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Carlos Vives plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Carlos Vives: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Colombian actor and singer Carlos Vives has been performing Latin American hits for almost 30 years. His Tiny Desk (home) concert is part of our Hispanic Heritage Month extravaganza.

October 14, 2020
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  • Felix Contreras
Killer Mike

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  • Music

Killer Mike To Earn Change Maker Award At Billboard Awards

Grammy-winning rapper and social-political activist Killer Mike will receive the first Billboard Change Maker Award at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards.

October 13, 2020
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  • Associated Press
Jack White, performing "Lazaretto" on <em>Saturday Night Live.</em>

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Jack White Gives A Thrilling Performance On 'SNL' — On 2 Days' Notice

In the span of less than 10 minutes, the rock star's set worked in an Eddie Van Halen tribute, Beyoncé, The White Stripes, a Jack White solo song and Blind Willie Johnson.

October 11, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Thompson
Nathan Apodaca's TikTok video, in which he longboards to Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams," has catapulted him to viral fame. Here, he is standing in the pickup truck given to him by Ocean Spray. In his video, Apodaca sips from a bottle of Ocean Spray's Cran-Raspberry juice.

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  • Technology

TikTok Sensation: Meet The Idaho Potato Worker Who Sent Fleetwood Mac Sales Soaring

Nathan Apodaca, 37, of Idaho Falls, recorded a laid-back video while riding a skateboard downhill and drinking Cran-Raspberry juice. The Internet went wild and streamed Fleetwood Mac.

October 11, 2020
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Britton Smith, of the band Britton & The Sting, entered the Tiny Desk Contest this year with the song "Blackstronauts."

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  • Music Interviews

'Dust Off Your Wings': Tiny Desk Contestant Britton Smith On Pride And Potential

Smith entered the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest with his band Britton & The Sting. He says "Blackstronauts" is about finding joy: "I want us all to put on our freedom suits and fly together," he says.

October 11, 2020
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  • Lulu Garcia-Navarro and
  • Ned Wharton
Eddie Van Halen on stage in 1978.

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  • Music Features

The Astonishing Techniques That Made Eddie Van Halen A Guitar God

A killer Eddie Van Halen solo has an air of rawness and immediacy, but what made the late pyrotechnic guitarist iconic was his ability to balance spontaneity with carefully-honed precision.

October 10, 2020
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  • Steve Waksman
The performing arts remain in economic peril as Broadway extends closures until May due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Performing Arts

Broadway's Reopening Is Pushed Back Again

The Broadway League has announced an extension of closures related to COVID-19 to May.

October 09, 2020
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  • Andrew Limbong
Jack White performs during the 2014 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. This week, he will perform as <em>SNL</em>'s musical guest.

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  • Music News

Jack White Replaces Morgan Wallen As 'SNL' Musical Guest

The announcement came after country singer Morgan Wallen was dropped from the show for failing to maintain COVID-19 safety protocols.

October 09, 2020
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  • LaTesha Harris
GPB News NPR

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  • Race

How Law Enforcement Has Historically Targeted Hip-Hop Artists

NPR's new podcast Louder Than A Riot looks at the interconnected rise of hip-hop and mass incarceration.

October 09, 2020
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  • Rodney Carmichael and
  • Sidney Madden
Rapper Tory Lanez, performing in Newark, N.J. in Sept. 2019.

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  • Music News

Rapper Tory Lanez Charged In Megan Thee Stallion Shooting

Tory Lanez faces several felony charges related to a shooting in the Hollywood Hills on July 12. The incident's details line up with allegations made by rapper and singer Megan Thee Stallion.

October 08, 2020
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Mohammad Reza Shajarian, onstage in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2008. The singer died Thursday in Tehran.

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  • Music News

A Voice Of Iran, Master Singer Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Has Died

With a voice by turns soaring and haunting, Shajarian was considered one of his nation's treasures — and then ran afoul of the regime. He died Thursday in Tehran at age 80.

October 08, 2020
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Silvio Rodrí­guez's latest album is <em></em>called <em>Para la espera</em>.

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  • Music News

On 'Para La Espera,' Silvio Rodríguez Combines The Personal And Political

One of Cuba's best-known singers and songwriters, Rodríguez says this pandemic-era album — whose title translates to "For the Wait" — is all about dealing with uncertainty.

October 08, 2020
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  • Betto Arcos
GPB News NPR

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  • Music

'SNL' Nixes Morgan Wallen Appearance After Singer Violates COVID-19 Safety Protocols

Video of the country singer partying without a mask last weekend has surfaced on social media. "I respect the show's decision, because I know that I put them in jeopardy," Wallen says in a video.

October 08, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker

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  • Music Features

Power, Protest And Paranoia

The links between hip-hop and the prison system are on display in laws and lyrics stretching back decades. If you're caught between these two American institutions, it might look like a trap.

October 08, 2020
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By:
  • Sidney Madden and
  • Rodney Carmichael
Singer Johnny Nash records in a New York City studio, circa 1958.

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  • Music News

'I Can See Clearly Now' Singer Johnny Nash Has Died At 80

The Houston-born singer had his biggest American hit in 1972 — but as a fan of Jamaican music, he signed Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh and produced some of their early recordings.

October 07, 2020
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
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