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

For a show that's never been shy about celebrating itself, Saturday Night Live was bound to lean hard into its 50th season. But the results were as mixed as ever.

After receiving over 6,000 entries this year, we've picked a winner of the 2019 Tiny Desk Contest. Meet the gifted songwriter who captivated our panel of judges.

NPR listeners cast tens of thousands of ballots, but in the end, only a handful of votes separated some of the bands. See and hear what NPR listeners picked as the best albums of 2008.

The ebullient nonagenarian's new recording features music she's been playing for nearly a century.

JaQuel Knight, choreographer of iconic routines for Beyoncé, Megan Thee Stallion and others, is working to copyright his dances in hopes it will keep corporations from profiting off them unfairly.

The drummer was a first call for many of the finest singers of the 1960s and '70s, including Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Lena Horne and Peggy Lee.

While many musicians love the Crescent City, few choose to stay after they become successful. The New Orleans-raised Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews comes from a long line of brass-band greats, but is quickly coming into his own with a jazz-funk group — and plans to stay.

The iconic singer-songwriter performed her first public full-length show anywhere since 2000, with a little help from Brandi Carlile.

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason speaks with NPR's Rachel Martin about growing up in a house filled with music, playing at Harry and Meghan's royal wedding and performing some of his favorite pieces.