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Two decades ago at this time, we were looking back on a year punctuated with big pop hits and a ton of breakouts throughout rock, indie-rock, hip-hop and alternative music.

The English singer's turbulent career spans four decades and encompasses just about every musical genre and then some. Her latest album, Easy Come, Easy Go, is a covers collection that infuses a wide variety of songs (from jazz legends like Duke Ellington, as well as Brit-melancholia icon Morrissey) with her husky, world-weary vocals.

North Carolina has lured a Chinese-owned company to cross the state line and open a plant in Charlotte. Bluestar Silicones will employ 125 people there,…

A new song from Jamie xx, the producer behind the stylish, seductive British trio The xx, manages to push his sound in new directions while getting back to bedroom basics.

For each word provided, give a word that can follow it to complete a familiar two-word phrase. The first two letters of the provided word should be the last two letters of the answer.

A recent Charlotte Northwest School of the Arts graduate won a Jimmy award, the top national award for high school musicals. Renee Rapp won Best…

The White House was responding to an online petition signed by more than 114,000 people. The administration said Americans should also be able to unlock tablets.

Basing its story on unnamed Apple employees, the paper reported that Apple was gearing up to challenge Tesla in the electric car market.

This puzzle is supersonic. Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name that has the consecutive letters S-S-T. Specifically, the first word will end in S-S, and the second word will start with T.

A Tiny Desk Concert as intimate as it gets (that's saying something). Just Sampha, a piano and three heart-wrenching songs that seem to double as coping mechanisms.

When you hear Monika, life feels good: The Greek singer's performances and presence are simply winning. Watch her perform four songs from Secret In The Dark at the NPR Music offices.

Cutting edge makeup techniques allow two American families... one black, one white... to trade races for a new reality show that debuts this week on cable TV's FX. Neal Conan talks to the participants about what they learned.

We continue to sing that our flag is still there. But should we?

The band pulls off a pop music magic trick, indulging nostalgia and crafting a vintage '90s patchwork dress in pop song form.

Haboobs — huge dust storms — are hitting the city more often than they used to. Scorching temperatures, even by Arizona standards, and unusually dry conditions are combining to create more of the dirt clouds.

In West Virginia, the Pistol Annies member sings country songs about her colorful rural upbringing.

The Pentagon has publicly named two soldiers who have been missing in Iraq since Friday. An umbrella group of Iraqi insurgents claims that it is holding the two hostage. U.S. officials are trying to determine what happened.

The title piece from the pianist-composer's latest trio release provokes us and stays firmly in the mind.

Nadege Greencovers social justice issues for WLRN.

Sarah Boden covers health, science and technology for 90.5 WESA. Before coming to Pittsburgh in November 2017, she was a reporter for Iowa Public Radio where she covered a range of issues, including the 2016 Iowa Caucuses.