidad' Still Delivers On Its Bilingual Message

8:10am December 14, 2020

by Mandalit del Barco

Puerto Rican singer José Feliciano first came up with the Spanish/English Christmas song because he missed his family. Now, 50 years later, he's recorded a new version with 30 friends.

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Dolly Parton Saves 9-Year-Old Actor From Being Hit By A Car

5:54am December 14, 2020

Inside Edition reports that while on the set of her latest movie, Parton saved costar Talia Hill from an oncoming car. In that movie, Parton plays an angel. Is it possible she's just playing herself?

Jonathan Biss plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Jonathan Biss: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

5:00am December 14, 2020

by Tom Huizenga

To mark the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, pianist Jonathan Biss explores the solitary side of the composer in extraordinary music written after Beethoven became deaf.

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Daveed Diggs, Jonathan Snipes Talk New Holiday Song, 'Puppy For Hanukkah'

4:59pm December 13, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Hamilton star Daveed Diggs and composer Jonathan Snipes of the group Clipping about their recent addition to the holiday song canon.

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Country Legend Charley Pride Dies Of COVID-19 Complications At 86

8:01am December 13, 2020

We remember Charley Pride, one of the first African Americans to become popular as a country artist. Pride died yesterday at the age of 86, of complications from COVID-19.

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A Song A Day: Two Performers Create Digital Advent Calendar With Original Tunes

8:01am December 13, 2020

Holiday joy is in short supply, but Julia Mattison and Joel Waggoner have created a social media advent calendar of silly carols to lighten up a dark season. They talk with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

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The Avalanches Release Their Highly Anticipated Third Album

8:01am December 13, 2020

Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi of The Avalanches share the inspiration for and some of the sounds on their third album, We Will Always Love You.

Country music legend Charley Pride died on Saturday at age 86 from complications due to COVID-19. Pride, who gave his final performance last month at the CMA Awards in Nashville, was the first Black performer inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Charley Pride, Country Music's First Major Black Star, Dies At 86

8:07pm December 12, 2020

by Jason Slotkin

Pride died Saturday from complications of COVID-19 in Dallas. The baritone-voiced singer was the first Black man inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's Pivot Online Brings Accessibility

6:07pm December 12, 2020

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra principal cellist Rainer Eudeikis explains how the pandemic has changed the way they're bringing music to their audience.

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Nipsey Hussle is part of a mural featuring other local notable people on the wall of a bank in the rapper's Hyde Park neighborhood. In the wake of Hussle's March 2019 death, many murals of the beloved Los Angeles musician were painted in the Hyde Park nei

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Caught In The System

11:27am December 12, 2020

When rapper Nipsey Hussle was killed in 2019, he was known as an advocate for the people in the neighborhood where he grew up and made his name. But the LAPD couldn't let his gang affiliation go.