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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Here's a little-known version of a well-known song by Tom Petty. He's playing live in Hollywood in 1977. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, BREAKDOWN) TOM PETTY: (Singing) It's all right if you love me. It's all right if you don't. INSKEEP: It'

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally today, let's talk about Prince. Music lovers are still mourning the artist's death last April. And those paying tribute often return to one monumental work, Purple Rain. The album and the film won three Grammys and an Osc

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Jackie: Hello, welcome to Entertainment, I'm Jackie Dalton, and today we travel to the English town of Oxford. Most famous, perhaps, for its University, but it's not only academic talent that the city has produced. Among the many other things, it's

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By Larry London Washington 07 January 2008 For almost a decade, Plain White T's have been performing to packed audiences craving their brand of pop-punk. The band's journey, which began in a suburban basement playing cover songs, has taken the group

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Guitarist Mike Stern has been nominated six times for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album, but he's never won the coveted trophy. Perhaps Mike will break the spell once and for all with his album Big Neighborhood, featuring the track 6th

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Patton Oswalt On His Late Wife's Search For The Golden State Killer

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Michelle McNamara was a writer engrossed with true crime. She worked on Hollywood pilots and screenplays and created the website truecrimediary.com. She connected the dots of blood and evidence of a series of as many as 50 sexual a

美国国家公共电台 NPR New Hampshire's Exeter Brass Band Returns With Summer Concerts

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Exeter Brass Band in New Hampshire is one of the oldest continuously performing bands in the country. They've been around since 1847. This summer, they're back at it doing their usual Monday night run of free concerts from th

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: David Yazbek's mother is Jewish, his father Lebanese. In his newest Broadway musical, The Band Visit, (ph) Mr. Yazbek wanted to write about the meeting of those two cultures. And as Jeff Lunden reports, his show focuses on the comm

美国国家公共电台 NPR The 84-Year-Old Grandmother Who Fronts D.C.'s Coolest House Band

AILSA CHANG, HOST: On a Sunday night in Washington, D.C., a white-haired grandmother is warming up for her set at a local dive bar. ALICE DONAHUE: (Playing piano). You know what that is? Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (laughter). CHANG: This is A

美国国家公共电台 NPR Forget 2016 — Here's Some Of 2017's Best Music

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally today, let's start the new year off with some music. Last week we brought you the hits from 2016, so this week we're going to look ahead at 2017 and check out some fresh new music. (SOUNDBITE OF SINKANE SONG, U'HUH) MARTI

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(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS BAND CLUB) THE BEATLES: (Singing) It was 20 years ago today Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play. They've been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile. So may I introduce t

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Some musicians arrive at their gigs in a tricked-out tour bus, others perhaps in a limo. And there's BJ Leiderman, who writes our theme music. He likes to arrive by paddleboat. In downtown Los Angeles, there's a popular band that l

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By Bernie Bernard Since the 1970s, Heart has sold more than 30 million albums, and has scored 20 Top 40 hits. After record company conflicts over the past 10 years and some health problems, Ann and Na

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MANAMA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Bahrain's most popular musician and performer Ali Bahar died on Sunday at the Salmaniya Medical Complex. State-run Bahrain news Agency confirmed the death of the singer, with several of his fans posting condolence messages

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BEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- U.S. pop star Beyonce Knowles was questioned after she performed at the inauguration ceremony of U.S. President Barack Obama over whether she lip-synched to the national anthem. On Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the U.S. M