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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'Dear Summer: Volume 3' returns to highlight more emerging artists and DJs
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Brian O'Donovan, an ambassador for Celtic music and Irish culture, has died
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Members of the Aquinnah Tribe of Wampanoag have lived on the island for over 10,000 years.
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