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Every revolution has its music, and the global protests of 2019 are no exception. Here are 10 songs that fueled activist movements this year, from Chile to Lebanon to the United States.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to NPR's Ann Powers and Marcus Dowling of The Tennessean about how two country songs sit atop the Billboard Hot 100, and the context for this moment.

In a rare study, two audiologists found that Taylor Swift's accent has, indeed, changed over the years, reflecting where she's lived, where she wants to go and who she's inspired by.

The contentious presidential election colored the listening habits of NPR's classical producer.

As a new decade approaches, hear 10 extraordinary classical albums well-equipped to propel the music into the future.

An innovative member of the classic John Coltrane Quartet, few musicians have ever exerted as much influence as a sideman, but Tyner also had a long and consequential career leading bands of his own.

Conductor Marin Alsop and composer Nico Muhly recall their friend and colleague who wrote deeply expressive music.

The member of K-pop girl group 2NE1 was poised to be a breakout star, until plans for her solo debut fell apart. Now, on the long-awaited album, her confidence and ambition feel more earned than ever.

NPR Music correspondents Ann Powers and Sidney Madden recommend a few favorite livestreaming performance series to check out while in-person concerts are on hold.

Barry Harris, one of the leading musicians to emerge from Detroit's modern jazz explosion in the 1940s and '50s, died Wednesday.