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Ketch Secor of the band, Old Crow Medicine Show, says his group's latest album, Union Made, is a love letter to the United States. It's full of stories from the country's past and present.

Jermaine Butler, who performs as "Jermaine from the South," entered his Creole-inspired song "Dan Vi-Cila" to NPR's Tiny Desk Contest.

VR dance lesson apps like Dance Guru and Trip the Light offer a judgment-free way to learn partner dancing.

Patriotic art and music is taking center stage this year under the Trump Administration, as funds shift away from DEI. For some orgs, like the Reagan Presidential Library, this is their wheelhouse.

Shakira is just one of the pop superstars uniting for the first halftime show for a World Cup final.

Kimball, who died July 2, unearthed hundreds of pieces long thought lost, and co-wrote books about George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter and Eubie Blake. Originally broadcast in 1994.

We're in that phase of summer pop doldrums when the same songs seem to be on repeat week after week. Can Stella Lefty, Yung Miami or Malcolm Todd make a run to crack the top 10?

The singular singer's third album finds a message worthy of her instrument: Great romances are defined not by what you want, but by the act of wanting.

With the release of the Rolling Stones' latest studio effort, "Foreign Tongues," NPR Music's Ann Powers reviews that album and makes the case for Mick and Keith to keep going as long as they want.

Kaye's collaboration with Smith began in 1971 and continues to this day. He says she taught him to trust his musical sensibilities — and to always keep evolving. Now 79, he has his first solo album.