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At a 'Gente Funny' show, only bilingual audience members are in on the joke

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Latinx comedians with non-English routines have largely been relegated to restaurants, bars and other spaces where Spanish already dominates. But a new generation is changing that, one show at a time.

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Brazil's Queen of Rock, Rita Lee, has died

Friday, May 12, 2023

Rita Lee, the Brazilian singer, musician and composer, has died at 75.

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Here are the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes

Monday, May 08, 2023

The Associated Press won two awards for its Ukraine coverage, including the prestigious Public Service award. The prize for fiction went to two books: Demon Copperhead and Trust.

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Durand Jones pens a love letter to being Black, queer and from the rural South

Saturday, May 06, 2023

'Wait Til I Get Over,' an homage to Jones' hometown of Hillaryville, Louisiana, paints a deeply nuanced portrait of Jones and of the Southern customs that raised him.

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Mo Willems' bossy Pigeon makes his operatic debut

Saturday, April 29, 2023

Mo Willems' picture book Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! turns 20 this month. To mark the anniversary, Willems and Renee Fleming presented the pigeon's story in an opera at the Kennedy Center.

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Mo Willems' bossy Pigeon makes his operatic debut

Monday, April 24, 2023

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! turns 20 this month. To mark the anniversary, Willems and Renee Fleming presented the pigeon's story in an opera at the Kennedy Center.

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Why regional Mexican's current explosion catapults the genre to new heights

Friday, April 21, 2023

This week a collaboration between Bad Bunny and Grupo Frontera, in addition to a historic chart placement for Mexican artist Peso Pluma, pushed regional Mexican music to international attention

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For Puerto Rico's Villano Antillano, femininity is a shield — and a superpower

Monday, March 13, 2023

The rapper's first full-length record is a testament to the way she's been able to interact with her femininity through her creative process.

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Academy Awards 2023: The complete list of winners

Sunday, March 12, 2023

The 95th Academy Awards air Sunday Night on ABC. Below is the full list of nominees, with winners marked in bold.

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Raquel Welch, actress and Hollywood sex symbol, dead at 82

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Welch is best known for her roles in Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C. She is survived by her son and daughter.

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As Ryuichi Sakamoto returns with '12,' fellow artists recall his impact

Thursday, January 26, 2023

The composer has been lauded for decades over his deeply affective music; director Alejandro González Iñárritu, composer Hildur Guðnadóttir and more join us to explain why.

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A Rolex for a Casio: Why Shakira's new song is breaking records

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Shakira's new single is a full-on diss track, aimed at her ex. It also went straight to the top of the Spotify Top 50 Global chart and hit 100 million views on YouTube in under 3 days.

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How Cusica Fest is trying to rebuild the Venezuelan music industry

Saturday, January 14, 2023

A music festival in Caracas, Venezuela is building momentum for renewed creativity and expression in the country, amidst an ongoing political crisis.

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Cusica Fest is trying to rebuild the Venezuelan music industry

Saturday, January 14, 2023

A music festival in Caracas, Venezuela is building momentum for renewed creativity and expression in the country, amidst an ongoing political crisis.

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Shakira & Bizarrap, 'BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 53'

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Shakira's himbo era is over.

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Golden Globes 2023: The complete list of winners

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

The 80-year-old Hollywood Foreign Press Association handed out its awards in a ceremony hosted by comedian Jerrod Carmichael. Here's who won.

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NPR Music 2022 Staff Picks: Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Culture Desk producer shares her favorite albums and songs of 2022.

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Daddy Yankee led reggaeton's global rise. As he bows out, the genre enters a new era

Saturday, December 03, 2022

'The Big Boss' took a genre from working-class neighborhoods and turned it into a commercial powerhouse. But as the trailblazer retires, reggaeton meets a new moment for rebellion and experimentation.

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Drawing on folk traditions, Spanish musician Guitarricadelafuente bridges generations

Saturday, October 22, 2022

Spanish musician Guitarricadelafuente discusses the making of his debut album, La Cantera, and the mix of both the ancient and the modern that's essential to his sound.

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Meet the strippers working to unionize a Los Angeles dive bar

Monday, September 12, 2022

For the past six months, former Star Garden dancers have been taking their talents to a show-stopping picket line. If successful, they'll be the only strippers with union representation in the U.S.

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