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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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Ronnie Spector of The Ronettes has died at age 78
Singer Ronnie Spector, who founded the girl group The Ronettes in 1961, has died after a brief battle with cancer. She was 78."Our beloved earth angel,… -
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This week, GBH Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen talks poetry, a new kind of flower power by way of Vincent van Gogh, and how the local arts scene is riding out another wave of COVID-19. -
A man who allegedly stole hundreds of unpublished book manuscripts now faces charges
For five years, a man who worked in publishing tricked authors and industry insiders into sending him hundreds of unpublished manuscripts, including one…
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