Grammy Nominations Name Kendrick Lamar, Luis Fonsi, Kesha In Top Categories
Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Childish Gambino, Brian Eno and more are up for the golden gramophone ahead of the Jan. 28, 2018 ceremony in New York.
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Grammy Nominations Announced: The 'Despacito' Story Continues
Awards season continues with this morning's announcement of the nominees for the 60th annual Grammy Awards.
Steely Dan, Inc. Fights Itself In Lawsuit Over Shares
Band co-founder Donald Fagen is suing the estate of Walter Becker, his artistic partner for over 50 years, over a contract signed more than 45 years ago, on Halloween, 1972.
Celebrating 100 Years Of Bernstein With Gianandrea Noseda
Nina Totenberg speaks with the new musical director of The National Symphony Orchestra, as the ensemble gears up to mark the centennial of Leonard Bernstein.
On The Syrian Border, Alternative Arabic Music Brews
The Israeli-held Golan Heights, located right next to a civil war, has become an incubator for an experimental Arabic music scene.
Panning For Gold And Self-Awareness In John Adams' New Opera
Set in the California mining camps of the 1850s, Girls of the Golden West, sifts through themes that still weigh heavy today.
Jazz Singer Jon Hendricks Dies At 96
Time magazine called him the James Joyce of jive. Jon Hendricks could make any lyric swing. He was born in Newark, Ohio, and was best-known as one-third of the hit vocal group, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. Hendricks died yesterday in Manhattan at age 96.
Musical Acts Show Their Gratitude On Thanksgiving
NPR's Ari Shapiro spreads the musical appreciation around once again, in conversations with Tegan and Sara, Shabazz Palaces and more.
Jon Hendricks, Genre-Pushing Jazz Vocalist, Dead At 96
The jazz singer and songwriter died Wednesday in Manhattan at the age of 96.
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Renowned Baritone, Dies At 55
The Russian baritone known for his burnished voice died Wednesday. He announced in 2015 that he had been diagnosed with brain cancer.