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The list includes veteran hitmakers, a fresh crop of best new artist nominees and a 19-year-old folk prodigy.

Ed Sheeran's tour of North and South America was plunged into chaos when four of his supporting acts quit in solidarity with the rapper Macklemore, who was dropped for making pro-Palestinian comments.

The board's vote to shutter the historic arts center came amid concerns about financial, structural problems.

Mon Laferte aims to contradict, expose or challenge norms; she takes the assignment of performing in an office space as no exception.

In two board resolutions made public Monday, the arts institution says it is in a dire financial and physical state — and that only President Trump can "rescue" it.

Theatre producer Francesca Moody has a remarkable record of spotting shows that go on to have wide success. At the Edinburgh Fringe festival, she told NPR about what she looks for in a performance.

Noah Kahan will perform "Bridge Over Troubled Water" as part of the In Memoriam segment.

The Canadian singer opened up her 16-show residency in Paris at the Plenitude Arena. The entire series is sold out.

The formerly prominent, widely recorded conductor was sentenced Wednesday to nearly six years of probation for five counts of possession of child sex abuse material in Indianapolis.

Caroline Rose's new album, Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall, is out Oct. 23.