Before this year, no movie had ever gotten more than 14 Oscar nominations. Three films — All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land — shared the top spot. This year, Ryan Coogler 's brilliant vampire story ...

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As the filmmakers, songwriters and actors tell it, their “wackadoo” concept evolved over nine years and eight versions of ...

NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu continues his journey along West Africa's most ambitious urban corridor. In Togo, he meets the Nana Benz — icons of past prosperity in a region where opportunity is shifting.

In a dispute of operatic proportions, the production team of Bizet’s “Carmen” at the Metropolitan Opera ordered their names ...

Doug Turnbull shares some recent academic findings on music and driving and then what some folks in the newsroom like to jam ...

Some folk songs just hit so much harder for listeners later in life. These three tunes, specifically, border on being totally ...

In 1980, when the Police were working on their third album, Sting was thinking about nonsense.

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Ella Langley's "she's from Texas" line in "Choosin' Texas" came from a wild story about Miranda Lambert being pulled over ...

Classic cars have long been symbols of freedom, adventure, and nostalgia in popular culture. Music, as a powerful medium of expression, has often celebrated these iconic vehicles, immortalizing them ...

Just after Tate McRae’s single “It’s ok I’m ok” became the biggest debut of her career, the Canadian multi-hyphenate hit us ...