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Billy McFarland in a screenshot from FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened.

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Fyre Festival Documentary Shows 'Perception And Reality' Of Infamous Concert Flop

7:43am January 13, 2019

In 2017, the Fyre Music Festival was billed as an exclusive event in the Bahamas. The reality was very different. Director Chris Smith tells the behind-the-scenes story in a new Netflix documentary.

"These songs, they just kind of pop up in my head and I feel like I have to write them down," Mike Posner says.

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'Beginnings Always Hide Themselves In The End': Mike Posner On Grieving And Growth

9:46pm January 12, 2019

After major life changes, the singer-songwriter returns with his third studio album, A Real Good Kid. As part of his growth, Posner says he's done making music that he now views as misogynistic.

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Composer Olivier Messiaen in 1983, at the organ at the Trinité church in Paris where he held the post of organist for over 60 years.

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Finding God, Love And The Meaning Of Life In Messiaen's 'Turangalîla-Symphonie'

8:13am January 12, 2019

Baltimore Symphony music director Marin Alsop traces her discovery of the rollicking 75-minute symphony and the man behind the music.

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President Trump Attends Senate Republicans Weekly Policy Luncheons On Capitol Hill

Friday News Roundup - Domestic

3:00pm January 11, 2019

The partial government shutdown, three weeks in.

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Derek Minor And nobigdyl Have Faith In Fleshing Out Their Own Compelling Visions

2:03pm January 11, 2019

by Jewly Hight

As different as the two Christian rappers are artistically, they proved equally thoughtful about their aims and aspirations in conversation.

The marriage certificate, seen here in an image obtained by Chicago member station WBEZ, was issued by Cook County, Ill., in 1994.

The Allegations Against R. Kelly: An Abridged History

1:49pm January 11, 2019

The case laid out in Lifetime's Surviving R. Kelly represents just one more milestone in a quarter-century of controversy surrounding the R&B superstar. Here's a timeline of the major moments.

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J. Mascis On World Cafe

12:34pm January 11, 2019

Hear a live performance from the Dinosaur Jr. frontman, including two songs from his 2018 solo album, Elastic Days.

Carolina Eyck and Clarice Jensen perform a Tiny Desk Concert on Dec. 3, 2018 (Cameron Pollack/NPR)/

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Carolina Eyck and Clarice Jensen: Tiny Desk Concert

12:01pm January 11, 2019

by Tom Huizenga

Carolina Eyck, the first artist to bring a theremin to the Tiny Desk, plays the air with the kind of lyrical phrasing and "fingered" articulation that takes a special kind of virtuosity.

The exterior of Casa Verdi, founded by famed Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi in the late 1890s.

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For Opera Singers, Life After Retirement — At Least At One Very Special Rest Home

10:31pm January 10, 2019

by Rebecca Rosman

Founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi and funded by royalties from his popular operas, Casa Verdi in Milan opened a century ago as a home for opera musicians in their golden years.

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R. Kelly Gets His Day In Court Of Public Opinion After Years Of Sex Abuse Allegations

9:12pm January 10, 2019

Following the release of the docuseries Surviving R. Kelly, interest has renewed in the sexual abuse allegations against the R&B star. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Sound Opinions host Jim DeRogatis.

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