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Our colleagues at NPR Music brought us a roundup of their favorite music out today. Here are NPR's Stephen Thompson and Sheldon Pearce. ... but also the light, the airy, the free, ...
NPR's Chris Arnold reports the Internet music company Napster has been hauled into court by the music industry for its popular system that allows people to download copyrighted music for free. But ...
POWERS: Because music has been devalued, frankly. If everything feels free, we expect things to be free. When the major labels negotiated deals with the platforms, the artist was left out in the cold.
NPR Music's Ann Powers and Hazel Cills are your guides to the week's most compelling new releases. Featured albums:• Amythyst Kiah, Still + Bright• Soccer Mommy, Evergreen• Laura Marling ...
In 2025, fandom is complicated. Music is at nearly everyone's fingertips. Concert ticket prices are through the roof. Some fans take devotion to new extremes. What do we owe to the artists we love?
Stephen Thompson of NPR Music invites programmers from around the public media network to discuss the latest releases on All ...
Rico’s had a pretty impressive 2025 to date, making her acting debut in Apple TV’s new series Margo’s Got Money Troubles, and ...
Efforts to make the world’s biggest music festival sustainable affect everything from trash pickup to wheelchair access to child safety. Is it possible for 200,000+ campers to "leave no trace?" ...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In the late 1980s, this track helped house music become a global sensation. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "GOOD LIFE") INNER CITY: (Singing) Let me take you to a place I know you want to go.
On the Nintendo Music app, you can listen to dozens of hours of music, all from video games published by Nintendo. The app has over a million downloads since it was launched two weeks ago.
A new study shows that music therapy is as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy at helping cancer patients and survivors ...
New Music Friday: The best records out March 28. Lucy Dacus. Perfume Genius. Destroyer. NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Colorado Public Radio's Alisha Sweeney of Indie 102.3 to guide you ...