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Dusty Henry of KEXP's 50 Years of Hip Hop podcast explores a groundbreaking innovation by 12-year-old Theodore Livingston, aka Grand Wizzard Theodore.
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65 years after it was released, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree has topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time. NPR's Scott Detrow talks about it with singer Brenda Lee.
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English singer Rose Betts explains the story behind her song, "Irish Eyes." (This story first aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on October 1, 2023.)
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One of Edith Piaf's famous hits was "La Vie En Rose" but... how about "La Vie En AI"? A new biopic about the singer will be made using artificial intelligence to recreate her voice and image.
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Rapper Nicki Minaj put out her first album in five years Friday. Her legacy as the best-selling female rapper of all time includes 132 chart entries on the Hot 100.
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A new 24/7 web stream on a classical music radio network combines video game music with classical.
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It's a musical way to celebrate Hanukkah. Latkes Con Salsa — a Milwaukee project — mixes traditional Jewish melodies with Latin rhythms like bomba, salsa and merengue.
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This year, the annual holiday concert, recorded live at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., features an all-Cuban lineup: Hilario Durán, Melvis Santa and Alfredo Rodriguez.
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Manilow was one of the biggest pop hitmakers of the '70s and early '80s. He now has a Broadway musical, Harmony. "I like emotional productions," he said in '02. I like to take the listener on a trip."
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Hear the Grammy-nominated jazz musician performs songs from her latest album, Bewitched.