Eric B. & Rakim changed rap with their 1987 album ‘Paid in Full’ : NPR

Eric B. & Rakim changed rap with their 1987 album 'Paid in Full' : NPR

Rakim (left) and Eric B., 1987 David Corio / Contributor/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David Corio / Contributor/Getty Images Rakim (left) and Eric B., 1987 David Corio / Contributor/Getty Images When hip-hop got its […]

Pop artist Post Malone wants you to be happy and “eat those chicken nuggets.” : NPR

Pop artist Post Malone wants you to be happy and "eat those chicken nuggets." : NPR

Post Malone Alfred Marroquin/The Lede Company hide caption toggle caption Alfred Marroquin/The Lede Company Post Malone Alfred Marroquin/The Lede Company It’s hard to describe Post Malone as anything other than a rockstar. He’s lived like […]

Leny Andrade, known as the first lady of Brazilian jazz, dies at 80 : NPR

Leny Andrade, known as the first lady of Brazilian jazz, dies at 80 : NPR

Leny Andrade performs at Birdland in New York in 2008. Andrade died on July 24, 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images Leny Andrade performs at […]

Philippines filling Taylor Swift void with Taylor Sheesh : NPR

Philippines filling Taylor Swift void with Taylor Sheesh : NPR

Taylor Sheesh, the Philippines’ top Taylor Swift impersonator, has set out on her own tour across the country in a bid to get the global superstar’s attention. Taylor Sheesh hide caption toggle caption Taylor Sheesh […]

Remembering André Watts, the American pianist who opened doors of possibility : NPR

Remembering André Watts, the American pianist who opened doors of possibility : NPR

Pianist André Watts, age 16, in rehearsal with the New York Philharmonic for one of Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts. CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images Pianist André Watts, […]

Prolific Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato dies at 88 : NPR

Prolific Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato dies at 88 : NPR

Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato accepts the best Latin jazz album award at the 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, on Nov. 11, 2010, in Las Vegas. Julie Jacobson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julie Jacobson/AP […]

Taylor Swift is the first female artist with 4 Billboard Top 10 albums at once : NPR

Taylor Swift is the first female artist with 4 Billboard Top 10 albums at once : NPR

Taylor Swift performs “The Man” during her Eras tour show in Arlington, Texas, in March. She just became the first woman to have four Top 10 charting albums at once. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images […]

NEA announces 2024 Jazz Masters including Terence Blanchard and Gary Bartz : NPR

NEA announces 2024 Jazz Masters including Terence Blanchard and Gary Bartz : NPR

Terence Blanchard performs at the International Jazz Day Concert, New Orleans Tricentennial at the Orpheum Theater in 2018. Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images for Thelonioius Mon hide caption toggle caption Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images for Thelonioius Mon Terence […]

At Queens’ new Louis Armstrong Center, an archive comes home : NPR

At Queens' new Louis Armstrong Center, an archive comes home : NPR

Regina Bain, executive director of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, leads a ribbon-cutting for the brand-new Louis Armstrong Center on June 29 in Queens, New York. Bowery Image Group/Andrew Kelly for Louis Armstrong House Museum […]

BET Awards honor hip-hop’s 50 years as stars pay tribute to late legends : NPR

BET Awards honor hip-hop's 50 years as stars pay tribute to late legends : NPR

Offset, left, and Quavo of Migos perform at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 25, 2023, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Mark Terrill/Mark Terrill/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Terrill/Mark Terrill/Invision/AP Offset, left, […]

Sheldon Harnick dies at 99 — the Broadway lyricist wrote ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ : NPR

Sheldon Harnick dies at 99 — the Broadway lyricist wrote 'Fiddler on the Roof' : NPR

Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick at the Tony Awards in May 2016. Matthew Eisman/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Matthew Eisman/Getty Images Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick at the Tony Awards in May 2016. Matthew Eisman/Getty Images […]

Live Nation and Ticketmaster are pledging to Joe Biden to show fees up front : NPR

Live Nation and Ticketmaster are pledging to Joe Biden to show fees up front : NPR

The headquarters of Live Nation is viewed Monday, June 29, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Mark J. Terrill/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark J. Terrill/AP The headquarters of Live Nation is viewed Monday, June 29, […]

The Beatles to release final song using AI to isolate John Lennon’s voice : NPR

The Beatles to release final song using AI to isolate John Lennon's voice : NPR

The voice of John Lennon, seen here in 1963, will appear on The Beatles’ new record, says his former bandmate Paul McCartney. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hulton Archive/Getty Images The voice of […]

George Winston, pianist of pastoral scenes, has died at 73 : NPR

George Winston, pianist of pastoral scenes, has died at 73 : NPR

George Winston performs onstage at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville in 2019. Jason Davis/Getty Images for NAMM hide caption toggle caption Jason Davis/Getty Images for NAMM George Winston performs onstage at the […]