Vince Pearson
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For the Morning Edition Song Project in which musicians catalog life in the era of COVID-19, Angelica Garcia conjures the four horsemen of the apocalypse in a disquieting piano ballad.
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Neil Young and Crazy Horse have put out music together for 50 years. Young talks to NPR's David Greene about their latest album, Colorado.
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Paul Stanley, lead singer of KISS, looks back on the heavy metal band's legacy and talks about retiring from touring at the end of 2019.
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Nirvana's Kurt Cobain died 25 years ago Friday. The band's former manager Danny Goldberg discusses his memories of Cobain and his new book, Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain.
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It's not enough to say the Bruce Springsteen hit is misunderstood. Its contrasts — between grim verses and a joyous chorus, damning facts and fierce pride — are what give it its anthemic power.
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Classic rock fans are cheering the rise of a hard-hitting young Michigan band with a Led Zeppelin-like swagger. Greta Van Fleet makes '70s rock sound (almost) new again.
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Joan Jett shredded her way through rock and roll's glass ceiling from the 1970s on. Jett and longtime producer Kenny Laguna talk about leaving a rock legacy and the new documentary Bad Reputation.
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The family and former bandmates of Tom Petty are marking the one-year anniversary of his death by releasing a new collection of Petty's music.
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It's one of this year's most unlikely collaborations. Rock star Sting and dance hall staple Shaggy discuss their latest album 44/876.
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Producer and engineer Eddie Kramer brings continuity and freshness to Hendrix's posthumous canon with a new album.