Turntable: This global music connoisseur’s playlist will take you on a journey
Marco Werman, co-host of The World, takes us across the globe, from Cameroon to Egypt and back to the United States.
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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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'Forgotten prisoners' who survived the Nagasaki bombing are remembered in new book
John Willis included notes, diaries and memoirs of the Allies who witnessed the attack in his new book "Nagasaki: The Forgotten Prisoners." -
Got Sole? Weymouth brothers bring sneaker expo back to Massachusetts
Joey and Jonathan DiModica put on their first sneaker expo when they were 16 and 14. -
Step Afrika!'s 'Drumfolk' turns an act of oppression into a story of triumph
The arts events around Boston you shouldn't miss this week.
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