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Understanding one of the world's oldest civilizations can't be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of literature, journalism, music and film by Iranians are a powerful starting point. -
She may be indie rock's queen of precisely rendered emotion, but on Mitski's latest album, Nothing's About to Happen to Me, warped perspectives, questionable motives and possible hauntings abound. -
On Tuesday opening statements will begin for the federal antitrust trial against Live Nation, one of the largest entertainment companies in the world. -
One of the most influential groups in hip-hop honors its legacy and the late Trugoy the Dove with a set of classics and new material. -
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Raina Douris, host of World Cafe at member station WXPN, about Mitski's new album, Nothing's About to Happen to Me.
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While previous documentaries captured the frenzy of Beatlemania, Man on the Run focuses on McCartney in the years between the band's breakup and John Lennon's death. -
The new movie is made up of footage originally shot in the early 1970s, which Luhrmann found in storage in a Kansas salt mine.
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With a little help from his Sinners co-star Miles Caton, the near-nonagenarian legend gives the Tiny Desk a history lesson in the blues. -
NPR Music's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports on the artists making waves on the pop charts. Taylor Swift is now back at number one on the Hot 100. But Bad Bunny hasn't gone anywhere.
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Ca$ino, the rapper's second album for his cousin Kendrick Lamar's label, is whiplash embodied, a mirror for the extreme highs and lows of his Sin City hometown.
