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This year brings memoirs from more than a dozen famous names — from Brooke Shields and Dawn Staley to Bill Belichick and Lionel Ritchie.

February 23, 2025
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Dear listeners: "Bambi" is whatever the band Anxious says it is

We hear from musicians Grady Allen and Dante Melucci from the band Anxious, about their second album "Bambi." The young hardcore act says it's their most authentic outing yet.

February 22, 2025
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<em>$ome $exy $ongs 4 U</em>, Drake's collaborative album with his OVO Sound signee PARTYNEXTDOOR, returns to the murky R&B sound that defined his breakout years.

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A battle-scarred Drake tries making love, not war

On the rebound from a public defeat, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U reverts to the sound of Drake's early years, charting a tentative course back toward the rap throne.

February 22, 2025
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Alzheimer's music festival raises money for seniors who need medical equipment

Proceeds from the show Saturday Feb. 22 at Smith's Olde Bar will support the Cherokee County nonprofit Stand Up For Seniors.  

February 21, 2025
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Duane Betts

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'This is for my dad': Duane Betts plans tribute to Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts

The lineup of the sold-out concert at the Macon City Auditorium features Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Oteil Burbridge, Jaimoe, Chuck Leavell, Devon Allman, Duane Betts, Charlie Starr, Jimmy Hall, Lamar Williams Jr. and more.

February 21, 2025
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Rakim Mayers, aka A$AP Rocky, reacts in court as the verdict is given in his felony assault trial in Los Angeles on Feb. 18. The rapper  was found not guilty of two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.

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Rapper A$AP Rocky found not guilty of felony assault with a firearm

Jurors found Rocky, a rapper and the longtime partner of Rihanna, not guilty of firing a gun at a former friend on a Hollywood street in 2021. He could have faced up to 24 years in prison.

February 20, 2025
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Paul McCartney plays at the Bowery Ballroom, a small club in New York City. Last week, he surprised audiences by playing three shows at the club, which usually plays host to up-and-coming indie rock bands.

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Paul McCartney, live from New York: The easy genius of the cute Beatle

Last week, the hottest ticket in NYC wasn't the SNL 50th anniversary concert. It was the three nights Paul McCartney played at a tiny downtown venue that usually hosts up-and-coming indie rock bands.

February 18, 2025
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Outgoing Savannah Music Festival executive director Gene Dobbs Bradford

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Savannah Music Festival to look for new leader, as executive director announces summer resignation

Gene Dobbs Bradford plans to leave for St. Louis after three years in Savannah.

February 18, 2025
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Yasmin Williams performing at the Tiny Desk earlier this year.

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How 'losing' the Tiny Desk Contest launched Yasmin Williams' music career

Northern Virginia guitarist Yasmin Williams shares how the Tiny Desk Contest changed her life — despite entering it twice and never winning.

February 18, 2025
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Jill Wolfe (left) and David Jefferson.

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His wife was dying from cancer. A kind gesture offered some peace

When David Jefferson's wife fell ill, a friend went out of her way to help the family cope.

February 18, 2025
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On its sophomore album, Horsegirl strips its sound back to post-punk basics.

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Horsegirl finds power in keeping things playful

Horsegirl's sophomore album Phonetics On & On is a compulsively replayable record full of arrestingly catchy, bare-bones songwriting and twee treasures.

February 18, 2025
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Mexican singer Paquita la del Barrio performs at the 14th annual Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Paquita la del Barrio, a giant voice of Mexican heartbreak and rage, dies at 77

The ranchera and bolero singer took aim at machismo as if it were a piñata. For decades, she wrote and sang feminist anthems full of pain, rage and empowerment.

February 18, 2025
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Leslie Jones (from left), Tracy Morgan and Eddie Murphy during the "Black Jeopardy" sketch during <em>SNL50: The Anniversary Special</em>.

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The SNL 50th anniversary special: What worked and what didn't

The Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary prime-time special was full of sketches and nostalgia — and stretched more than three hours. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans breaks it down.

February 17, 2025
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Jay-Z attends the Los Angeles premiere of Sony Pictures' <em>The Book Of Clarence</em> at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Jan. 5, 2024.

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Woman drops suit accusing Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13

The suit was initially filed in October, claiming that the woman was lured by a limousine driver outside the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards and assaulted by the two rappers at an after-party.

February 17, 2025
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Deborah Rutter, former president of the Kennedy Center, gives her first interview since the center's board voted to fire her and install President Trump as its new chair.

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Former Kennedy Center president speaks out in first interview since her firing

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Deborah Rutter, former head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in her first interview since the board installed President Trump as its new chair.

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