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Nolan Gasser's New Book Explores Musical Taste And Where It Comes From

6:34pm April 29, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Nolan Gasser, chief musicologist and architect of Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project about his book Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste.

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Jay-Z performs at the Something in the Water festival in Virginia Beach, Va., on Saturday. The rapper was one of the many artists who had been scheduled to perform at Woodstock 50.

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Woodstock 50 Canceled By Its Investors

6:27pm April 29, 2019

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The Dentsu Aegis Network, which had been funding the ambitious, three-day 50th-anniversary music festival with headliners including Jay-Z and Santana, says that the August event will not happen.

Toro Y Moi performs a Tiny Desk Concert on April 16, 2019 (Claire Harbage/NPR).

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Toro Y Moi: Tiny Desk Concert

11:57am April 29, 2019

by Bobby Carter

Toro y Moi loses the voice processing, synths and other heavy effects for a stripped-down acoustic set at the Tiny Desk.

Which entry has the best desk? Clockwise from top left: Sophie Marks, jeannie, TOP nachos, 76th Street, Brie Capone, AJO.

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Vote: Who Has The Best Desk In The 2019 Tiny Desk Contest?

10:01am April 29, 2019

by Clara Maurer

Every entry video for the Tiny Desk Contest must feature a desk. For our next just-for-fun fan vote, we want you to tell us your favorite desk.

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From Betty Boop To Popeye, Franz Von Suppé Survives In Cartoons

9:18am April 29, 2019

by Miles Hoffman

You may not recognize the Austrian composer by name, but if you like cartoons, you've heard the music of Franz von Suppé.

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A mural depicts jazz greats Miles Davis and Billie Holiday on the side of the Bohemian Caverns club on Washington, D.C.'s U Street in 2005.

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More Than 'Kind Of Blue': In 1959, A Few Albums Changed Jazz Forever

5:10am April 29, 2019

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman and Charles Mingus all cut timeless classics, each pointing the form in a different direction.

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"I think we've been through everything you could possibly get thrown at you in a band," Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody says.

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After 25 Years, Snow Patrol Gets More Honest Than Ever

6:07pm April 28, 2019

Award-winning Northern Irish band Snow Patrol is currently touring the United States. The group stopped by NPR to perform a few songs and chat about its latest album.

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