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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Jason King of New York University about the surge in hologram tours and what the ethical implications are of recreating the image of Whitney Houston.(Image credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) ... read more

Singer-songwriter Banoffee talks about the making of her debut album, "Look At Us Now Dad," and what it took to make it as a musician in Los Angeles after leaving her native Australia. ... read more

"There's never been a moment in my life that I've been more honest with myself," the pop singer tells NPR. "I finally feel free of everything that I was holding secret and holding to myself."(Image credit: Dey Street Books) ... read more

Two scholars at Stanford have joined forces to recreate what a Christian choir might have sounded like inside Istanbul's Hagia Sophia before it became a mosque in the 1400s. ... read more

In the digital era, accusations of surreptitious chart manipulation are common throughout the world — in South Korea, it's called sajaegi.(Image credit: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images) ... read more

Once a motorcycle repair and parts shop, Knuckleheads Saloon in Kansas City, Mo., has become a jewel in the city's music scene. (Image credit: Cole Blaise/90.9 The Bridge ) ... read more

It's not as mean as it might sound (though it does involve a little electrocution) and the results can be both beautiful and, well, eye-opening.(Image credit: DEA / G. Cigolini/De Agostini via Getty Images) ... read more

Chris Dave, your favorite musician's favorite drummer, takes listeners on a journey through a virtual record store, picking up different genres along the way and putting them in your bag.(Image credit: Catie Dull/NPR) ... read more

Hear a mélange of sounds and styles from across Latin America and the U.S., centered on the sentiment of loves lost and found in unlikely places. (Image credit: Thalia Gochez/Courtesy of the Artist) ... read more

"Raleigh Days" tugs at weathered heart strings with a reckless rock and roll abandon — just like yesteryear's Archers Of Loaf. (Image credit: Spencer Black/Courtesy of the artist) ... read more

These five artists make music that is singular enough to stand out among the thousands of others who enter the Contest each year with high hopes of playing at the Desk.(Image credit: Claire Harbage/NPR) ... read more

The Po' Ramblin' Boys stopped by the Mountain Stage to share songs from Toil, Tears & Trouble, the band's 2019 debut.(Image credit: Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage) ... read more

Distortion is familiar to most of us — a 'staticky noise,' a 'noisy static.' But in the right hands, its uses can bloom and its rigid contours soften.(Image credit: Philippe Intraligi / EyeEm/Getty Images/EyeEm) ... read more

For our series One-Hit Wonders/Second-Best Songs, NPR Music Senior Director Lauren Onkey recommends "Out of Left Field" by Percy Sledge. He's known mostly for his 1966 hit, "When a Man Loves a Woman."(Image credit: Rick Diamond/Getty Images) ... read more

The Canadian singer-songwriter gives a deep, soulful performance against a sometimes moody backdrop of bass saxophone and bowed guitars.(Image credit: Mhari Shaw/NPR) ... read more