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I didn't know I needed the new Billy Joel documentary
NPR critic Linda Holmes has been a Billy Joel fan since the '80s. HBO's new two-part documentary still taught her something new about his life — and provided a chance to consider the role of his music in her own.
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Vanessa Leroy Once Used Daydreaming To Escape. Now, It's The Heart Of Her Photography
In November 2014, Vanessa Leroy was out photographing protests against police brutality in Boston. Three months earlier, a police officer in Ferguson,… -
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A union representing 800 backstage workers at New York's Metropolitan Opera began a publicity campaign today urging donors and government entities to… -
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Note: This episode originally aired Aug. 22, 2019. We've updated it in the wake of pianist Chick Corea's death on Feb. 9, 2021.Pianist Chick Corea has…
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