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A study in the journal "Scientific Reports" finds the melodies of popular songs have gotten simpler over time.
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NPR's Music team breaks down this week's new music, plus how the impact of movie soundtracks has changed.
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The Puerto Rican rapper brought a relaxed energy and community feel to his performance.
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The two veteran rappers read as comic inversions of one another on their new albums, by turns renewed and restrained by the instincts that defined them at the start of their careers.
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The award for lifetime artistic achievements will also recognize jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval. The Apollo Theater will receive a special Honors as "an iconic American institution."
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In an era when connecting the tidbits of an artist’s private life can seem more important than following a musical thread between songs, West of Roan's Queen of Eyes revives faith in the power of the concept album.
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Bernice Johnson Reagon, a civil rights activist who co-founded The Freedom Singers and later started the African-American vocal ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, died Tuesday at the age of 81.
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The songleader, civil rights activist and scholar died Tuesday at the age of 81.
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So far, the group has entertained viewers with renditions of such hits as "Life is a Highway," "All Star," "What I Like About You," "Don't Stop Believin' " and "Reelin' in the Years," among other "dad jams."
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The beloved jam band plays a handful of classics and new tracks at the Desk.
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Swift's The Tortured Poets Department has been the biggest album in the country for 12 consecutive weeks, the longest run atop that chart of her career.