John Prine wins 2 posthumous Grammy Awards
John Prine has earned two posthumous Grammy Awards for his song "I Remember Everything." The legendary singer and songwriter, who died April 7, 2020, of COVID-19, won in the American...
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How NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert became a golden ticket to the Grammys
In the spring of 2009, NPR producer Bob Boilen posted a YouTube video of a modest live performance shot at his cluttered desk at NPR's Washington, D.C., headquarters. The set,...
Danny Ray, onstage ‘cape man’ for soul great James Brown, dies at 85
The greatest showmen can't do it alone. They need someone like cape handler Danny Ray, who died Tuesday at age 85, to tend to their mortal needs. Who takes charge...
Lose the earbuds. Ditch the phone. How to get the most out of your music
LOS ANGELES – At some point during the pandemic, we've all sighed some variation on Willie Nelson's timeless lyric: "Hello walls. How'd things go for you today?" Some moments were...
The 50 best songs of 2020
Looking back years from now, we may or may not remember how we encountered the songs that defined 2020 — on the radio, on a streaming service, on TikTok as...
7 head-scratching Grammy nomination snubs and surprises
Surprises in 2020? Get in line. Given ... everything, should we have expected anything less when it comes to the Grammy Awards? Below, some of the many stumpers in an...
Remembering Eddie Van Halen: His 20 greatest performances
A technical virtuoso with a rock star's natural flair, Eddie Van Halen played instantly identifiable electric guitar — so identifiable, in fact, that his namesake band spent decades cycling through...
Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh nearly died from COVID-19. FaceTiming with his family kept him alive
As Mark Mothersbaugh lay in a Cedars-Sinai hospital bed in early June after contracting the novel coronavirus, a ventilator tube snaking into his throat to help him breathe, the Devo...
A collector says he discovered two never-before-heard Sinatra recordings. But is it really Frank?
A few years after Jim Mahoney purchased one of the world's most complete collections of Frank Sinatra music and memorabilia at auction, he finally got around to the boxes containing...
Kendrick Lamar producer Terrace Martin drops fiery protest song, ‘Pig Feet’
"This video is happening right now outside your window," reads the opening caption in the video for "Pig Feet," the new track from Terrace Martin, the longtime Kendrick Lamar producer...