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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt about a meeting he and other civil rights leaders had with Elon Musk about curbing misinformation on Twitter.

Over 10 years ago, the writer Wills Glasspiegel heard an album by Ahmed Janka Nabay at random, beginning a friendship that changed both their lives and helped to spread an electrifying form of music.

NPR Music remembers musicians — singers, songwriters, instrumentalists — and other visionaries we lost in 2016. Explore and celebrate their musical legacies.

The Feeling of Jazz, Program No. 147 originally airing October 20, 2013 and airing again January 23, 2022, featured a spotlight on American jazz trumpeter and composer Clifford Benjamin Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) and jazz drummer and composer Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007), in music presented by Kent Lindquist. Meanwhile, co-host Bill Satterlee presented music from artists like Debbie Keeton, Chet Baker, George Shearing and more. Engineered by Dave Woodworth.

The Feeling of Jazz, Program No. 458 airing May 22, 2022 featured a second installment of Jazz Stars playing the Jerome Kern Songbook, that is the compositions of Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945), in music presented by co-host Kent Lindquist. Meanwhile, co-host Al Corns featured other main stream jazz artists like Jo Jones, Vince Guaraldi, Count Basie and more. Engineered by Dave Woodworth.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Taylor Lorenz of The Atlantic about the influence economy, how much money is at stake and who has the power.

With more than 80 world premieres to her credit, Barbara Hannigan, an intrepid soprano and conductor, has a knack for making modern music sound effortless and approachable.

In a new podcast, Vivian Yoon dissects her personal stake in K-pop, and how her obscure childhood passion has evolved into a billion-dollar industry.

The Kingsmen's enduring recording of the song turns 60 this year, and remains a classic, in part because of its dramatic history.

The South Korean government has banned a music video praising North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The video has been a surprising global hit, going viral on TikTok and other platforms.