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Roy McCurdy has had an astonishing career as the drummer behind some of the biggest names in jazz.
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This is the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, January 31, 2022.
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Tony Levin celebrates the publication of his coffee-table book, “Images from A Life on the Road,” at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at The Atrium at Eastman Place, 25 Gibbs St.
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The pop star has spent a life on the go, so the pandemic offered him a rare chance for reflection, to separate the person from the pop star. Also, of course, to record a new album.
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A cultural chameleon with a handful of viral hits, the rising rapper's Come Home The Kids Miss You misses the mark.
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Vangelis composed the music for Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, which won him an Academy Award.
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It was a decade that gave us unforgettable pop, metal and more. Take a wild ride through the end of a century in our 30-song playlist.
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Rina Sawayama packs a Shania Twain reference, an over-the-top guitar solo, a rebuke of paparazzi callousness and a kiss-off into the space of a glammy, country-pop inspired banger.
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An old-fashioned steam calliope designed by luminaries in the worlds of art and jazz is on display at the National Sculpture Garden.
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Matt Pike overcame long odds to find success in metal bands Sleep and High on Fire. But his deepening obsession with conspiracy theories has created a dissonant riff.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with rising opera star and break dancer Jakub Jozef Orlinski, whose new album "Farewells" is a collection of Polish opera classics, little known to the rest of the world.
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Debra McCoskey-Reisert remembers her brother, Bobby McCoskey, who died from COVID. Bobby loved the song Closing Time by Semisonic, because they played it at dances he attended.
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The 77-year-old guitar legend has been a critic of coronavirus vaccines and pandemic restrictions. He has tested positive for COVID-19 and canceled two upcoming European gigs.
