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The band Kalush Orchestra mixes traditional folk music with contemporary hip hop. Their song "Stefania" took the first-place prize.

Over the past 10 years, the Ukrainian band brought their music from their home at an experimental theater in Kyiv to audiences around the world

Before social media, the film Purple Rain gave audiences a peek into Prince's musical life. Band members say the true genesis of the title song was much less combative than the version presented in the film.

Retired accountant Kent Broussard of Baton Rouge decided to go back to college so he could audition for a spot in the LSU Tigers Marching Band. He made the cut.

The band's new Call Me Sylvia is as raucous as its debut, though it's slightly more self-conscious.

A revolutionary band performs on a new album called "Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 years of Amnesty International."Outernational…

Host Elissa Nadworny speaks with NPR music journalist Stephen Thompson about new albums from Feist and Black Thought.

By Nancy BargarJamestown, NY – In his heyday, Stew Snyder fronted a group that gave many musicians their start. In his sixty-year career, this special…

Birds are winging their way south for the winter. On their journey, some of them will be netted by scientists at the Manomet Observatory in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Sheilah Kast talks with The Big Phat Band's leader, Gordon Goodwin, about his revival of big-band music for a new era. Goodwin pulls in some of L.A.'s best studio sidemen to perform his intricate and swinging arrangements. The group is not only popular in jazz venues; it also has a following in high schools and colleges, where they often perform. Their CD XXL will be released next month in a dual CD/DVD format on Silverline records.