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News Articles: Genre: Pop

Little Dragon performs a Tiny Desk concert July 12, 2023, at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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  • Concerts

Little Dragon: Tiny Desk Concert

The boundary-pushing dance pop group delivers a performance awash in upbeat and optimistic melody.

August 11, 2023
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By:
  • Mitra I. Arthur
Connie Converse, photographed in New York City in June, 1958.

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  • Music

The mysterious story of Connie Converse, the singer-songwriter who vanished

The artist quit music in the early '60s, then later disappeared so completely even her family didn't know where she'd gone. Now, an album of her songs — as she wanted them heard — is coming out.

August 06, 2023
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By:
  • Eyder Peralta
JD Samson, Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman recently reformed as Le Tigre for a European and North American tour.

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  • Music Features

Le Tigre's feminist rage has always been fun

The synth-pop band just finished its first tour in nearly 20 years. After a recent show in Brooklyn, two longtime fans reflect on why this music still hasn't lost its power.

August 04, 2023
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By:
  • Hazel Cills and
  • Marissa Lorusso
Lizzo performs at the Governors Ball Music Festival in the Queens borough of New York in June.

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  • Pop Culture

Lizzo says hostile work environment allegations against her are 'unbelievable'

The four-time Grammy winning artist known for championing women and body positivity, denies allegations a lawsuit by former employees that they experienced weight-shaming and other troubling demands.

August 03, 2023
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
Post Malone

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  • Music

Post Malone chases happiness, chicken nuggets and love in new album 'Austin'

Hip-hop superstar Post Malone shares stories of fatherhood, self-doubt and why he named his latest album after his real name.

August 03, 2023
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By:
  • Ziad Buchh and
  • A Martínez
Going back to her earliest days as a performer, Sinéad O'Connor has always rode an uneasy tension between suffering and liberation.

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  • Music Features

Sinéad O'Connor was our freedom singer, our keener and our feminist killjoy

O'Connor committed to a lifetime program of dissent, discontent and refusal against establishment evils. She carried all that swirling vehemence in her body and exorcised it through her howling music.

August 02, 2023
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By:
  • Jason King
Sinéad O'Connor sings in concert in 2003 at The Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. O'Connor has died at 56.

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  • Arts & Life

Irish singer Sinead O'Connor has died at 56

O'Connor, who had one of the biggest hits of the early 1990s with her version of "Nothing Compares 2 U," became as well known for her political convictions and the tumult in her life as for her songs.

July 26, 2023
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby and
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Mitski

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  • New Music

Mitski, 'Bug Like an Angel'

Mitski writes songs that cut straight to the bone. The first single from The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We, featuring a choir, feels like a hymnal.

July 26, 2023
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By:
  • Hazel Cills
Tony Bennett poses while signing an autograph in 1988.

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  • Obituaries

Tony Bennett, king of the American Songbook, dead at 96

The beloved singer and interpreter of pop standards won 20 Grammy awards over a career that touched eight decades.

July 21, 2023
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  • Walter Ray Watson

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  • Music

Roséwave: 106 songs for the best summer ever!

Summer feels infinite, but also rushed in its impermanence. Roséwave bottles that infinity with a soundtrack that spans generations and genres of music.

July 19, 2023
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By:
  • Lars Gotrich
Kim Petras, the 30-year-old German-born pop singer, is currently in the process of figuring out where she wants to be in the pop music echelon.

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  • Music

The misplaced promise of Kim Petras

With her debut album 'Feed the Beast,' the rising pop star is still in the process of figuring out where she wants to be in the pop music echelon.

July 07, 2023
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By:
  • Reanna Cruz
English singer-songwriters George Michael (1963 - 2016) and Andrew Ridgeley of pop duo Wham! at the Ivor Novello Awards, UK, 14th March 1985.

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  • Music

A new documentary on the band Wham! shows the 'temporal nature of youth'

The pop duo Wham! was only around for four years, but its songs have lasted decades. Chris Smith's Netflix documentary tells its history from the viewpoints of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.

July 06, 2023
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By:
  • Reena Advani and
  • Rob Schmitz
The performer Madonna, onstage at the 65th Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles in February.

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  • Arts & Life

Madonna postpones tour while recovering from 'serious bacterial infection'

The 64-year-old singer's latest tour, "Celebration," was supposed to kick off in mid-July. As a result of the illness, which put her in a hospital ICU, Madonna has postponed her international tour.

June 28, 2023
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Muna performs a Tiny Desk concert May 11, 2023, at the NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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  • Concerts

MUNA: Tiny Desk Concert

At the Tiny Desk, the pop trio preached the importance of joyful revolution.

June 23, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Thompson
Natalie Merchant

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  • Music

After briefly losing the ability to sing, Natalie Merchant's voice shines anew

Natalie Merchant talks about writing and recording her latest record, Keep Your Courage.

June 14, 2023
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  • Stephen Kallao and
  • Miguel Perez
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