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Price has been at home in Nashville trying to keep her feet on the ground. "If you let things like fame or money cloud your mind and poison your spirit, I think your art will really suffer," she says.

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Margo Price On The Mysterious Process Of Album-Making And Motherhood

4:40pm July 13, 2020

The country artist talks to NPR's Ailsa Chang about how following her muse to make the hard-rocking That's How Rumors Get Started is a lesson to herself and her kids on following their dreams.

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Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire Mixes The Playful And Solemn On A New Album

1:26pm July 13, 2020

by Kevin Whitehead

The Bay Area trumpet player broke out in jazz over a decade ago. A new album by his quartet, on the tender spot of every calloused moment, shows just how pretty Akinmusire can play.

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K-pop has become with synonymous with pop from Korea — you may not be surprised to hear that there's far more to it than that.

Korean Pop, Away From The Hit Factories

11:10am July 13, 2020

by Haeryun Kang

The country's K-pop idols have found success worldwide, to the point that they are now synonymous with the country's popular and/or modern music. But there's a lot more where that came from.

A song by the K-pop group BTS, shown here performing during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards, is included in our starter kit.

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Start Here: Your Guide To Getting Into K-Pop

9:13am July 13, 2020

by Maria Sherman

Korean pop's near-total global ubiquity may be intimidating for the uninitiated, but getting into the music shouldn't be. Our introduction includes tracks by H.O.T., Girls Generation, BTS and more.

Laverne Cox is the executive producer and a prominent voice in the new documentary Disclosure.

Trans People 'Have Always Been There,' Says 'Disclosure' Producer Laverne Cox

5:08am July 13, 2020

by Noel King

The Emmy-winning actress is the executive producer of Disclosure, a new documentary on trans representation in Hollywood. Trans people were on film as early as 1914, but often misrepresented.

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New Looney Tunes Series Hits HBO Max, With New Music

10:28am July 11, 2020

by Tim Greiving

Looney Tunes turns 90 this year and HBO Max is launching a new series of cartoons, along with a new soundtrack composed by Joshua Moshier.

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Rufus Wainwright's new album is called Unfollow the Rules. He says the title comes from something his daughter said to him, and which he uses to express the need to reexamine the world.

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Rufus Wainwright Wants You To 'Unfollow The Rules'

10:00am July 10, 2020

Folk singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright returned to LA, where he made his 1998 debut, to make his new record. He says the title comes from the idea of reexamining the world to make your own decisions.

Buddy performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Dec. 4, 2018 (Cameron Pollack/NPR).

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Buddy's 5 Favorite Tiny Desk Concerts

7:01am July 10, 2020

by Buddy

From rising rapper Chika to his "favorite band since the Miles Davis Quintet," Buddy picks his 5 favorite Tiny Desk concerts.

Los Angeles police say they have arrested five people in connection with the February shooting death of rapper Pop Smoke. The late musician is seen here during Paris Fashion Week's men's fall-winter shows in January.

5 People Arrested In Killing Of Rapper Pop Smoke, LA Police Say

6:16pm July 09, 2020

by Bill Chappell

Three men and two juvenile males have been arrested in connection with the rapper's death in February, the Los Angeles Police Department announced.

Tiny Desk Contest Top Shelf: Tarik Moody

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Watch Tiny Desk Contest Top Shelf Episode 5 Featuring Tarik Moody

6:01pm July 09, 2020

by Elle Mannion

Live on YouTube, Bob Boilen and Radio Milwaukee's Tarik Moody watched their favorites entries to the 2020 Contest and discussed what made them stand out from the thousands we saw this year.