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A scientist crunched the numbers — here's what makes 'Every Breath You Take' eternal

The music we listen to varies according to the time of day, with qualities like tempo and danceability heightening later in the day, according to a data analysis of online music streaming habits.

November 11, 2021
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By:
  • Mano Sundaresan and
  • Christopher Intagliata
Composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter with a page from his <em>...(Iphigenia)</em> score.

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  • Music

Wayne Shorter's operatic dream comes true, brought to life with Esperanza Spalding

Iconic jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter has completed a long-held dream, an opera based on the mythic Greek character Iphigenia, with help from singer and bassist Esperanza Spalding.

November 11, 2021
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  • Andrea Shea
Folk singer Karen Dalton.

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  • Music News

Join NPR Music's film screening of 'Karen Dalton: In My Own Time'

Director Robert Yapkowitz and singer-songwriter Margo Price join Bob Boilen in a live conversation about this new documentary on the folk singer.

November 11, 2021
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By:
  • Lars Gotrich
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason.

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  • Music Interviews

For classical stars Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason, representation matters

Pianist Isata and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason are British sibling classical virtuosos. Still in their twenties, the star soloists have just released their first joint album.

November 11, 2021
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
<strong>San Jose de Gracia, Mexico — July 30, 2021:</strong> San Jose de Gracia is nestled in the middle of the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico. The community claims that it was founded 200 years ago but today only 12 members are living there. While water first brought the settlement, the rainy season has shifted. This left the community without a waterfall going into the canyon.

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  • Music

Songs and Pictures For Climate Change: A Playlist for the Planet

As the 2021 U.N. Climate Change Summit winds down, NPR's Picture Show looks at work by photographers that highlight climate change.

November 11, 2021
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By:
  • Fiona Ritchie,
  • Michele Abercrombie,
  • and 1 more
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Astroworld's safety plan called for deceased to be referred to as 'smurfs'

Security experts say that given the track record of Travis Scott's audience at the same festival in 2019, promoter Live Nation should have anticipated some dangerous crowd behavior.

November 11, 2021
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  • Vanessa Romo
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

8 tips to follow if you're trapped in a crushing crowd

An expert on crowd dynamics shares his advice on how to survive a crush of people. Two tips: Don't put a backpack on the ground — and protect your ribs so you can breathe.

November 10, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
Despite leaving the acting business multiple times, Stockwell's career spanned 70 years.

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  • Arts & Life

'Blue Velvet' and 'Quantum Leap' actor Dean Stockwell has died at age 85

The veteran actor was known for his wide variety of roles — from sci-fi tv shows such as Quantum Leap and Battlestar Galactica, to arthouse classics like Paris, Texas and Blue Velvet.

November 09, 2021
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  • Andrew Limbong
Visitors cast shadows at a memorial to the victims of the Astroworld concert in Houston on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021.

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  • National

Travis Scott says he will cover funeral costs related to Astroworld Festival

Artist Travis Scott made the offer on Monday as more than a dozen victims filed lawsuits against him and other festival organizers.

November 08, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Bill Chappell

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for Nov. 6, 2021: Our Chicago Homecoming with Chance the Rapper

Hip-hop superstar Chance the Rapper returns to the show to play a game we call, "Chance? Meet Community Chest": Three questions about Monopoly.

November 08, 2021
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Candles, flowers and letters were placed at a memorial outside the canceled Astroworld music festival at NRG Park in Houston on Sunday.

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  • Arts & Life

Live Nation, a company behind Astroworld, has a long history of safety violations

Live Nation is the biggest live-events company in the world. Court records and federal citations show that the company was already linked to 200 other deaths and 750 injuries before Friday's tragedy.

November 08, 2021
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Santigold's self-titled debut combines "look what <em>I</em> can do" attitude with a galvanizing magic.

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  • Music Features

How Santigold Helped Me Claim And Keep My New York Dreams

Santigold's debut album captures the New York dream of being a singular sensation above the masses. It inspired writer Dawnie Walton when she first moved there — and again when she needed a new start.

November 08, 2021
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By:
  • Dawnie Walton
Astro, founding member of UB40, in 1987.

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  • Music News

Astro, a founding member of the reggae group UB40, has died at age 64

The artist, born Terence Wilson, sang about issues of racism and poverty in the music of the pioneering reggae band.

November 08, 2021
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By:
  • Hazel Cills
GPB News NPR

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  • Concerts

8 people were killed at Houston's Astroworld Festival after crowd rushed the stage

Authorities in Houston said the victims range in age from 14 to 27, with one unknown. A criminal homicide and narcotics investigation is now underway.

November 07, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Deepa Shivaram
Flowers rest outside of the canceled Astroworld festival at NRG Park in Houston on Saturday. The crowd surge that killed eight people calls to mind other concerts and music festivals that turned deadly in recent decades.

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  • History

Astroworld Festival joins a list of historical concert tragedies

Astroworld Festival calls to mind other rare but traumatic incidents at concerts and festivals throughout the last half-century. Here's a timeline of those tragedies.

November 06, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
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