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A team of volunteers with an Ohio-based nonprofit handed out 2,500 doses of a nasal spray version of naloxone, an overdose reversal drug, at this year's Bonnaroo music festival.

Overdose reversal drugs gain support at music festivals, but not fentanyl test strips

6:24am August 03, 2022

by Blake Farmer

Festival promoters are allowing lifesaving medication as fentanyl deaths surge, but volunteers are often left to distribute it, and more controversial forms of harm reduction aren't openly allowed.

Music industry titan Mo Ostin who worked with Sinatra, Hendrix and Prince dies at 95

4:56pm August 02, 2022

by Elizabeth Blair

Ostin signed deals with major pop and rock talent over the decades, including Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac and R.E.M. He said the industry didn't have to prioritize sales over artistic freedom.

Beyoncé performs during the Oscars on March 27 in Los Angeles.

Beyoncé will change a lyric in her latest album after accusations of ableism

7:45am August 02, 2022

by Amina Kilpatrick

Beyoncé's publicist confirmed that the artist will replace an offensive lyric from a song in her latest album, Renaissance.

Beyoncé's new album 'Renaissance' pays homage to Black queer music history

5:38pm July 29, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Danyel Smith, author of the book Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women In Pop and host of the podcast Black Girl Songbook, about the new Beyoncé album.

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Beyoncé releases 'Renaissance' — her 7th studio album

7:30am July 29, 2022

The new album pulls from '70s disco, '80s synth-pop, '90s house and afro-beats. In other words, it makes you want to dance. This is only the first act — there will be two more sister records.

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Beyoncé performs at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy on July 18, 2016 as part of The Formation World Tour.

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Beyoncé releases seventh album, 'Renaissance'

6:25am July 29, 2022

by Ashley Pointer

More than six years after the lauded visual album Lemonade, Beyoncé returns, evolves and responds to a very different world.

Singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks is starting a new chapter as a comic book star

5:59am July 27, 2022

You can see the singer's animated story come to life in the 22-page book Female Force: Stevie Nicks. Rumors are she's being reimagined in her signature witchy style and long blond hair.

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Brandi Carlile (right) introduces Joni Mitchell for a special Joni Jam at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park, R.I., on Sunday.

Here's why Joni Mitchell's performance at the Newport Folk Festival is so incredible

1:08pm July 26, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

The iconic singer-songwriter wasn't able to walk or talk after a brain aneurysm in 2015. Dr. Anthony Wang, a neurosurgeon, explains the challenges she faced as a musician and her remarkable comeback.

Members of the Silkroad Ensemble in a portrait taken at a preview of Phoenix Rising in Nov. 2021. Front row, from left: Wu Man, Haruka Fujii, Karen Ouzounian, Rhiannon Giddens and Maeve Gilchrist. Back row, from left: Sandeep Das, Mario Gotoh, Reylon Youn

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Rhiannon Giddens relaunches the Silkroad Ensemble

11:08am July 26, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with composer Rhiannon Giddens about the Silkroad Ensemble. A couple of years ago she replaced famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma as the creative director of the ensemble.

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A course on Harry Styles is coming to Texas State next spring

6:13am July 26, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with digital history professor Louie Dean Valencia about his future course at Texas State University, focusing on Harry Styles and themes like internet culture and identity.

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