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It's the latest honor for Goodman, whose quick thinking was credited with helping to keep the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection from escalating even further.

Korda finished 17 under par, overcoming the elements and multiple challengers. A rain delay, and a double bogey slowed her down

The California Republican and Trump ally will take the helm of the Trump Media & Technology Group next month, giving up his seat in the middle of his 10th term.

The Jazz Night in America team highlights a selection of 2022 entries that caught our ears and displays the expanse of what jazz has to offer.

The music featured on this week's show expands the notion of just what is Latin music.

In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, here's a playlist of favorites from Grammy Award-winning bassist, composer, educator, broadcaster and Jazz Night in America host Christian McBride.

Reissues are the bread and butter of the jazz record business, but the artists whose talents made the records possible often miss out on the royalties that could help sustain them in old age.

Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979 foreshadowed America's current battle against terrorism. NPR's Mike Shuster concludes his series on the long, turbulent history of Western involvement in the Middle East with a look at the U.S. clash with Islam.

Jazz Night hangs with trumpeter Theo Croker in Jacksonville, Fla., where he spent his teenage years, to revisit old mentors and hear a set by his band from the Jacksonville Jazz Festival.

The Southern band remains guitar-heavy, but its new album features some of Drive-By Truckers' best songwriting so far — particularly in Patterson Hood's songs. On Brighter Than Creation's Dark the band tells stories about strugglers, musicians, and soldiers.

The finest storytelling Jewish cowboy in Texas puts a new spin on Tom Waits' classic holiday tale.

This week on All Songs Considered: the reunion of a band very dear to our hearts, The Flaming Lips cover Sgt. Pepper's and selections from NPR Music's showcase during the CMJ music festival.

The duo's fourth album is a testament to the power of a celebration gone weird, with chopped-up and resequenced hooks working as the raw material for a scathing, fragmentary kind of pop.

The sassy agent of rock 'n' roll chaos turns in an uncharacteristically hushed and spare song that approaches the twisted path of passion and loss with a new, sober gravity.

Where the band's last album used prickly electronics and cavernous arrangements to hold humanity at arm's length, Deep In The Iris turns those elements into lulling hymns to cleansing and redemption.

Amanfu has performed alongside Jack White, among many others. The singer takes another step into the foreground on her first solo album, which showcases her incredible interpretive gifts.

Out of a well-documented generation of talented Tuareg rockers, the great guitarist has emerged as the most virtuosic and melodically innovative.

April is Jazz Appreciation Month, designated by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Like most of the artists celebrated by JAM, tenor sax legend Stanley Turrentine was born in April. Hear five songs by the tenor sax legend, whose deep, warm, soulful tone was rooted in the blues.

With a name like a hardware store, Mumford & Sons is a British folk-rock band with a huge stateside following. For the group, testing out songs on the road is part of the creative process.

Critic Tom Moon assembles a playlist for summertime driving that makes the miles whiz by, with some intense songs for staying alert during the day and chill-out tunes to renew the spirit in the evening, when you still have hours more to go.