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More than 60 musicians are boycotting the South by Southwest music festival underway in Austin, Texas, over the event's partnership with the U.S. Army and big defense contractors.

Singer Frankie Beverly led the soul group Maze through a number of R&B hits in the 1980s. Beverly died on Tuesday at the age of 77.

On the first TubaChristmas, around 300 musicians showed up at the ice skating rink at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, bearing their giant brass instruments. (Story aired on ATC on Dec. 22, 2023.)

Every year, musicians across the country gather for what has become known as TubaChristmas — concerts range from just a few tubas to hundreds of them. (The record is 835.)

Donald Triplett, the first person to be diagnosed with autism, dies at 89.

People all over the world celebrate Hanukkah by lighting candles on the menorah and feasting on fried foods.

Health care practitioners who band together can earn Medicare bonuses by saving money. Most of the groups decline potentially richer deals that include penalties for excessive spending.

The Mekons and Waco Brothers veteran often places his left-wing politics front and center in his music and his art. Here Be Monsters has a way of mixing pretty melodies with harsh criticisms.

By Joyce KryszakBuffalo, NY – Ten years ago a bright light went out in Buffalo's theatre district. And theatre audiences still mourn the passing of actor…

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson highlights an eclectic cross-section of 2014's holiday-music offerings.