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Suggested Listening ’22: Digital News Editor Aaron Payne’s Top 10 Songs of the Year
By: Aaron Payne
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It’s that time of year again! WOUB Culture has reached out to a variety of folks involved in various capacities with the music and arts throughout WOUB’s diverse coverage region… Read More
Federal Valley Resource Center provides accessibility through music lending library
By: Morgan Anderson
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STEWART, Ohio (WOUB) – The building that is now better known as the Federal Valley Resource Center first opened its doors as Rome High School in 1897. Flash forward 125… Read More
Remembering Dave Smith, inventor of MIDI and the Prophet-5 synthesizer
By: Elizabeth Blair | NPR
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WASHIGNTON, D.C. (NPR) — The sound of pop music in the ’80s was shaped by synthesizers – and one of the most impactful people behind that sound was inventor Dave… Read More
Wilco releases an out-and-out country music double album with ‘Cruel Country’
By: Scott Simon | Michael Radcliffe | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Wilco has long been hailed as “alt-country,” a label they’re still a little bit uncomfortable with. But with their latest double album Cruel Country, they now… Read More
Bootsy Collins, positively helping to keep the funk alive
By: Taylor Haney | Rachel Martin | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — “We’re off tour, we’re depressed, we’re making no money,” recalls Adam Deitch, drummer for the funk band Lettuce, of those early lockdown days. Around that same… Read More
Jon Batiste and Silk Sonic take home major prizes at 2022 Grammys
By: Anastasia Tsioulcas | Hazel Cills | NPR
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Updated April 4, 2022 at 1:20 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — At the 64th Grammy Awards, which took place Sunday in Las Vegas, the major prizes were spread among… Read More
Foo Fighters cancel all tour dates after drummer Taylor Hawkins’ death
By: Anastasia Tsioulcas | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The multi-platinum rock band Foo Fighters has canceled all of its upcoming tour dates after the death of its drummer, Taylor Hawkins. “It is with great… Read More
‘I love selling out’: Charli XCX on the volatile pop of ‘Crash’
By: Reanna Cruz | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Throughout her career, Charli XCX has always straddled the fence between two realities: that of mega, stadium-filling stardom, and a relatively “if you know you know”… Read More
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame keeps Dolly Parton on this year’s nominee list, despite her request to bow out
By: Jonathan Franklin | NPR
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CLEVELAND (NPR) — The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame said Thursday that it’s declining Dolly Parton’s request to bow out of this year’s nominations for the Hall of Fame… Read More
Dolly Parton removes herself from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominations
By: Jonathan Franklin | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Country music legend Dolly Parton announced Monday she is bowing out of this year’s nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In a statement… Read More
The Super Bowl’s biggest moments, beyond the touchdowns
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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LOS ANGELES (NPR) — The Los Angeles Rams weren’t the only big winners in Sunday’s Super Bowl against the Cincinnati Bengals. Other standouts including a halftime show by rap royalty… Read More
Meat Loaf, Grammy-winning singer famous for ‘I’d Do Anything For Love,’ dies at 74
By: Harrison Jacobs | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Meat Loaf, the Grammy-winning American singer and actor, has died at the age of 74. An official announcement was posted to his Facebook page early Friday… Read More
An album made entirely of endangered bird sounds beat Taylor Swift on a top 50 chart
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — For most of December, Adele had the top-selling album in Australia, followed by Ed Sheeran, and then there was a collection of absolute bangers that took… Read More
Public radio’s 2022 artists to watch
By: Slingshot | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — It looks like 2022 might come with more time than we’d like to explore new musicians. Luckily, NPR Music’s partner stations have already selected a crop… Read More
The Grammys are postponed and Sundance is moved online because of omicron surge
By: Mia Estrada | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — It’s official. The 64th annual Grammy Awards are postponed and the Sundance Film Festival has been moved online. A joint statement on Wednesday by the Recording… Read More
Watch Jazz Night in America’s tribute to the icons lost in 2021
By: Nikki Birch | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — If the last two years have taught us anything, it would have to be finding a (shaky, perhaps) balance between celebrating life while continuing to grieve…. Read More
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
By: Bob Boilen | NPR
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The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It’s the… Read More
Here are NPR’s top 10 classical albums of 2021
By: Tom Huizenga | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The opening lines of Franz Schubert’s song “An die Musik,” his love letter to music from 1817, speaks of personal troubles, of being “caught in life’s… Read More
Help On The Way For Struggling Performing Arts Groups, Theatres
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Columbus Museum of Art has announced it was laying off 39 employees and slashing their budget due to money lost during coronavirus. It’s the… Read More
Country Rocker And Fiddler Charlie Daniels Dies At Age 83
By: Associated Press
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music firebrand and fiddler Charlie Daniels, who had a hit with “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” has died at age 83. A statement from his… Read More
Bill Withers, Singer-Songwriter Of ‘Ain’t No Sunshine,’ Has Died At Age 81
By: Anastasia Tsioulcas | NPR
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The soulful artist behind a number of 1970s hits died Monday of heart disease. He created all of his hits in a 14-year recording career before walking away from the music business.
How The Brain Teases Apart A Song’s Words And Music
By: Jon Hamilton | NPR
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Brain scans show that when people listen to songs, an area in the left hemisphere decodes speech-like sounds while one on the right processes musical information.
Kathy Mattea Named WVU Distinguished Artist in Residence
By: Associated Press
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Country singer Kathy Mattea will be coaching music students at West Virginia University. The university says in a news release that the Cross Lanes native has… Read More
American Icons: ‘96 Tears’
By: Jocelyn Gonzales I PRI, Pedro Rafael Rosado I PRI
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How a group of Mexican American teenagers in the 1960s may have spawned punk rock.