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Ra Ra Riot features swooning violin and cello lines, pop hooks and sinuous rock rhythms that bring to mind Spoon with strings. After the tragic loss of the band's drummer and songwriter, The Rhumb Line is the product of a cathartic recording process that takes a positive outlook on the darker side of life.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Turkish bass baritone Burak Bilgili about being asked to fill in as Leporello in the New York Metropolitan Opera's production of Mozart's Don Giovanni.

http://66.225.205.104/SO20090515a.mp3The October NASCAR race at Lowe's Motor Speedway is getting a new name from its sponsor Bank of America. WFAE's…

http://66.225.205.104/SO20100101.mp3The new tobacco-free policy at Central Piedmont Community College goes into effect January 2 on all campuses. WFAE's…

The tariffs China just imposed on American-made items will cost the U.S. about 3 billion dollars a year. That's not much to the nation, but it's a big deal if you make one of the products on the list.

The patriarch of the Duck Dynasty family has been suspended indefinitely from the hit reality TV show on A&E because of his remarks about homosexuality. He made the comments to GQ magazine. The show has spawned a multi-million-dollar industry of related products and books.

Later this month, a Chicago based company called Fig will ship out a new product that it believes will help keep people motivated to meet their life goals. It's an alarm clock, but an unusual one.

The Pavlok electric shock bracelet is connected to a smartphone, and it is supposed to shock you if you do something forbidden like watching TV.

Global demand for hazelnuts is growing, thanks to the popularity of products like Nutella. So it should be a great time to be in the hazelnut business... but there's one big problem.

A former Bank of America executive has pleaded guilty for his part in a conspiracy and fraud involving investment contracts stemming from the proceeds of…

http://66.225.205.104/CT20080723.mp3Avenue Q / Death at the Ball Park Broadway's surprise hit production "Avenue Q" has reached Charlotte. Not many…

Watch the folk-pop duo pay homage to that springtime feeling in a performance of "Little Worlds."

The NPR Music production assistant shares her favorite songs of 2022.

The author of Where The Wild Things Are talks about his childhood and the funny-looking older relatives upon whom he based the creatures in the book.

Yoozoo Group CEO Lin Qi, 39, was also executive producer for an upcoming Netflix series. Reports suggest he may have been poisoned by a colleague.

Workers were inside the shuttered mine to dismantle equipment when dangerous levels of carbon monoxide began to seep into the air.

This Japanese band brought its country's antiquated folk music into the 21st century during Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST.

The band explored the many facets of Peruvian cumbia music for its Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST performance.

All Things Considered listener Michael Spikes recounts a piece heard on the show in 2006 that he used for years to teach in his media production classes.

Watch a larger-than-life Tiny Desk concert from this South Korean rock ensemble.