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Photos: See who is on the red carpet at this year's Latin Grammy awards

The 2022 Latin Grammy Awards are here. Musicians and artists turned out for the biggest night of Latin music. Take a look at who was on the red carpet.

November 17, 2022
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By:
  • Grace Widyatmadja and
  • Zayrha Rodriguez
Dolly Parton and Zac Brown at the 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Los Angeles on Nov. 5, 2022

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  • Music

Watch Zac Brown sing Dolly Parton's '9 to 5' at her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction

The 2022 concert also honored Duran Duran, Lionel Richie, Eurythmics, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Carly Simon and Judas Priest. It premieres on HBO Nov. 19.

November 17, 2022
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By:
  • Kristi York Wooten
GPB News NPR

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  • Music Interviews

'Weird Al' Yankovic wants to 'bring sexy back' to the accordion

It's "a very sensual instrument," the parody artists insists. A new over-the-top "biopic" tells the story of Yankovic's life — sort of.

November 16, 2022
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Babacar Niang, known as Matador, raps at a recording studio at one of Africulturban's facilities in Pikine, Senegal on April 26, 2018.

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  • Arts & Life

How Senegal's artists are changing the system with a mic and spray paint

A cultural center in Senegal is creating a safe space where artists can use their platform to speak about climate change while also finding opportunities in the art and music scene.

November 16, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Ayen Bior,
  • and 3 more
If you dance more when the bass hits, it could be because of your vestibular system.

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  • Music

What makes us dance? It really is all about that bass

A recent study in the journal Current Biology found that people danced 12% more when very low frequency bass was played.

November 16, 2022
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By:
  • Mia Venkat and
  • Christopher Intagliata
Beyoncé performs "Be Alive" during the Oscars last March. The song, written for the film 'King Richard' received one of her nine Grammy nominations.

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  • Arts & Life

Beyoncé leads nominations for the 2023 Grammy Awards

This year's nominations are in and there are few surprises.

November 15, 2022
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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  • Concerts

Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Tiny Desk Concert

Watch the rising young cellist transform a Bob Marley classic, explore brand new preludes and unspool a weepy Welsh ballad.

November 15, 2022
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga

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  • Music Features

There's still no one like Santigold

On the startlingly direct Spirituals, and in headline-grabbing rebukes of music's trickle-down economy, Santi White is what she's always been: a forward-thinking alternative to pop's here and now.

November 15, 2022
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By:
  • Julianne Escobedo Shepherd
Singer Roberta Flack, performing during the 52nd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in 2010.

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  • Arts & Life

Roberta Flack announces she has ALS

The iconic singer of "Killing Me Softly" has the condition also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, a representative has announced. For Roberta Flack, it is now "impossible to sing and not easy to speak."

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Singer-songwriter Dolly Parton is the latest celebrity to receive a $100 million gift from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, to be used for charitable purposes. Parton is seen here at the recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles.

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  • National

Dolly Parton gets $100 million from Jeff Bezos to spend on charity

The singer and entrepreneur famously has used her success to help others, especially in areas of education. The gift matches two by Bezos last year to chef Jose Andrés and activist Van Jones.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Red knitted caps were a grandmother's way of saying, "I love you."

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  • Family

We asked, you answered: What precious object is part of your family history?

Readers responded with moving stories of past journeys and crises — and keepsakes that remind them of their roots and tie them to their family. Here's a sampling of replies.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Marc Silver
A rat crosses a Times Square subway platform in New York on Jan. 27, 2015.

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  • Animals

Rats have rhythm and can keep the beat to Mozart, a new study shows

Scientists at the University of Tokyo found that rats possess the ability to keep the beat to musical pieces from Mozart.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Taylor Swift blows a kiss during the European MTV Awards 2022 in Dusseldorf, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022.

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  • Music

Taylor Swift wins big in Germany at the MTV European Music Awards

Taylor Swift won big at Sunday's MTV European Music Awards. Swift, walking away with multiple wins, including for best artist, best video and best long-form video.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
After Jina Amini died while in custody of Iran's morality police, rappers and rap music have been a vocal presence in the deadly protests taking place in the country.

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  • Middle East

In Iran, political dissenters find expression through rap music

NPR's Scott Simon speak to Nahid Siamdoust, assistant professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, about the role of rap in protests and political dissent in Iran.

November 12, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Simon,
  • Michael Radcliffe,
  • and 1 more
At the Appalachian School of Luthiery in Hindman, Ky., days after July's catastrophic floods, luthier Kris Patrick searches through the mud-caked remains of instruments and materials.

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  • Music Features

When the creek does rise, can music survive?

How does a scene survive when disaster strikes its venues, music schools, rare instruments and priceless archives all at once? The musicians of flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky have a few answers.

November 12, 2022
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By:
  • Stephanie Wolf
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